On 28/02/2026 06:26, Collin Funk wrote:
This results in a noticeable increase in performance:

     $ yes /dev/null | head -n 10000000 | tr '\n' '\0' \
         | time --format=%E ./src/du-prev -l --files0-from=- > /dev/null
     0:20.40
     $ yes /dev/null | head -n 10000000 | tr '\n' '\0' \
         | time --format=%E ./src/du -l --files0-from=- > /dev/null
     0:16.57

* src/du.c (print_size): Prefer putchar and fputs which may be unlocked
unlike printf. Prefer ferror to fflush.
---
  src/du.c | 7 ++++---
  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/du.c b/src/du.c
index 8243ef1ac..a41ece904 100644
--- a/src/du.c
+++ b/src/du.c
@@ -464,10 +464,11 @@ print_size (const struct duinfo *pdui, char const *string)
            fputs (timetostr (pdui->tmax.tv_sec, buf), stdout);
          }
      }
-  printf ("\t%s%c", string, opt_nul_terminate_output ? '\0' : '\n');
-  if (fflush (stdout) != 0)
+  putchar ('\t');
+  fputs (string, stdout);
+  putchar (opt_nul_terminate_output ? '\0' : '\n');
+  if (ferror (stdout))
      write_error ();
-
  }
/* Fill the di_mnt set with local mount point dev/ino pairs. */

nice.

cheers,
Padraig

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