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[Xen-devel] [PATCH] libxl: drop bootloader output if xenconsole file descriptor is not available for writing



# HG changeset patch
# User Roger Pau Monne <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
# Date 1318255572 -7200
# Node ID 0012a80df7a0fe07497d58423ba651b302d84745
# Parent  a5b8d5c8c98e0dd17368eea1801a8edaf1e79e69
libxl: drop bootloader output if xenconsole file descriptor is not available 
for writing.

Drop output from bootloader if the pty buffer is full and we cannot write more 
data. Prevents the bootloader from getting stuck when using ptys with small 
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monne <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

diff -r a5b8d5c8c98e -r 0012a80df7a0 tools/libxl/libxl_bootloader.c
--- a/tools/libxl/libxl_bootloader.c    Mon Oct 10 11:26:22 2011 +0200
+++ b/tools/libxl/libxl_bootloader.c    Mon Oct 10 16:06:12 2011 +0200
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ static char * bootloader_interact(libxl_
 
     size_t nr_out = 0, size_out = 0;
     char *output = NULL;
+    struct timeval timeout;
 
     /* input from xenconsole. read on xenconsoled_fd write to bootloader_fd */
     int xenconsoled_prod = 0, xenconsoled_cons = 0;
@@ -177,6 +178,10 @@ static char * bootloader_interact(libxl_
     int bootloader_prod = 0, bootloader_cons = 0;
     char bootloader_buf[BOOTLOADER_BUF_SIZE];
 
+    /* Set timeout to 1s before starting to discard data */
+    timeout.tv_sec = 1;
+    timeout.tv_usec = 0;
+
     while(1) {
         fd_set wsel, rsel;
         int nfds;
@@ -208,9 +213,14 @@ static char * bootloader_interact(libxl_
             nfds = bootloader_fd + 1 > nfds ? bootloader_fd + 1 : nfds;
         }
 
-        ret = select(nfds, &rsel, &wsel, NULL, NULL);
+        ret = select(nfds, &rsel, &wsel, NULL, &timeout);
         if (ret < 0)
             goto out_err;
+        if (ret == 0) {
+            /* Timeout reached, force clear buffers */
+            xenconsoled_prod = xenconsoled_cons;
+            bootloader_prod = bootloader_cons;
+        }
 
         /* Input from xenconsole, read xenconsoled_fd, write bootloader_fd */
         if (FD_ISSET(xenconsoled_fd, &rsel)) {

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