2015-08-02 20:58, Wiles, Keith: > On 8/2/15, 3:44 PM, "Thomas Monjalon" <thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com> wrote: > > >2015-08-02 19:10, Wiles, Keith: > >> On 8/2/15, 12:15 PM, "Thomas Monjalon" <thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com> > >>wrote: > >> >2015-06-06 19:04, Keith Wiles: > >> >> +# Log level use: RTE_LOG_XXX > >> >> +# XXX = NOOP, EMERG, ALERT, CRIT, ERR, WARNING, NOTICE, INFO or > >>DEBUG > >> >> +# Look in rte_log.h for others if any. > >> >> +# > >> > > >> >I think this comment is useless. > >> > >> I do not think the comment is useless as some may not understand what > >> values the Log level can be set too in the future. Not commenting the > >> change would be a problem IMO. This is also why the line was moved. > > > >It is already documented in the API doc. > >I agree having some comments in the config files would be convenient but: > > - this one is 3 lines long > > - currently comments are only used to separate sections > >Maybe you can do a oneline: > > # Minimum log level compiled: DEBUG, INFO, NOTICE, WARNING or ERR > >I think it is important to tell it is a minimum log level, i.e. compiled > >logs. > >And probably it is not needed to suggest a minimum level higher than ERR. > > I will reduce the comment to one line, should I move the LOG_HISTORY down > to under LOG_LEVEL?
Yes please. > >> >> + RTE_LOG_EMERG, /**< System is unusable. */ > >> >> + RTE_LOG_ALERT, /**< Action must be taken immediately. */ > >> >> + RTE_LOG_CRIT, /**< Critical conditions. */ > >> >> + RTE_LOG_ERR, /**< Error conditions. */ > >> >> + RTE_LOG_WARNING, /**< Warning conditions. */ > >> >> + RTE_LOG_NOTICE, /**< Normal but significant condition. */ > >> >> + RTE_LOG_INFO, /**< Informational. */ > >> >> + RTE_LOG_DEBUG /**< Debug-level messages. */ > >> >> +}; > >> > > >> >What is the benefit of this change? > >> > >> The change is to use a enum in place of using magic numbers, plus you > >>get > >> the benefit of seeing the enum name in the debugger instead of a number. > >> It makes the code more readable IMHO. > > > >OK so a comment in the commit message could give the debugger > >justification. > > OK will add the debugger comment to the commit log. Thanks Please also explain that rte_logs was set after options parsing, defaulting to RTE_LOG_LEVEL, and it is now initialized at RTE_LOG_LEVEL without behavioral change.
