Remove some dead code from tools/valgrind/common.py

tools/valgrind/common.py

Index: tools/valgrind/common.py
===================================================================
--- tools/valgrind/common.py	(revision 202396)
+++ tools/valgrind/common.py	(working copy)
@@ -19,47 +19,32 @@
   pass
 
 
-def _print_line(line, flush=True):
-  # Printing to a text file (including stdout) on Windows always winds up
-  # using \r\n automatically.  On buildbot, this winds up being read by a master
-  # running on Linux, so we manually convert crlf to '\n'
-  print line.rstrip() + '\n',
-  if flush:
-    sys.stdout.flush()
-
-
 def RunSubprocessInBackground(proc):
   """Runs a subprocess in the background. Returns a handle to the process."""
   logging.info("running %s in the background" % " ".join(proc))
   return subprocess.Popen(proc)
 
 
-def RunSubprocess(proc, timeout=0, detach=False, background=False):

[Timur Iskhodzhanov, 2013/05/27 13:51:30]

FYI: these were never used

+def RunSubprocess(proc, timeout=0):
   """ Runs a subprocess, until it finishes or |timeout| is exceeded and the
   process is killed with taskkill.  A |timeout| <= 0  means no timeout.
 
   Args:
     proc: list of process components (exe + args)
     timeout: how long to wait before killing, <= 0 means wait forever
-    detach: Whether to pass the DETACHED_PROCESS argument to CreateProcess
-        on Windows.  This is used by Purify subprocesses on buildbot which
-        seem to get confused by the parent console that buildbot sets up.
   """
 
   logging.info("running %s, timeout %d sec" % (" ".join(proc), timeout))
-  if detach:
-    # see MSDN docs for "Process Creation Flags"
-    DETACHED_PROCESS = 0x8
-    p = subprocess.Popen(proc, creationflags=DETACHED_PROCESS)
-  else:
-    # For non-detached processes, manually read and print out stdout and stderr.
-    # By default, the subprocess is supposed to inherit these from its parent,
-    # however when run under buildbot, it seems unable to read data from a
-    # grandchild process, so we have to read the child and print the data as if
-    # it came from us for buildbot to read it.  We're not sure why this is
-    # necessary.
-    # TODO(erikkay): should we buffer stderr and stdout separately?
-    p = subprocess.Popen(proc, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+  # Manually read and print out stdout and stderr.
+  # By default, the subprocess is supposed to inherit these from its parent,
+  # however when run under buildbot, it seems unable to read data from a
+  # grandchild process, so we have to read the child and print the data as if
+  # it came from us for buildbot to read it.  We're not sure why this is
+  # necessary.
+  # TODO(erikkay): should we buffer stderr and stdout separately?
+  p = subprocess.Popen(proc, universal_newlines=True,
+                       bufsize=1,  # line buffered
+                       stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
 
   logging.info("started subprocess")
 
@@ -70,27 +55,13 @@
   if timeout > 0:
     wait_until = time.time() + timeout
   while p.poll() is None and not did_timeout:
-    if not detach:
-      line = p.stdout.readline()
-      while line and not did_timeout:
-        _print_line(line)
-        line = p.stdout.readline()
-        if timeout > 0:
-          did_timeout = time.time() > wait_until
-    else:
-      # When we detach, blocking on reading stdout doesn't work, so we sleep
-      # a short time and poll.
-      time.sleep(0.5)
-      if time.time() >= progress_delay_time:
-        # Force output on a periodic basis to avoid getting killed off by the
-        # buildbot.
-        # TODO(erikkay): I'd prefer a less obtrusive 'print ".",' with a flush
-        # but because of how we're doing subprocesses, this doesn't appear to
-        # work reliably.
-        logging.info("%s still running..." % os.path.basename(proc[0]))
-        progress_delay_time = time.time() + progress_delay
-    if timeout > 0:
-      did_timeout = time.time() > wait_until
+    for line in p.stdout:
+      sys.stdout.write(line)
+      sys.stdout.flush()
+      if timeout > 0:
+        did_timeout = time.time() > wait_until
+      if did_timeout:
+        break
 
   if did_timeout:
     logging.info("process timed out")
@@ -109,9 +80,9 @@
     time.sleep(1.0)
     logging.error("TIMEOUT waiting for %s" % proc[0])
     raise TimeoutError(proc[0])
-  elif not detach:
-    for line in p.stdout.readlines():
-      _print_line(line, False)
+  else:
+    for line in p.stdout:
+      sys.stdout.write(line)
     if not IsMac():   # stdout flush fails on Mac
       logging.info("flushing stdout")
       p.stdout.flush()