Fix progress bar flickering

controller.py

@@ -693,13 +693,12 @@ def controller(
     # Handlers are used for a graceful exit, in case of a signal
     register_signal_handlers(clogger, queue_output, p_logger)
 
-    pbar = tqdm(
-        total=len(faultlist), desc="Simulating faults", disable=not len(faultlist)
-    )
     itter = 0
     while 1:
         if stop_signal_received:
-            clogger.info("Stopping the execution")
+            clogger.info(
+                "Stop signal received, finishing the current write operation..."
+            )
             queue_output.put({"index": -4})
 
             for p in p_list:
@@ -777,8 +776,6 @@ def controller(
             # Find finished processes
             p["process"].join(timeout=0)
             if p["process"].is_alive() is False:
-                # Update the progress bar
-                pbar.update(1)
                 # Recalculate moving average
                 p_time_list.append(current_time - p["start_time"])
                 len_p_time_list = len(p_time_list)
@@ -791,7 +788,6 @@ def controller(
                 break
 
     clogger.debug("{} experiments remaining in queue".format(queue_output.qsize()))
-    pbar.close()
     p_logger.join()
 
     clogger.debug("Done with qemu and logger")

hdf5logger.py

@@ -502,6 +502,7 @@ def hdf5collector(
         ):
             n._f_remove(recursive=True)
 
+    pbar = tqdm(total=num_exp, desc="Simulating faults", disable=not num_exp)
     while num_exp > 0 or log_goldenrun or log_pregoldenrun or log_config:
         # readout queue and get next output from qemu. Will block
         exp = queue_output.get()
@@ -525,6 +526,7 @@ def hdf5collector(
                     )
                 )
             num_exp = num_exp - 1
+            pbar.update(1)
         elif exp["index"] == -2 and log_pregoldenrun:
             if "Pregoldenrun" in f.root:
                 raise ValueError("Pregoldenrun already exists!")
@@ -581,5 +583,6 @@ def hdf5collector(
 
         del exp
 
+    pbar.close()
     f.close()
     logger.debug("Data Logging done")