From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gproxy2-pub.mail.unifiedlayer.com (gproxy2-pub.mail.unifiedlayer.com [69.89.18.3]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 27A1E3888825 for ; Fri, 18 Mar 2022 19:23:05 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 27A1E3888825 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=tromey.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=tromey.com Received: from cmgw13.mail.unifiedlayer.com (unknown [10.0.90.128]) by progateway4.mail.pro1.eigbox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 836001004864B for ; Fri, 18 Mar 2022 19:23:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from box5379.bluehost.com ([162.241.216.53]) by cmsmtp with ESMTP id VIBknfuDmY8ycVIBknHq1j; Fri, 18 Mar 2022 19:23:04 +0000 X-Authority-Reason: nr=8 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.4 cv=ff9od2cF c=1 sm=1 tr=0 ts=6234dc18 a=ApxJNpeYhEAb1aAlGBBbmA==:117 a=ApxJNpeYhEAb1aAlGBBbmA==:17 a=dLZJa+xiwSxG16/P+YVxDGlgEgI=:19 a=o8Y5sQTvuykA:10:nop_rcvd_month_year a=Qbun_eYptAEA:10:endurance_base64_authed_username_1 a=5HIzwJlcGuFb8LmCDkQA:9 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=tromey.com; s=default; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date:References :Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe: List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=lzGAl/5OzVCCpDKiOr9M5S21A+oel7n1TKk6Xm/M4+A=; b=vKQK1NWr92TIUjSvxchpYF/OxT uoRvzMze2zNCptPD2XDx9IwGpMZGnwvwsVpm8PGPeBwu5NgS6SeSpRlg9kMRVGN/Anwdr5MwuQASG G0vZzaiyAGLrm66z4v5FXuUkx; Received: from 71-211-175-224.hlrn.qwest.net ([71.211.175.224]:37996 helo=murgatroyd) by box5379.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1nVIBj-002mJq-Qc; Fri, 18 Mar 2022 13:23:03 -0600 From: Tom Tromey To: Aaron Merey via Gdb-patches Cc: Tom Tromey , Aaron Merey Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] gdb: Improve debuginfod progress updates References: <20220126005817.56356-1-amerey@redhat.com> <20220209022548.343785-1-amerey@redhat.com> <875yotshxd.fsf@tromey.com> X-Attribution: Tom Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 13:23:03 -0600 In-Reply-To: (Aaron Merey via Gdb-patches's message of "Tue, 8 Mar 2022 20:26:43 -0500") Message-ID: <87y217gj54.fsf@tromey.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - box5379.bluehost.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - sourceware.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - tromey.com X-BWhitelist: no X-Source-IP: 71.211.175.224 X-Source-L: No X-Exim-ID: 1nVIBj-002mJq-Qc X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Source-Sender: 71-211-175-224.hlrn.qwest.net (murgatroyd) [71.211.175.224]:37996 X-Source-Auth: tom+tromey.com X-Email-Count: 5 X-Source-Cap: ZWx5bnJvYmk7ZWx5bnJvYmk7Ym94NTM3OS5ibHVlaG9zdC5jb20= X-Local-Domain: yes X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3024.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, JMQ_SPF_NEUTRAL, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: gdb-patches@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Gdb-patches mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 19:23:06 -0000 >> Instead of this, which seems like it can hide useful info from the user, >> what do you think about a "cylon"-style display: >> >> Downloading mumble.so: >> [ # ] >> >> ... where the '#' moves back and forth inside the []. Aaron> I'd like to restrict the update messages to a single line so that an Aaron> entire message can be overwritten with \r. Then when many downloads Aaron> occur we avoid filling the terminal with "Downloading XY MB separate Aaron> debuginfo for libxyz" messages. Could you show what your proposed output looks like? I mean, after everything is downloaded? To me it seems like having a "Downloading..." message per .so is no big deal. gdb is often chatty. >> Technically MI does have a progress notification approach, see >> mi_load_progress. I don't know if anything MI consumer actually uses >> this, though, and so I'm not sure if it makes sense to try to wire this >> up to debuginfo downloads. Aaron> These MI implementations are the easiest way to see progress updates when Aaron> using gdb+debuginfod with IDEs, for instance. Otherwise I think each IDE Aaron> would have to learn how to parse and display the mi_load_progress output, Aaron> preferably in a way that's consistent with the CLI progress messages. I am not sure we're talking about the same thing... MI defines a progress indication message, but your patch isn't using that. So I wonder if any MI notification is needed at all. Tom