[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/3] log: add ability to match dynamic log based on shell pattern
Stephen Hemminger
stephen at networkplumber.org
Tue Apr 24 01:59:08 CEST 2018
On Mon, 23 Apr 2018 23:08:01 +0200
Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net> wrote:
> Hi Stephen,
>
> 04/04/2018 13:34, Thomas Monjalon:
> > 23/02/2018 22:17, Stephen Hemminger:
> > > Regular expressions are not the best way to match a hierarchical
> > > pattern like dynamic log levels. And the separator for dynamic
> > > log levels is period which is the regex wildcard character.
> > >
> > > A better solution is to use filename matching 'globbing' so
> > > that log levels match like file paths. For compatibility,
> > > use colon to separate pattern match style arguments. For
> > > example:
> > > --log-level 'pmd.net.virtio.*:debug'
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
> > > ---
> > > +int
> > > +rte_log_set_level_match(const char *pattern, uint32_t level)
> > [...]
> > > +/* set level by regular expression (using pattern match is preferred) */
> > > int
> > > rte_log_set_level_regexp(const char *pattern, uint32_t level)
> >
> > I think "pattern" is more appropriate than "match" to differentiate
> > from "regexp". So I suggest this function name:
> > rte_log_set_level_pattern
>
> Are you OK to do a v3 with this change?
>
>
Sure, I expected some feedback since it it was a semantic change in
the API. Let me also recheck the documentation.
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