[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 4/4] log: add option argument help

[Kinsella, Ray]

On 08/04/2021 17:47, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> The option --log-level was not completely described in the usage text,
> and it was difficult to guess the names of the log types and levels.
> 
> A new value "help" is accepted after --log-level to give more details
> about the syntax and listing the log types and levels.
> 
> The array "levels" used for level name parsing is replaced with
> a (modified) existing function which was used in rte_log_dump().
> 
> The new function rte_log_list_types() is exported in the API
> for allowing an application to give this info to the user
> if not exposing the EAL option --log-level.
> The list of log types cannot include all drivers if not linked in the
> application (shared object plugin case).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
> Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
> Acked-by: Andrew Rybchenko <andrew.rybchenko at oktetlabs.ru>
> ---
>  lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_log.c     | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++--
>  lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c | 44 ++++++++++++------
>  lib/librte_eal/common/eal_log.h            |  5 ++
>  lib/librte_eal/include/rte_log.h           | 11 +++++
>  lib/librte_eal/version.map                 |  1 +
>  5 files changed, 97 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Ray Kinsella <mdr at ashroe.eu>