char *m; // The formatted message itself, ending with \n\0
int m_len; // Length without the \0
struct tm *tm; // Current time
+ struct timeval *tv;
uns flags; // Category and other flags as passed to msg()
char *raw_msg; // Unformatted parts
char *stime;
char *name; // Optional name, allocated by the user (or constructor)
int regnum; // Stream number, already encoded by LS_SET_STRNUM(); -1 if closed
uns levels; // Bitmask of accepted severity levels (default: all)
+ uns types; // Bitmask of accepted message types (default: all)
uns msgfmt; // Formatting flags (LSFMT_xxx)
uns use_count; // Number of references to the stream
+ uns stream_flags; // Various other flags (LSFLAG_xxx)
int (*filter)(struct log_stream* ls, struct log_msg *m); // Filter function, return non-zero to discard the message
clist substreams; // Pass the message to these streams (simple_list of pointers)
- int (*handler)(struct log_stream *ls, struct log_msg *m); // Called to commit the message
+ int (*handler)(struct log_stream *ls, struct log_msg *m); // Called to commit the message, return 0 for success, errno on error
void (*close)(struct log_stream* ls); // Called upon log_close_stream()
+ void *user_data; // Not used by the logging system
// Private data of the handler follow
};
LSFMT_TITLE = 8, // program title (log_title) */
LSFMT_PID = 16, // program PID (log_pid) */
LSFMT_LOGNAME = 32, // name of the log_stream */
+ LSFMT_TYPE = 64, // message type
};
#define LSFMT_DEFAULT (LSFMT_LEVEL | LSFMT_TIME | LSFMT_TITLE | LSFMT_PID) /** Default format **/
-// Return the letter associated with a given severity level
-#define LS_LEVEL_LETTER(level) ("DIiWwEe!###"[( level )])
+/**
+ * General stream flags.
+ **/
+enum ls_flag {
+ LSFLAG_ERR_IS_FATAL = 1, // When a logging error occurs, die() immediately
+ LSFLAG_ERR_REPORTED = 2, // A logging error has been already reported on this stream
+};
/***
* === Message flags
*
* The @flags parameter of msg() is divided to several groups of bits (from the LSB):
- * message severity level (`L_xxx`), destination stream, message type [currently unused]
+ * message severity level (`L_xxx`), destination stream, message type
* and control bits (e.g., `L_SIGHANDLER`).
***/
#define LS_SET_TYPE(type) ((type) << LS_TYPE_POS) /** Convert message type to flags **/
#define LS_SET_CTRL(ctrl) ((ctrl) << LS_CTRL_POS) /** Convert control bits to flags **/
+#define LS_NUM_TYPES (1 << LS_TYPE_BITS)
+
+/** Register a new message type and return the corresponding flag set (encoded by `LS_SET_TYPE`). **/
+int log_register_type(const char *name);
+
+/** Find a message type by name and return the corresponding flag set. Returns -1 if no such type found. **/
+int log_find_type(const char *name);
+
+/** Given a flag set, extract the message type ID and return its name. **/
+char *log_type_name(uns flags);
+
/*** === Operations on streams ***/
/**
**/
struct log_stream *log_stream_by_flags(uns flags);
-/**
- * Return a pointer to the default stream (stream #0).
- **/
+/** Return a pointer to the default stream (stream #0). **/
static inline struct log_stream *log_default_stream(void)
{
return log_stream_by_flags(0);
* even in multi-threaded programs.
***/
-struct log_stream *log_new_file(const char *path); /** Create a stream bound to a log file. **/
-struct log_stream *log_new_fd(int fd); /** Create a stream bound to a file descriptor. **/
+struct log_stream *log_new_file(const char *path, uns flags); /** Create a stream bound to a log file. See `FF_xxx` for @flags. **/
+struct log_stream *log_new_fd(int fd, uns flags); /** Create a stream bound to a file descriptor. See `FF_xxx` for @flags. **/
+
+enum log_file_flag { /** Flags used for file-based logging **/
+ FF_FORMAT_NAME = 1, // Internal: Name contains strftime escapes
+ FF_CLOSE_FD = 2, // Close the fd with the stream (use with log_new_fd())
+ FF_FD2_FOLLOWS = 4, // Maintain stderr as a clone of this stream
+};
/**
* When a time-based name of the log file changes, the logger switches to a new
/** Open a log stream configured under the specified name and increase its use count. **/
struct log_stream *log_new_configured(const char *name);
+/** Open a log stream configured under the specified name and use it as the default destination. **/
+void log_configured(const char *name);
+
/**
* Verify that a stream called @name was configured. If it wasn't, return an error
* message. This is intended to be used in configuration commit hooks.