To apply:
    cd /usr/src/sys/kern
    patch -p0 < uio.patch

readv/writev with iov_len == 0 is legal

Index: uipc_syscalls.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/sys/kern/uipc_syscalls.c,v
retrieving revision 1.14
diff -u -r1.14 uipc_syscalls.c
--- uipc_syscalls.c	1999/02/11 05:33:09	1.14
+++ uipc_syscalls.c	1999/02/14 18:37:13
@@ -439,8 +439,8 @@
 	iov = mp->msg_iov;
 	for (i = 0; i < mp->msg_iovlen; i++, iov++) {
 		/* Don't allow sum > SSIZE_MAX */
-		if ((ssize_t)(auio.uio_resid += iov->iov_len) <= 0 &&
-		    (iov->iov_base != 0 || iov->iov_len != 0))
+		if (iov->iov_len > SSIZE_MAX ||
+		    (auio.uio_resid += iov->iov_len) > SSIZE_MAX)
 			return (EINVAL);
 	}
 	if (mp->msg_name) {
@@ -630,8 +630,8 @@
 	iov = mp->msg_iov;
 	for (i = 0; i < mp->msg_iovlen; i++, iov++) {
 		/* Don't allow sum > SSIZE_MAX */
-		if ((ssize_t)(auio.uio_resid += iov->iov_len) <= 0 &&
-		    (iov->iov_base != 0 || iov->iov_len != 0))
+		if (iov->iov_len > SSIZE_MAX ||
+		    (auio.uio_resid += iov->iov_len) > SSIZE_MAX)
 			return (EINVAL);
 	}
 #ifdef KTRACE
Index: sys_generic.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/sys/kern/sys_generic.c,v
retrieving revision 1.15
diff -u -r1.15 sys_generic.c
--- sys_generic.c	1998/07/28 22:36:42	1.15
+++ sys_generic.c	1999/02/14 18:30:39
@@ -182,7 +182,8 @@
 	auio.uio_resid = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < SCARG(uap, iovcnt); i++, iov++) {
 		/* Don't allow sum > SSIZE_MAX */
-		if ((ssize_t)(auio.uio_resid += iov->iov_len) <= 0) {
+		if (iov->iov_len > SSIZE_MAX ||
+		    (auio.uio_resid += iov->iov_len) > SSIZE_MAX) {
 			error = EINVAL;
 			goto done;
 		}
@@ -336,7 +337,8 @@
 	auio.uio_resid = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < SCARG(uap, iovcnt); i++, iov++) {
 		/* Don't allow sum > SSIZE_MAX */
-		if ((ssize_t)(auio.uio_resid += iov->iov_len) <= 0) {
+		if (iov->iov_len > SSIZE_MAX ||
+		    (auio.uio_resid += iov->iov_len) > SSIZE_MAX) {
 			error = EINVAL;
 			goto done;
 		}