Converting the text to utf-8 seems to cause trouble when converting back (e.g. when writing to files). The logging system seems to be fine with unsanitized text, so let's not sanitize it. Signed-off-by: Michael Goldish <mgoldish@xxxxxxxxxx> --- client/tests/kvm/kvm_subprocess.py | 6 ++---- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/client/tests/kvm/kvm_subprocess.py b/client/tests/kvm/kvm_subprocess.py index 73edc5d..93a8429 100755 --- a/client/tests/kvm/kvm_subprocess.py +++ b/client/tests/kvm/kvm_subprocess.py @@ -688,9 +688,7 @@ class kvm_tail(kvm_spawn): def print_line(text): # Pre-pend prefix and remove trailing whitespace text = self.output_prefix + text.rstrip() - # Sanitize text - text = text.decode("utf-8", "replace") - # Pass it to output_func + # Pass text to output_func try: params = self.output_params + (text,) self.output_func(*params) @@ -888,7 +886,7 @@ class kvm_expect(kvm_tail): if str.endswith("\n"): str = str[:-1] for line in str.split("\n"): - print_func(line.decode("utf-8", "replace")) + print_func(line) data += newdata done = False -- 1.5.4.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html