X-Git-Url: http://git.annexia.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fproto.c;h=63aea68e7cabc94bb64b314cdaf482b32bc2bcf0;hb=b60a01f9a38f9358672e36e665e045fb85eb081c;hp=39f30ae47baf62c35319583e50f4de1eb2b9ad26;hpb=1bf970cb0e7fc0f9d8c10b567c6c7b4a66e43c17;p=libguestfs.git

diff --git a/src/proto.c b/src/proto.c
index 39f30ae..63aea68 100644
--- a/src/proto.c
+++ b/src/proto.c
@@ -251,8 +251,15 @@ read_log_message_or_eof (guestfs_h *g, int fd, int error_if_eof)
   /* QEMU's console emulates a 16550A serial port.  The real 16550A
    * device has a small FIFO buffer (16 bytes) which means here we see
    * lots of small reads of 1-16 bytes in length, usually single
-   * bytes.
+   * bytes.  Sleeping here for a very brief period groups reads
+   * together (so we usually get a few lines of output at once) and
+   * improves overall throughput, as well as making the event
+   * interface a bit more sane for callers.  With a virtio-serial
+   * based console (not yet implemented) we may be able to remove
+   * this.  XXX
    */
+  usleep (1000);
+
   n = read (fd, buf, sizeof buf);
   if (n == 0) {
     /* Hopefully this indicates the qemu child process has died. */
@@ -278,6 +285,24 @@ read_log_message_or_eof (guestfs_h *g, int fd, int error_if_eof)
   /* It's an actual log message, send it upwards if anyone is listening. */
   guestfs___call_callbacks_message (g, GUESTFS_EVENT_APPLIANCE, buf, n);
 
+  /* This is a gross hack.  See the comment above
+   * guestfs___launch_send_progress.
+   */
+  if (g->state == LAUNCHING) {
+    const char *sentinel;
+    size_t len;
+
+    sentinel = "Linux version"; /* kernel up */
+    len = strlen (sentinel);
+    if (memmem (buf, n, sentinel, len) != NULL)
+      guestfs___launch_send_progress (g, 6);
+
+    sentinel = "Starting /init script"; /* /init running */
+    len = strlen (sentinel);
+    if (memmem (buf, n, sentinel, len) != NULL)
+      guestfs___launch_send_progress (g, 9);
+  }
+
   return 0;
 }