This patch removes the lkcd_speedo() function and its use. The lkcd_speedo() function produces a 'spinner' in output when crash is busy processing kernel crash dump files. The spinner makes the output of crash commands unpredictable and complicates the parsing of output. --- diff -Nurp crash-7.1.0/lkcd_common.c crash-7.1.0+/lkcd_common.c --- crash-7.1.0/lkcd_common.c 2015-02-06 12:44:11.000000000 -0600 +++ crash-7.1.0+/lkcd_common.c 2015-02-12 11:32:19.000000000 -0600 @@ -618,32 +618,6 @@ lkcd_memory_dump(FILE *fp) } -static void -lkcd_speedo(void) -{ - static int i = 0; - - if (pc->flags & SILENT) { - return; - } - - switch (++i%4) { - case 0: - lkcd_print("|\b"); - break; - case 1: - lkcd_print("\\\b"); - break; - case 2: - lkcd_print("-\b"); - break; - case 3: - lkcd_print("/\b"); - break; - } - fflush(stdout); -} - /* * The lkcd_lseek() routine does the bulk of the work setting things up @@ -856,10 +830,6 @@ lkcd_lseek(physaddr_t paddr) lseek(lkcd->fd, lkcd->page_offset_max, SEEK_SET); eof = FALSE; while (!eof) { - if( (i++%2048) == 0) { - lkcd_speedo(); - } - switch (lkcd_load_dump_page_header(dp, page)) { case LKCD_DUMPFILE_OK: