shell_builtin_read: set cc[VMIN] to 1; lineedit: don't clear c_cc[VINTR]
authorDenys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:58:06 +0000 (22:58 +0100)
committerDenys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:58:06 +0000 (22:58 +0100)
First change fixes "read -n NUM". Apparently poll() won't report
data availability if cc[VMIN] > 1 until there are at least cc[VMIN] bytes.

function                                             old     new   delta
read_line_input                                     3885    3877      -8
shell_builtin_read                                  1097    1087     -10
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(add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 0/2 up/down: 0/-18)             Total: -18 bytes

Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
libbb/lineedit.c
shell/shell_common.c

index 1390ed62d9b381f2ecfcd9a126724a1ca6d5acd2..460e27fede3ed8800025d82e6ef97c0e9c3b0690 100644 (file)
@@ -2206,14 +2206,17 @@ int FAST_FUNC read_line_input(line_input_t *st, const char *prompt, char *comman
 #define command command_must_not_be_used
 
        new_settings = initial_settings;
-       new_settings.c_lflag &= ~ICANON;        /* unbuffered input */
-       /* Turn off echoing and CTRL-C, so we can trap it */
-       new_settings.c_lflag &= ~(ECHO | ECHONL | ISIG);
-       /* Hmm, in linux c_cc[] is not parsed if ICANON is off */
+       /* ~ICANON: unbuffered input (most c_cc[] are disabled, VMIN/VTIME are enabled) */
+       /* ~ECHO, ~ECHONL: turn off echoing, including newline echoing */
+       /* ~ISIG: turn off INTR (ctrl-C), QUIT, SUSP */
+       new_settings.c_lflag &= ~(ICANON | ECHO | ECHONL | ISIG);
+       /* reads would block only if < 1 char is available */
        new_settings.c_cc[VMIN] = 1;
+       /* no timeout (reads block forever) */
        new_settings.c_cc[VTIME] = 0;
-       /* Turn off CTRL-C, so we can trap it */
-       new_settings.c_cc[VINTR] = _POSIX_VDISABLE;
+       /* Should be not needed if ISIG is off: */
+       /* Turn off CTRL-C */
+       /* new_settings.c_cc[VINTR] = _POSIX_VDISABLE; */
        tcsetattr_stdin_TCSANOW(&new_settings);
 
 #if ENABLE_USERNAME_OR_HOMEDIR
index bbc22ed34b49c06b8ea3dcfba0432b6f637e542d..51c92d60e98acd6a4f3d1631318e5bdccedf1bb8 100644 (file)
@@ -138,7 +138,13 @@ shell_builtin_read(void FAST_FUNC (*setvar)(const char *name, const char *val),
                old_tty = tty;
                if (nchars) {
                        tty.c_lflag &= ~ICANON;
-                       tty.c_cc[VMIN] = nchars < 256 ? nchars : 255;
+                       // Setting it to more than 1 breaks poll():
+                       // it blocks even if there's data. !??
+                       //tty.c_cc[VMIN] = nchars < 256 ? nchars : 255;
+                       /* reads would block only if < 1 char is available */
+                       tty.c_cc[VMIN] = 1;
+                       /* no timeout (reads block forever) */
+                       tty.c_cc[VTIME] = 0;
                }
                if (read_flags & BUILTIN_READ_SILENT) {
                        tty.c_lflag &= ~(ECHO | ECHOK | ECHONL);