Turn off stdout buffering when connecting to editor-server so that the editor properly gets all the server-logging without having to first fill up a buffer. Allows the logs to pipe instantly for easier debugging, and also fixes a problem where the logs wont reach the editor because the buffer doesn't fill

Signed-off-by: Gene Walters <genewalt@amazon.com>
2021-12-17 00:12:21 -08:00
parent 0a7e9388ad
commit bf8422152b
2 changed files with 2325 additions and 19 deletions
@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ namespace Multiplayer
        // Automated testing listens for these logs
        if (editorsv_isDedicated)
        {
-            // Server logs piped to the editor. Change the buffering policy to ensure every write to stdout is flushed.
+            // Server logs will be piped to the editor so turn off buffering,
+            // otherwise it'll take a lot of logs to fill up the buffer before stdout is finally flushed.
+            // This isn't optimal, but will only affect 
+            // Note: _IOLBF (flush on newlines) won't work for Automated Testing which uses a headless server app and will fall back to _IOFBF (full buffering)
            setvbuf(stdout, NULL, _IONBF, 0);

            // If the settings registry is not available at this point,