xref: /minix3/minix/drivers/system/log/diag.c (revision 433d6423c39e34ec4b79c950597bb2d236f886be)
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 extern struct minix_kerninfo *_minix_kerninfo;
15 
16 /*==========================================================================*
17  *				do_new_kmess				    *
18  *==========================================================================*/
19 void do_new_kmess(void)
20 {
21 /* Notification for a new kernel message. */
22   static struct kmessages *kmess;		/* entire kmess structure */
23   static char print_buf[_KMESS_BUF_SIZE];	/* copy new message here */
24   int i, r, next, bytes;
25   static int prev_next = 0;
26 
27   assert(_minix_kerninfo);
28   kmess = _minix_kerninfo->kmessages;
29 
30   /* Print only the new part. Determine how many new bytes there are with
31    * help of the current and previous 'next' index. Note that the kernel
32    * buffer is circular. This works fine if less than KMESS_BUF_SIZE bytes
33    * are new data; else we miss % KMESS_BUF_SIZE here. Obtain 'next' only
34    * once, since we are operating on shared memory here.
35    * Check for size being positive, the buffer might as well be emptied!
36    */
37   next = kmess->km_next;
38   bytes = ((next + _KMESS_BUF_SIZE) - prev_next) % _KMESS_BUF_SIZE;
39   if (bytes > 0) {
40       r= prev_next;				/* start at previous old */
41       i=0;
42       while (bytes > 0) {
43           print_buf[i] = kmess->km_buf[(r%_KMESS_BUF_SIZE)];
44           bytes --;
45           r ++;
46           i ++;
47       }
48       /* Now terminate the new message and save it in the log. */
49       print_buf[i] = 0;
50       log_append(print_buf, i);
51   }
52 
53   /* Almost done, store 'next' so that we can determine what part of the
54    * kernel messages buffer to print next time a notification arrives.
55    */
56   prev_next = next;
57 }
58