[tor-commits] [tor/master] Document limitation of log_from_handle with partial reads

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commit d1dd9991cd636bafe7543aea4dbb18de69f26202
Author: Steven Murdoch <Steven.Murdoch@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:   Tue Aug 30 15:02:28 2011 +0100

    Document limitation of log_from_handle with partial reads
---
 src/common/util.c |    3 +++
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/common/util.c b/src/common/util.c
index aa344bc..76124ef 100644
--- a/src/common/util.c
+++ b/src/common/util.c
@@ -3654,6 +3654,9 @@ tor_split_lines(smartlist_t *sl, char *buf, int len)
 #ifdef MS_WINDOWS
 /** Read from stream, and send lines to log at the specified log level.
  * Returns -1 if there is a error reading, and 0 otherwise.
+ * If the generated stream is flushed more often than on new lines, or
+ * a read exceeds 256 bytes, lines will be truncated. This should be fixed,
+ * along with the corresponding problem on *nix (see bug #2045).
  */
 static int
 log_from_handle(HANDLE *pipe, int severity)



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