Re: [PATCH iproute2] bridge/mdb: fix missing new line when show bridge mdb

[Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>]

On Wed,  5 Sep 2018 11:33:43 +0800
Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@gmail.com> wrote:

> The bridge mdb show is broken on current iproute2. e.g.
> ]# bridge mdb show
> 34: br0  veth0_br  224.1.1.2  temp 34: br0  veth0_br  224.1.1.1  temp
> 
> After fix:
> ]# bridge mdb show
> 34: br0  veth0_br  224.1.1.2  temp
> 34: br0  veth0_br  224.1.1.1  temp
> 
> Reported-by: Ying Xu <yinxu@redhat.com>
> Fixes: c7c1a1ef51aea ("bridge: colorize output and use JSON print library")
> Signed-off-by: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@gmail.com>
> ---
>  bridge/mdb.c | 8 ++++++++
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/bridge/mdb.c b/bridge/mdb.c
> index f38dc67..d89c065 100644
> --- a/bridge/mdb.c
> +++ b/bridge/mdb.c
> @@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ static void br_print_router_ports(FILE *f, struct rtattr *attr,
>  			fprintf(f, "%s ", port_ifname);
>  		}
>  	}
> +
> +	if (!is_json_context() && !show_stats)
> +		fprintf(f, "\n");
> +
>  	close_json_array(PRINT_JSON, NULL);
>  }
>  
> @@ -164,6 +168,10 @@ static void print_mdb_entry(FILE *f, int ifindex, const struct br_mdb_entry *e,
>  		print_string(PRINT_ANY, "timer", " %s",
>  			     format_timer(timer));
>  	}
> +
> +	if (!is_json_context())
> +		fprintf(f, "\n");
> +
>  	close_json_object();
>  }
>  

Thanks for catching this.

Now that there is a json print library, the preferred pattern for
this is:
	print_string(PRINT_FP, NULL, "\n", NULL);

I plan to introduce a helper
	print_fp(...)

and it would be easier if all places were consistent.