Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] app/testpmd: change log level at run time

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>]

19/01/2018 23:19, Elza Mathew:
> @@ -16026,6 +16078,7 @@ struct cmd_cmdfile_result {
>  	(cmdline_parse_inst_t *)&cmd_set_link_down,
>  	(cmdline_parse_inst_t *)&cmd_reset,
>  	(cmdline_parse_inst_t *)&cmd_set_numbers,
> +	(cmdline_parse_inst_t *)&cmd_set_log,
>  	(cmdline_parse_inst_t *)&cmd_set_txpkts,
>  	(cmdline_parse_inst_t *)&cmd_set_txsplit,
>  	(cmdline_parse_inst_t *)&cmd_set_fwd_list,
> diff --git a/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst b/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst
> index d8c9ef0..3c55eb6 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst
> @@ -505,6 +505,25 @@ When retry is enabled, the transmit delay time and number of retries can also be
>  
>     testpmd> set burst tx delay (microseconds) retry (num)
>  
> +set log
> +~~~~~~~
> +
> +Set the log level for a log type::
> +
> +	testpmd> set log global|(type) (level)
> +
> +Where:
> +
> +* ``type`` is the log name.
> +
> +* ``level`` is the log level.
> +
> +For example, to change the global log level::
> +	testpmd> set log global (level)
> +
> +Regexes can also be used for type. To change log level of user1, user2 and user3::
> +	testpmd> set log user[1-3] (level)
> +
>  set txpkts
>  ~~~~~~~~~~

I know that testpmd code and doc are a bit messy,
but maybe we can find a better place for this command
in the doc and in the code.
As it is very generic, I think it should be one of the first commands.