From f7acd4bdab7092700a9386802a0ec86d4362e58c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vincent Becker <vincentx.becker@intel.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 11:23:46 +0100
Subject: log: Add a new log target to a file descriptor

This patch enables logging of text debug messages (pa_log feature) into a file or a device driver.
Example : pulseaudio --log-target=file:./mylog.txt

(Minor tweaks by Colin + Arun)
---
 src/pulsecore/log.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/pulsecore/log.h |  5 +++++
 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+)

(limited to 'src/pulsecore')

diff --git a/src/pulsecore/log.c b/src/pulsecore/log.c
index 2c0e267a..b12cbf0c 100644
--- a/src/pulsecore/log.c
+++ b/src/pulsecore/log.c
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ static pa_log_level_t maximum_level = PA_LOG_ERROR, maximum_level_override = PA_
 static unsigned show_backtrace = 0, show_backtrace_override = 0, skip_backtrace = 0;
 static pa_log_flags_t flags = 0, flags_override = 0;
 static pa_bool_t no_rate_limit = FALSE;
+static int log_fd = -1;
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SYSLOG_H
 static const int level_to_syslog[] = {
@@ -128,6 +129,15 @@ void pa_log_set_flags(pa_log_flags_t _flags, pa_log_merge_t merge) {
         flags = _flags;
 }
 
+void pa_log_set_fd(int fd) {
+    if (fd >= 0)
+        log_fd = fd;
+    else if (log_fd >= 0) {
+        pa_close(log_fd);
+        log_fd = -1;
+    }
+}
+
 void pa_log_set_show_backtrace(unsigned nlevels) {
     show_backtrace = nlevels;
 }
@@ -399,6 +409,23 @@ void pa_log_levelv_meta(
             }
 #endif
 
+            case PA_LOG_FD: {
+                if (log_fd >= 0) {
+                    char metadata[256];
+
+                    pa_snprintf(metadata, sizeof(metadata), "\n%c %s %s", level_to_char[level], timestamp, location);
+
+                    if ((write(log_fd, metadata, strlen(metadata)) < 0) || (write(log_fd, t, strlen(t)) < 0)) {
+                        saved_errno = errno;
+                        pa_log_set_fd(-1);
+                        fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", "Error writing logs to a file descriptor. Redirect log messages to console.");
+                        fprintf(stderr, "%s %s\n", metadata, t);
+                        pa_log_set_target(PA_LOG_STDERR);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                break;
+            }
             case PA_LOG_NULL:
             default:
                 break;
diff --git a/src/pulsecore/log.h b/src/pulsecore/log.h
index 1fd38d44..ad04e7bd 100644
--- a/src/pulsecore/log.h
+++ b/src/pulsecore/log.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ typedef enum pa_log_target {
     PA_LOG_STDERR,  /* default */
     PA_LOG_SYSLOG,
     PA_LOG_NULL,    /* to /dev/null */
+    PA_LOG_FD,      /* to a file descriptor, e.g. a char device */
     PA_LOG_TARGET_MAX
 } pa_log_target_t;
 
@@ -74,6 +75,10 @@ void pa_log_set_level(pa_log_level_t l);
 /* Set flags */
 void pa_log_set_flags(pa_log_flags_t flags, pa_log_merge_t merge);
 
+/* Set the file descriptor of the logging device.
+   Daemon conf is in charge of opening this device */
+void pa_log_set_fd(int fd);
+
 /* Enable backtrace */
 void pa_log_set_show_backtrace(unsigned nlevels);
 
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