[PATCH] autoboot: Fix inconsistent countdown output
Sam Protsenko
semen.protsenko at linaro.org
Mon Oct 27 01:24:58 CET 2025
Commit 5f70be08b015 ("Fix autoboot countdown printing wrong") introduces
inconsistency in how the countdown is displayed. For example, in case
when BOOTDELAY=5, the next output is observed during the boot:
Hit any key to stop autoboot: 5
Hit any key to stop autoboot: 4
Hit any key to stop autoboot: 3
That happens due to different printf format (%2d vs %1d). Moreover, the
mentioned commit fails to handle the case when the user is holding some
key before the countdown is shown. E.g. if BOOTDELAY=101, the next
malformed output is being produced:
Hit any key to stop autoboot: 1 0
That's because the fast path code wasn't modified accordingly, and still
tries to erase the number using '\b\b\b' format.
Fix both issues by introducing a dedicated routine for printing the
whole countdown line.
Fixes: 5f70be08b015 ("Fix autoboot countdown printing wrong")
Signed-off-by: Sam Protsenko <semen.protsenko at linaro.org>
---
common/autoboot.c | 12 +++++++++---
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/common/autoboot.c b/common/autoboot.c
index e39f4a32f957..1783ef92c94c 100644
--- a/common/autoboot.c
+++ b/common/autoboot.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
*/
#include <config.h>
+#include <ansi.h>
#include <autoboot.h>
#include <bootretry.h>
#include <cli.h>
@@ -376,19 +377,24 @@ static int abortboot_key_sequence(int bootdelay)
return abort;
}
+static void print_boot_delay(int bootdelay)
+{
+ printf(ANSI_CLEAR_LINE "\rHit any key to stop autoboot: %d", bootdelay);
+}
+
static int abortboot_single_key(int bootdelay)
{
int abort = 0;
unsigned long ts;
- printf("Hit any key to stop autoboot: %2d ", bootdelay);
+ print_boot_delay(bootdelay);
/*
* Check if key already pressed
*/
if (tstc()) { /* we got a key press */
getchar(); /* consume input */
- puts("\b\b\b 0");
+ print_boot_delay(0);
abort = 1; /* don't auto boot */
}
@@ -410,7 +416,7 @@ static int abortboot_single_key(int bootdelay)
udelay(10000);
} while (!abort && get_timer(ts) < 1000);
- printf("\rHit any key to stop autoboot: %1d\033[K", bootdelay);
+ print_boot_delay(bootdelay);
}
putc('\n');
base-commit: fd976ff3a233ae7c6a9f5bec790b02bbbf57bb24
--
2.39.5
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