xref: /minix/minix/drivers/system/log/diag.c (revision 0a6a1f1d)
1 /* This file handle diagnostic output that is sent to the LOG driver. Output
2  * can be either from the kernel, or from other system processes. Output from
3  * system processes is also routed through the kernel. The kernel notifies
4  * this driver with a SIGKMESS signal if any messages are available.
5  *
6  * Changes:
7  *	21 July 2005:	Created  (Jorrit N. Herder)
8  */
9 
10 #include "log.h"
11 
12 #include <assert.h>
13 
14 /*==========================================================================*
15  *				do_new_kmess				    *
16  *==========================================================================*/
17 void do_new_kmess(void)
18 {
19 /* Notification for a new kernel message. */
20   static struct kmessages *kmess;		/* entire kmess structure */
21   static char print_buf[_KMESS_BUF_SIZE];	/* copy new message here */
22   int i, r, next, bytes;
23   static int prev_next = 0;
24 
25   kmess = get_minix_kerninfo()->kmessages;
26 
27   /* Print only the new part. Determine how many new bytes there are with
28    * help of the current and previous 'next' index. Note that the kernel
29    * buffer is circular. This works fine if less than KMESS_BUF_SIZE bytes
30    * are new data; else we miss % KMESS_BUF_SIZE here. Obtain 'next' only
31    * once, since we are operating on shared memory here.
32    * Check for size being positive, the buffer might as well be emptied!
33    */
34   next = kmess->km_next;
35   bytes = ((next + _KMESS_BUF_SIZE) - prev_next) % _KMESS_BUF_SIZE;
36   if (bytes > 0) {
37       r= prev_next;				/* start at previous old */
38       i=0;
39       while (bytes > 0) {
40           print_buf[i] = kmess->km_buf[(r%_KMESS_BUF_SIZE)];
41           bytes --;
42           r ++;
43           i ++;
44       }
45       /* Now terminate the new message and save it in the log. */
46       print_buf[i] = 0;
47       log_append(print_buf, i);
48   }
49 
50   /* Almost done, store 'next' so that we can determine what part of the
51    * kernel messages buffer to print next time a notification arrives.
52    */
53   prev_next = next;
54 }
55