Please ignore this i have posted a better one :)

On Sunday, 7 April 2013 15:53:28 UTC+5:30, arun wrote:
>
>
> Current code works as shown below; this makes more readable messages to
> vanish
>
>                    |------- pull_len = len ----------|
> |----------< len >-----------------|                 ^ new r_off
> ^old w_off         ^r_off          ^new w_off
>
> where len = length of the new message to be written
>
> New version works as shown below; It reduces the total skipped readable
> messages
>
>                    |- pull_len = (len - (r_off - old_w_off)) + 1 --|
> |----------< len >-----------------|                               ^ new 
> r_off
> ^old w_off         ^r_off          ^new w_off
> ---
>  drivers/staging/android/logger.c |   23 +++++++++++++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/logger.c 
> b/drivers/staging/android/logger.c
> index eb3d4ca..9e3b187 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/android/logger.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/android/logger.c
> @@ -377,14 +377,29 @@ static void fix_up_readers(struct logger_log *log, 
> size_t len)
>  {
>      size_t old = log->w_off;
>      size_t new = logger_offset(log, old + len);
> +    size_t pull, skip;
>      struct logger_reader *reader;
>  
> -    if (is_between(old, new, log->head))
> -        log->head = get_next_entry(log, log->head, len);
> +    if (is_between(old, new, log->head)) {
> +        if (log->head > old)
> +            skip = log->head - old;
> +        else
> +            skip = log->size - (old - log->head);
> +
> +        pull = (len - skip) + 1;
> +        log->head = get_next_entry(log, log->head, pull);
> +    }
>  
>      list_for_each_entry(reader, &log->readers, list)
> -        if (is_between(old, new, reader->r_off))
> -            reader->r_off = get_next_entry(log, reader->r_off, len);
> +        if (is_between(old, new, reader->r_off)) {
> +            if (reader->r_off > old)
> +                skip = reader->r_off - old;
> +            else
> +                skip = log->size - (old - reader->r_off);
> +
> +            pull = (len - skip) + 1;
> +            reader->r_off = get_next_entry(log, reader->r_off, pull);
> +        }
>  }
>  
>  /*
> -- 
> 1.7.9.5
>
>

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