On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 10:44:45PM +0100, Pavel Reichl wrote: > Signed-off-by: Pavel Reichl <preichl@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > mkfs/xfs_mkfs.c | 8 ++++++++ > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/mkfs/xfs_mkfs.c b/mkfs/xfs_mkfs.c > index a02d6f66..07b8bd78 100644 > --- a/mkfs/xfs_mkfs.c > +++ b/mkfs/xfs_mkfs.c > @@ -1248,6 +1248,7 @@ discard_blocks(dev_t dev, uint64_t nsectors) > const uint64_t step = (uint64_t)2<<30; > /* Sector size is 512 bytes */ > const uint64_t count = nsectors << 9; > + uint64_t prev_done = (uint64_t) ~0; > > fd = libxfs_device_to_fd(dev); > if (fd <= 0) > @@ -1255,6 +1256,7 @@ discard_blocks(dev_t dev, uint64_t nsectors) > > while (offset < count) { > uint64_t tmp_step = step; > + uint64_t done = offset * 100 / count; > > if ((offset + step) > count) > tmp_step = count - offset; > @@ -1268,7 +1270,13 @@ discard_blocks(dev_t dev, uint64_t nsectors) > return; > > offset += tmp_step; > + > + if (prev_done != done) { Hmm... so this prints the status message every increase percentage point, right? > + prev_done = done; > + fprintf(stderr, _("Discarding: %2lu%% done\n"), done); This isn't an error, so why output to stderr? FWIW if it's a tty you might consider ending that string with \r so the status messages don't scroll off the screen. Or possibly only reporting status if stdout is a tty? --D > + } > } > + fprintf(stderr, _("Discarding is done.\n")); > } > > static __attribute__((noreturn)) void > -- > 2.23.0 >