Spawn a separate thread for the receiver

src/main.rs

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf, Component};
 use std::process;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::sync::mpsc::channel;
+use std::thread;
 use std::time;
 
 use clap::{App, AppSettings, Arg};
@@ -81,6 +82,16 @@ struct FdOptions {
     ls_colors: Option<LsColors>
 }
 
+/// The receiver thread can either be buffering results or directly streaming to the console.
+enum ReceiverMode {
+    /// Receiver is still buffering in order to sort the results, if the search finishes fast
+    /// enough.
+    Buffering,
+
+    /// Receiver is directly printing results to the output.
+    Streaming
+}
+
 /// Root directory
 static ROOT_DIR : &'static str = "/";
 
@@ -201,6 +212,55 @@ fn scan(root: &Path, pattern: Arc<Regex>, base: &Path, config: Arc<FdOptions>) {
                      .threads(config.threads.unwrap_or(0))
                      .build_parallel();
 
+    // Spawn the thread that receives all results through the channel.
+    let rx_config = Arc::clone(&config);
+    let rx_base = base.to_owned();
+    let receiver_thread = thread::spawn(move || {
+        let start = time::Instant::now();
+
+        let mut buffer = vec!();
+
+        // Start in buffering mode
+        let mut mode = ReceiverMode::Buffering;
+
+        // Maximum time to wait before we start streaming to the console.
+        let max_buffer_time = rx_config.max_buffer_time
+                                       .unwrap_or_else(|| time::Duration::from_millis(100));
+
+        for value in rx {
+            match mode {
+                ReceiverMode::Buffering => {
+                    buffer.push(value);
+
+                    // Have we reached the maximum time?
+                    if time::Instant::now() - start > max_buffer_time {
+                        // Flush the buffer
+                        for v in &buffer {
+                            print_entry(&rx_base, v, &rx_config);
+                        }
+                        buffer.clear();
+
+                        // Start streaming
+                        mode = ReceiverMode::Streaming;
+                    }
+                },
+                ReceiverMode::Streaming => {
+                    print_entry(&rx_base, &value, &rx_config);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        // If we have finished fast enough (faster than max_buffer_time), we haven't streamed
+        // anything to the console, yet. In this case, sort the results and print them:
+        if !buffer.is_empty() {
+            buffer.sort();
+            for value in buffer {
+                print_entry(&rx_base, &value, &rx_config);
+            }
+        }
+    });
+
+    // Spawn the sender threads.
     walker.run(|| {
         let base = base.to_owned();
         let config = config.clone();
@@ -241,43 +301,8 @@ fn scan(root: &Path, pattern: Arc<Regex>, base: &Path, config: Arc<FdOptions>) {
     // if all threads have finished, since there is still one sender around.
     drop(tx);
 
-    let start = time::Instant::now();
-
-    let mut buffer = vec!();
-
-    // Are we still buffering (or streaming to the console)?
-    let mut buffering = true;
-
-    // Maximum time to wait before we start streaming to the console.
-    let max_buffer_time = config.max_buffer_time
-                                .unwrap_or_else(|| time::Duration::from_millis(100));
-
-    for value in rx {
-        if buffering {
-            buffer.push(value);
-
-            // Have we reached the maximum time?
-            if time::Instant::now() - start > max_buffer_time {
-                // Flush the buffer
-                for v in &buffer {
-                    print_entry(base, v, &config);
-                }
-                buffer.clear();
-
-                // Start streaming
-                buffering = false;
-            }
-        } else {
-            print_entry(base, &value, &config);
-        }
-    }
-
-    // If we have finished fast enough (faster than max_buffer_time), we haven't streamed
-    // anything to the console, yet. In this case, sort the output and print it:
-    buffer.sort();
-    for value in buffer {
-        print_entry(base, &value, &config);
-    }
+    // Wait for the receiver thread to print out all results.
+    receiver_thread.join().unwrap();
 }
 
 /// Print error message to stderr and exit with status `1`.