On 2019-01-03 11:08, Janosch Frank wrote: > Linemode seems to add a newline for each sent message which makes > reading rather hard. Hence we add a small buffer that and only print > if it's full or a newline is encountered. > > Signed-off-by: Janosch Frank <frankja@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > lib/s390x/sclp-console.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- > 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/lib/s390x/sclp-console.c b/lib/s390x/sclp-console.c > index 6b30fab..5d2c9d8 100644 > --- a/lib/s390x/sclp-console.c > +++ b/lib/s390x/sclp-console.c > @@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ static uint8_t _ascebc[256] = { > 0x90, 0x3F, 0x3F, 0x3F, 0x3F, 0xEA, 0x3F, 0xFF > }; > > +static char lm_buff[120]; > +static unsigned char lm_buff_off; > + > static void sclp_print_ascii(const char *str) > { > int len = strlen(str); > @@ -112,17 +115,40 @@ static void sclp_print_lm(const char *str) > struct mdb *mdb; > struct mto *mto; > struct go *go; > + char *nl; > + > + /* > + * In contrast to the ascii console, linemode produces a new > + * line with every write of data. The report() function uses > + * several printf() calls to generate a line of data which > + * would all end up on different lines. > + * > + * Hence we buffer here until we encounter a \n or the buffer > + * is full. That means that linemode output can look a bit > + * different from ascii and that it takes a bit longer for > + * lines to appear. > + */ > + len = strlen(str); > + len = len < (sizeof(lm_buff) - lm_buff_off) ? len : (sizeof(lm_buff) - lm_buff_off); > + nl = strchr(str, '\n'); > + if ((lm_buff_off < sizeof(lm_buff) - 1)) { > + memcpy(&lm_buff[lm_buff_off], str, len); > + lm_buff_off += len; > + } > + /* Buffer not full and no newline */ > + if (lm_buff_off != sizeof(lm_buff) - 1 && !nl) > + return; > > sclp_mark_busy(); > sccb = (struct write_sccb *) _sccb; > end = (unsigned char *) sccb + 4096 - 1; > memset(sccb, 0, sizeof(*sccb)); > ptr = (unsigned char *) &sccb->msg.mdb.mto; > - len = strlen(str); > + len = strlen(lm_buff); > offset = 0; > do { > for (count = sizeof(*mto); offset < len; count++) { > - ch = str[offset++]; > + ch = lm_buff[offset++]; > if ((ch == 0x0a) || (ptr + count > end)) > break; > ptr[count] = _ascebc[ch]; > @@ -148,6 +174,8 @@ static void sclp_print_lm(const char *str) > go->length = sizeof(*go); > go->type = 1; > sclp_service_call(SCLP_CMD_WRITE_EVENT_DATA, sccb); > + memset(lm_buff, 0 , sizeof(lm_buff)); > + lm_buff_off = 0; > } Reviewed-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@xxxxxxxxxx>