[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] ethdev: decrease log level for successful API

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Thu Aug 2 17:14:44 CEST 2018


On Thu,  2 Aug 2018 13:33:43 +0100
Kevin Traynor <ktraynor at redhat.com> wrote:

> Change log level of messages from ERR back to DEBUG where
> existing API indicates that the condition is a success.
> 
> This means applications using the API in its current form will
> not get new ERR logs.
> 
> Fixes: bea1e0c70cfc ("ethdev: convert static log type usage to dynamic")

The expectations about level come from syslog:

       LOG_ERR        error conditions

       LOG_WARNING    warning conditions

       LOG_NOTICE     normal, but significant, condition

       LOG_INFO       informational message

       LOG_DEBUG      debug-level message

Therefore messages where an API did something wrong should be NOTICE
and messages where an API's normal action was successful should be
INFO or DEBUG.

All the "already XXX" messages should be NOTICE.


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