netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf-next] libbpf: Add libbpf_set_log

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Date:   Fri, 25 Oct 2019 09:58:52 -0700
From:   Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@...il.com>
To:     Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>
Cc:     Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...com>, bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>,
        Networking <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next] libbpf: Add libbpf_set_log_level() function to
 adjust logging

On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 4:50 AM Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> Currently, the only way to change the logging output of libbpf is to
> override the print function with libbpf_set_print(). This is somewhat
> cumbersome if one just wants to change the logging level (e.g., to enable

No, it's not. Having one way of doing things is good, proliferation of
APIs is not a good thing. Either way you require application to write
some additional code. Doing simple vprintf-based (or whatever
application is using to print logs, which libbpf shouldn't care
about!) function with single if is not hard and is not cumbersome. If
you care about helping users to be less confused on how to do that, I
think it would be a good idea to have some sort of libbpf-specific FAQ
with code samples on how to achieve typical and common stuff, like
this one. So please instead consider doing that.

> debugging), so add another function that just adjusts the default output
> printing by adjusting the filtering of messages.
>
> Signed-off-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>
> ---
>  tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c   | 12 +++++++++++-
>  tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h   |  2 ++
>  tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map |  1 +
>  3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>

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