diff --git a/src/portal.rs b/src/portal.rs
index c66f6cfe..dc86725a 100644
--- a/src/portal.rs
+++ b/src/portal.rs
@@ -21,15 +21,14 @@ use {
             ptl_screencast::{add_screencast_dbus_members, ScreencastSession},
         },
         utils::{
-            buf::Buf,
             clone3::{fork_with_pidfd, Forked},
             copyhashmap::CopyHashMap,
             errorfmt::ErrorFmt,
+            line_logger::log_lines,
             numcell::NumCell,
             oserror::OsError,
             process_name::set_process_name,
             run_toplevel::RunToplevel,
-            vecdeque_ext::VecDequeExt,
             xrd::xrd,
         },
         video::dmabuf::DmaBufIds,
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@ use {
     },
     log::Level,
     std::{
-        collections::VecDeque,
         rc::{Rc, Weak},
         sync::Arc,
     },
@@ -104,25 +102,14 @@ impl PortalStartup {
             let ring = ring.clone();
             let logger = logger.clone();
             async move {
-                let mut buf = VecDeque::<u8>::new();
-                let mut buf2 = Buf::new(1024);
-                let mut done = false;
-                while !done {
-                    match ring.read(&self.logs, buf2.clone()).await {
-                        Ok(n) if n > 0 => buf.extend(&buf2[..n]),
-                        Ok(_) => done = true,
-                        Err(e) => {
-                            log::error!("Could not read portal logs: {}", ErrorFmt(e));
-                            return;
-                        }
-                    };
-                    while let Some(pos) = buf.iter().position(|b| b == &b'\n') {
-                        let (left, right) = buf.get_slices(..pos);
-                        logger.write_raw(left);
-                        logger.write_raw(right);
-                        logger.write_raw(b" (portal)\n");
-                        buf.drain(..=pos);
-                    }
+                let res = log_lines(&ring, &self.logs, |left, right| {
+                    logger.write_raw(left);
+                    logger.write_raw(right);
+                    logger.write_raw(b" (portal)\n");
+                })
+                .await;
+                if let Err(e) = res {
+                    log::error!("Could not read portal logs: {}", ErrorFmt(e));
                 }
             }
         });
diff --git a/src/utils.rs b/src/utils.rs
index 5764751b..6dde581e 100644
--- a/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/utils.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ pub mod errorfmt;
 pub mod fdcloser;
 pub mod gfx_api_ext;
 pub mod hex;
+pub mod line_logger;
 pub mod linkedlist;
 pub mod log_on_drop;
 pub mod mmap;
diff --git a/src/utils/line_logger.rs b/src/utils/line_logger.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..91c75d42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/line_logger.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+use {
+    crate::{
+        io_uring::{IoUring, IoUringError},
+        utils::{buf::Buf, vecdeque_ext::VecDequeExt},
+    },
+    isnt::std_1::collections::IsntVecDequeExt,
+    std::{collections::VecDeque, rc::Rc},
+    uapi::OwnedFd,
+};
+
+pub async fn log_lines(
+    ring: &IoUring,
+    fd: &Rc<OwnedFd>,
+    mut f: impl FnMut(&[u8], &[u8]),
+) -> Result<(), IoUringError> {
+    let mut buf = VecDeque::<u8>::new();
+    let mut buf2 = Buf::new(1024);
+    let mut done = false;
+    while !done {
+        let n = ring.read(fd, buf2.clone()).await?;
+        buf.extend(&buf2[..n]);
+        if n == 0 {
+            done = true;
+        }
+        while let Some(pos) = buf.iter().position(|b| b == &b'\n') {
+            let (left, right) = buf.get_slices(..pos);
+            f(left, right);
+            buf.drain(..=pos);
+        }
+    }
+    if buf.is_not_empty() {
+        let (left, right) = buf.as_slices();
+        f(left, right);
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/src/xwayland.rs b/src/xwayland.rs
index af43e885..e98199f8 100644
--- a/src/xwayland.rs
+++ b/src/xwayland.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use {
         io_uring::IoUringError,
         state::State,
         user_session::import_environment,
-        utils::{buf::Buf, errorfmt::ErrorFmt, oserror::OsError},
+        utils::{errorfmt::ErrorFmt, line_logger::log_lines, oserror::OsError},
         wire::WlSurfaceId,
         xcon::XconError,
         xwayland::{
@@ -217,29 +217,12 @@ pub fn build_args() -> (String, Vec<String>) {
 
 async fn log_xwayland(state: Rc<State>, stderr: OwnedFd) {
     let stderr = Rc::new(stderr);
-    let mut buf = vec![];
-    let mut buf2 = Buf::new(128);
-    let mut done = false;
-    while !done {
-        loop {
-            match state.ring.read(&stderr, buf2.clone()).await {
-                Ok(n) if n > 0 => {
-                    buf.extend_from_slice(&buf2[..n]);
-                }
-                Ok(_) => {
-                    done = true;
-                    break;
-                }
-                Err(e) => {
-                    log::error!("Could not read from stderr fd: {}", ErrorFmt(e));
-                    return;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        for line in buf.lines() {
-            log::info!("Xwayland: {}", line.as_bstr());
-        }
-        buf.clear();
+    let res = log_lines(&state.ring, &stderr, |left, right| {
+        log::info!("Xwayland: {}{}", left.as_bstr(), right.as_bstr());
+    })
+    .await;
+    if let Err(e) = res {
+        log::error!("Could not read from stderr fd: {}", ErrorFmt(e));
     }
 }