[libvirt] [PATCH 2/7] Add accessors for logging filters and outputs

Daniel P. Berrange berrange at redhat.com
Mon Oct 5 12:51:00 UTC 2009


On Sun, Oct 04, 2009 at 03:28:46PM -0400, Amy Griffis wrote:
> When configuring logging settings, keep more information about the
> output destination. Add accessors to retrieve the filter and output
> settings in the original string form; this to be used to set up
> environment for a child process that also logs. Open output files
> O_APPEND so child can also write -- was there a reason to truncate
> them?

I don't think it really matters - APPEND is fine

> Note this patch changes the API for virLogDefineOutput(), which is
> part of the internal libvirt API, but is currently only used within
> logging.c.

> @@ -107,12 +114,15 @@ typedef void (*virLogCloseFunc) (void *data);
>  
>  extern int virLogGetNbFilters(void);
>  extern int virLogGetNbOutputs(void);
> +extern int virLogGetFilters(virBufferPtr);
> +extern int virLogGetOutputs(virBufferPtr);

Having looked at the wway the next patch uses these, I think it'd be
nicer to change the contract to just be

   extern char *virLogGetFilters(void);
   extern char *virLogGetOutputs(void);


Regards,
Daniel
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