Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] char: drop data written to a disconnected pty

When a serial port writes data to a pty that's disconnected, drop the data and return the length dropped. This avoids triggering pointless retries in callers like the 16550A serial_xmit(), and causes qemu_chr_fe_write() to write all data to the log file, rather than logging only while a pty client like virsh console happens to be connected. Signed-off-by: Ed Swierk <eswierk(a)skyportsystems.com&gt; --- qemu-char.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/qemu-char.c b/qemu-char.c index 676944a..ccb6923 100644 --- a/qemu-char.c +++ b/qemu-char.c @@ -1528,7 +1528,7 @@ static int pty_chr_write(CharDriverState *chr, const uint8_t *buf, int len) /* guest sends data, check for (re-)connect */ pty_chr_update_read_handler_locked(chr); if (!s->connected) { - return 0; + return len; } } return io_channel_send(s->ioc, buf, len);