Hi Marcel, please take another look at v4 of this patch. Since you mention of making it a global variable, I remove the variable passing altogether and instead added an interface to set the global pager width. On Sat, Feb 27, 2021 at 12:22 PM Marcel Holtmann <marcel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi Sonny, > > > Sometimes we want to be able to pipe the output of btmon to a > > non-terminal device. The current fallback width is usually not long > > enough so this patch adds an option to specify the column width. This is > > especially needed for text logs from bluetoothd. > > > > Reviewed-by: Daniel Winkler <danielwinkler@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > --- > > monitor/control.c | 4 ++-- > > monitor/control.h | 2 +- > > monitor/display.c | 8 ++++++-- > > monitor/display.h | 2 +- > > monitor/main.c | 10 ++++++++-- > > 5 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/monitor/control.c b/monitor/control.c > > index d1ba97d37..2fab87320 100644 > > --- a/monitor/control.c > > +++ b/monitor/control.c > > @@ -1474,7 +1474,7 @@ bool control_writer(const char *path) > > return !!btsnoop_file; > > } > > > > -void control_reader(const char *path, bool pager) > > +void control_reader(const char *path, bool pager, int num_columns) > > { > > unsigned char buf[BTSNOOP_MAX_PACKET_SIZE]; > > uint16_t pktlen; > > @@ -1500,7 +1500,7 @@ void control_reader(const char *path, bool pager) > > } > > > > if (pager) > > - open_pager(); > > + open_pager(num_columns); > > > > switch (format) { > > case BTSNOOP_FORMAT_HCI: > > diff --git a/monitor/control.h b/monitor/control.h > > index 29616c4f1..b96c542fc 100644 > > --- a/monitor/control.h > > +++ b/monitor/control.h > > @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ > > #include <stdint.h> > > > > bool control_writer(const char *path); > > -void control_reader(const char *path, bool pager); > > +void control_reader(const char *path, bool pager, int num_columns); > > void control_server(const char *path); > > int control_tty(const char *path, unsigned int speed); > > int control_rtt(char *jlink, char *rtt); > > diff --git a/monitor/display.c b/monitor/display.c > > index b11b71d5d..08db18147 100644 > > --- a/monitor/display.c > > +++ b/monitor/display.c > > @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ > > #include "display.h" > > > > static pid_t pager_pid = 0; > > +static int n_columns = FALLBACK_TERMINAL_WIDTH; > > hmmm. Wouldn’t be default_num_columns better a bit better here and more descriptive what the variable does? > > > > > bool use_color(void) > > { > > @@ -48,7 +49,8 @@ int num_columns(void) > > > > if (ioctl(STDOUT_FILENO, TIOCGWINSZ, &ws) < 0 || > > ws.ws_col == 0) > > - cached_num_columns = FALLBACK_TERMINAL_WIDTH; > > + cached_num_columns = n_columns > 0 ? > > + n_columns : FALLBACK_TERMINAL_WIDTH; > > Just set cached_num_columns = default_num_columns. > > > else > > cached_num_columns = ws.ws_col; > > } > > @@ -81,12 +83,14 @@ static void wait_for_terminate(pid_t pid) > > } > > } > > > > -void open_pager(void) > > +void open_pager(int columns) > > { > > const char *pager; > > pid_t parent_pid; > > int fd[2]; > > > > + n_columns = columns; > > + > > if (pager_pid > 0) > > return; > > > > diff --git a/monitor/display.h b/monitor/display.h > > index f3a614b81..97aac8f7a 100644 > > --- a/monitor/display.h > > +++ b/monitor/display.h > > @@ -75,5 +75,5 @@ static inline uint64_t print_bitfield(int indent, uint64_t val, > > > > int num_columns(void); > > > > -void open_pager(void); > > +void open_pager(int); > > I know that this is fine, but don’t do that. Include the parameter name please. > > > void close_pager(void); > > diff --git a/monitor/main.c b/monitor/main.c > > index 0f5eb4a3b..23a16660f 100644 > > --- a/monitor/main.c > > +++ b/monitor/main.c > > @@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ static void usage(void) > > "\t Read data from RTT\n" > > "\t-R --rtt [<address>],[<area>],[<name>]\n" > > "\t RTT control block parameters\n" > > + "\t-C, --column [width] Output width if not a terminal\n" > > "\t-h, --help Show help options\n"); > > } > > > > @@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ static const struct option main_options[] = { > > { "no-pager", no_argument, NULL, 'P' }, > > { "jlink", required_argument, NULL, 'J' }, > > { "rtt", required_argument, NULL, 'R' }, > > + { "column", required_argument, NULL, 'C' }, > > Not plural “columns” here? > > > { "todo", no_argument, NULL, '#' }, > > { "version", no_argument, NULL, 'v' }, > > { "help", no_argument, NULL, 'h' }, > > @@ -110,6 +112,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) > > const char *str; > > char *jlink = NULL; > > char *rtt = NULL; > > + int num_columns = 0; > > int exit_status; > > > > mainloop_init(); > > @@ -121,7 +124,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) > > struct sockaddr_un addr; > > > > opt = getopt_long(argc, argv, > > - "r:w:a:s:p:i:d:B:V:MNtTSAE:PJ:R:vh", > > + "r:w:a:s:p:i:d:B:V:MNtTSAE:PJ:R:C:vh", > > main_options, NULL); > > if (opt < 0) > > break; > > @@ -205,6 +208,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) > > case 'R': > > rtt = optarg; > > break; > > + case 'C': > > + num_columns = atoi(optarg); > > + break; > > I would have set here default_num_columns global variable. > > > case '#': > > packet_todo(); > > lmp_todo(); > > @@ -245,7 +251,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) > > if (ellisys_server) > > ellisys_enable(ellisys_server, ellisys_port); > > > > - control_reader(reader_path, use_pager); > > + control_reader(reader_path, use_pager, num_columns); > > return EXIT_SUCCESS; > > } > > Regards > > Marcel >