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[New msys2-runtime version] Cygwin: console: Fix regression in console input #6402

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Cygwin: console: Fix regression in console input

The commit fac73911f5a0 ("Cygwin: console: Fix typeahead input for
bash") introduced a bug where select() consumes some input chars in
canonical mode, preventing read() from reading them. This is due to
discarding input events when process_input_message() does not return
`input_ok` even if it is called from select().
The basic idea of that commit was making process_input_message()
not to store processed chars into readahead buffer. This was not
correct because the key input events were processed twice, once by
select() and again by read(). Thus even if that commit worked as
intended, the side effect such as input echo would be applied twice.

With this patch, process_input_message() handles only the minimum
necessary of input events in both cases, those processed by select()
and those processed by read(). To achieve this behaviour, the function
returns without processing when `input_ready` is already satisfied,
or after it has processed the specified number of chars.

Addresses: https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2026-August/259915.html
Reported-by: Steven Doerfler <sgd-cygwinlist@lugaru.com>
Fixes: fac73911f5a0 ("Cygwin: console: Fix typeahead input for bash")
Signed-off-by: Takashi Yano <takashi.yano@nifty.ne.jp>
Revewied-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
(cherry picked from commit 9807479c90e37913900569d3a8f3b10247bf7860)

msys2/msys2-runtime@da84778

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