From b2e91401b73563492ee2e599a15b096094c28966 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bernhard Kirchen <schlimmchen@posteo.net>
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2025 21:18:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] logging: unlock while processing buffer

allows high priority tasks to log another message while the buffer is
being processed.
---
 src/MessageOutput.cpp | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/MessageOutput.cpp b/src/MessageOutput.cpp
index b0519d13..1757eccf 100644
--- a/src/MessageOutput.cpp
+++ b/src/MessageOutput.cpp
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ void MessageOutputClass::send_ws_chunk(const uint8_t* buffer, size_t size)
 
 void MessageOutputClass::loop()
 {
-    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(_msgLock);
+    std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(_msgLock);
 
     while (_buffer_out != _buffer_in) {
         uint8_t msg_len = static_cast<uint8_t>(_buffer[_buffer_out]);
@@ -212,11 +212,16 @@ void MessageOutputClass::loop()
             continue;
         }
 
+        lock.unlock();
+        taskYIELD(); // allow high priority tasks to log while we process the buffer
+
         auto msg_start = reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(&_buffer[_buffer_out]) + 1;
         serialWrite(msg_start, msg_len);
         Syslog.write(msg_start, msg_len);
         send_ws_chunk(msg_start, msg_len);
 
+        lock.lock();
+
         _buffer_out += 1 + msg_len;
     }
 }