[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 01/13] eal/log: introduce log register macro

[Andrew Rybchenko]

On 6/17/20 1:02 PM, David Marchand wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 8:30 AM <jerinj at marvell.com> wrote:
>>
>> From: Jerin Jacob <jerinj at marvell.com>
>>
>> Introducing the RTE_LOG_REGISTER macro to avoid the code duplication
>> in the log registration process.
>>
>> It is a wrapper macro for declaring the logtype, register the log and sets
> 
> Having the logtype variable declared as part of the macro will force
> us to have global symbols (for the cases where it is needed).
> I'd rather leave the declaration to the caller, and only handle the
> registering part in this macro.

I agree with David that it is important to avoid global symbols
when it is not needed.

>> it's level in the constructor context.
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