Revert "Add a project setting to enable stdout flushing in release builds"

This reverts commit 341b9cf15a6df3dae1ba6218b8545feec41fa728.

This makes the logger crash when used during cleanup: #44850.

core/io/logger.cpp

@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 #include "core/os/dir_access.h"
 #include "core/os/os.h"
 #include "core/print_string.h"
-#include "core/project_settings.h"
 
 // va_copy was defined in the C99, but not in C++ standards before C++11.
 // When you compile C++ without --std=c++<XX> option, compilers still define
@@ -205,14 +204,15 @@ void RotatedFileLogger::logv(const char *p_format, va_list p_list, bool p_err) {
 		}
 		va_end(list_copy);
 		file->store_buffer((uint8_t *)buf, len);
-
 		if (len >= static_buf_size) {
 			Memory::free_static(buf);
 		}
-
-		if (p_err || GLOBAL_GET("application/run/flush_stdout_on_print")) {
-			// Don't always flush when printing stdout to avoid performance
-			// issues when `print()` is spammed in release builds.
+#ifdef DEBUG_ENABLED
+		const bool need_flush = true;
+#else
+		bool need_flush = p_err;
+#endif
+		if (need_flush) {
 			file->flush();
 		}
 	}
@@ -231,11 +231,9 @@ void StdLogger::logv(const char *p_format, va_list p_list, bool p_err) {
 		vfprintf(stderr, p_format, p_list);
 	} else {
 		vprintf(p_format, p_list);
-		if (GLOBAL_GET("application/run/flush_stdout_on_print")) {
-			// Don't always flush when printing stdout to avoid performance
-			// issues when `print()` is spammed in release builds.
-			fflush(stdout);
-		}
+#ifdef DEBUG_ENABLED
+		fflush(stdout);
+#endif
 	}
 }
 

doc/classes/ProjectSettings.xml

@@ -248,14 +248,6 @@
 		<member name="application/run/disable_stdout" type="bool" setter="" getter="" default="false">
 			If [code]true[/code], disables printing to standard output in an exported build.
 		</member>
-		<member name="application/run/flush_stdout_on_print" type="bool" setter="" getter="" default="false">
-			If [code]true[/code], flushes the standard output stream every time a line is printed. This affects both terminal logging and file logging.
-			When running a project, this setting must be enabled if you want logs to be collected by service managers such as systemd/journalctl. This setting is disabled by default on release builds, since flushing on every printed line will negatively affect performance if lots of lines are printed in a rapid succession. Also, if this setting is enabled, logged files will still be written successfully if the application crashes or is otherwise killed by the user (without being closed "normally").
-			[b]Note:[/b] Regardless of this setting, the standard error stream ([code]stderr[/code]) is always flushed when a line is printed to it.
-		</member>
-		<member name="application/run/flush_stdout_on_print.debug" type="bool" setter="" getter="" default="true">
-			Debug build override for [member application/run/flush_stdout_on_print], as performance is less important during debugging.
-		</member>
 		<member name="application/run/frame_delay_msec" type="int" setter="" getter="" default="0">
 			Forces a delay between frames in the main loop (in milliseconds). This may be useful if you plan to disable vertical synchronization.
 		</member>

main/main.cpp

@@ -369,11 +369,6 @@ Error Main::setup(const char *execpath, int argc, char *argv[], bool p_second_ph
 	ClassDB::register_class<Performance>();
 	engine->add_singleton(Engine::Singleton("Performance", performance));
 
-	// Only flush stdout in debug builds by default, as spamming `print()` will
-	// decrease performance if this is enabled.
-	GLOBAL_DEF("application/run/flush_stdout_on_print", false);
-	GLOBAL_DEF("application/run/flush_stdout_on_print.debug", true);
-
 	GLOBAL_DEF("debug/settings/crash_handler/message", String("Please include this when reporting the bug on https://github.com/godotengine/godot/issues"));
 
 	MAIN_PRINT("Main: Parse CMDLine");