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fork of suckless's simple terminal
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commit 261ea4b7e0b8d979c0c91ec75251c6970caf39e2
parent f8c6e7d0419d10c1425cb2c7123c5798ffb3b942
Author: Christoph Lohmann <20h@r-36.net>
Date:   Fri, 10 Jul 2015 14:15:39 +0200

Implement chunked write to the cmdfd.

This is needed so big input like a paste of several megabyte does not clog our
I/O.

Diffstat:
Mst.c | 53+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 51 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/st.c b/st.c
@@ -1478,8 +1478,57 @@ ttyread(void)
 void
 ttywrite(const char *s, size_t n)
 {
-    if (xwrite(cmdfd, s, n) == -1)
-        die("write error on tty: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+    fd_set wfd;
+    struct timespec tv;
+    ssize_t r;
+
+    /*
+     * Remember that we are using a pty, which might be a modem line.
+     * Writing too much will clog the line. That's why we are doing this
+     * dance.
+     * FIXME: Migrate the world to Plan 9.
+     */
+    while (n > 0) {
+        FD_ZERO(&wfd);
+        FD_SET(cmdfd, &wfd);
+        tv.tv_sec = 0;
+        tv.tv_nsec = 0;
+
+        /* Check if we can write. */
+        if (pselect(cmdfd+1, NULL, &wfd, NULL, &tv, NULL) < 0) {
+            if (errno == EINTR)
+                continue;
+            die("select failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+        }
+        if(!FD_ISSET(cmdfd, &wfd)) {
+            /* No, then free some buffer space. */
+            ttyread();
+        } else {
+            /*
+             * Only write 256 bytes at maximum. This seems to be a
+             * reasonable value for a serial line. Bigger values
+             * might clog the I/O.
+             */
+            r = write(cmdfd, s, (n < 256)? n : 256);
+            if (r < 0) {
+                die("write error on tty: %s\n",
+                        strerror(errno));
+            }
+            if (r < n) {
+                /*
+                 * We weren't able to write out everything.
+                 * This means the buffer is getting full
+                 * again. Empty it.
+                 */
+                ttyread();
+                n -= r;
+                s += r;
+            } else {
+                /* All bytes have been written. */
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
 
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