netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] ss: use compact output for undetected screen width

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Date:   Thu, 2 Jan 2020 11:42:26 -0700
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     Peter Junos <petoju@...il.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ss: use compact output for undetected screen
 width

On 12/26/19 6:07 AM, Peter Junos wrote:
> This change fixes calculation of width in case user pipes the output.
> 
> SS output output works correctly when stdout is a terminal. When one
> pipes the output, it tries to use 80 or 160 columns. That adds a
> line-break if user has terminal width of 100 chars and output is of
> the similar width. No width is assumed here.
> 
> To reproduce the issue, call
> ss | less
> and see every other line empty if your screen is between 80 and 160
> columns wide.
> 
> This second version of the patch fixes screen_width being set to arbitrary
> value.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Junos <petoju@...il.com>
> ---
>  misc/ss.c | 19 +++++++++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 

...

> @@ -1159,9 +1159,15 @@ static int render_screen_width(void)
>   */
>  static void render_calc_width(void)
>  {
> -	int screen_width = render_screen_width();
> +	int screen_width, first, len = 0, linecols = 0;
> +	bool compact_output = false;
>  	struct column *c, *eol = columns - 1;
> -	int first, len = 0, linecols = 0;

moved the new bool after struct column to maintain reverse xmas tree and
applied to iproute2-next. Thanks,