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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
To: "Ananyev, Konstantin" <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>,
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26/10/2021 14:38, Ananyev, Konstantin:
>=20
> > > > > > > > There is a concern about getting efficient log report,
> > > > > > > > especially when looking at CI issues.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > +1.
> > > > > > > The current solution with logs is a real pain.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Are you guys talking about problems with
> > > > > > app/test/sample_packet_forward.* David reported?
> > > > > > Or some extra problems arise?
> > > > >
> > > > > The problem will arise each time an app is misbehaving.
> > > > > That's going to be a recurring problem in the CI.
> > >
> > > It is still not clear to me why it is going to be a recurring one?
> > > Ok, right now we have some test-cases that are misbehaving unintentio=
nally.
> > > So we need to fix them.
> > > I admit that it might be a pain, but it still looks like a one time j=
ob to me.
> > > With new test-cases we should be able to catch such misbehaving at pa=
tch
> > > submission stage (by checking then logs).
> > > I guess there might be some test-cases that misbehave intentionally -
> > > some negative test-cases for error-condition checking etc.
> > > But for them error message in the log and error return value seems li=
ke a
> > > right thing, no? Again I expect such test-cases do erroneous rx/tx_bu=
rst
> > > just few times (not dozens or hundreds) so they shouldn't pollute log=
 too much.
> > > So, what I am missing here?
> >=20
> > You don't miss anything, but as you said above, we are going to catch
> > some issues at patch submission stage.
> > And we want this stage to be easy to catch.
> > Having megabytes of log does not help to check in the CI.
> >=20
> > > > One thing that could be done is compiling with asserts in CI, and l=
et
> > > > default build not have those asserts.
> > >
> > > Agree, log+assert seems like a good alternative to panic() for me.
> > >
> > > > Otherwise, logging once should be enough (I have a patch for this l=
atter idea).
> > >
> > > I understand the intention, but I am a bit sceptical about that one:
> > > it is quite often people don=E2=80=99t pay much attention to single l=
og message.
> >=20
> > Not a good argument in my opinion.
> > One error =3D=3D one log.
> > We are not going to flood all error logs to make sure devs pay attentio=
n :)
>=20
> Well, that error could come from different sources (rx/tx, different port=
s, etc.).
> But yes, healthy CI is important.
> So if suppressing subsequent messages will help it anyhow, I wouldn't obj=
ect.
> Few thoughts though:
> we probably need to make it more informative (and scary :)) then now:
> bump log-level, print current lcore id and dump current call-stack.
> Another thought - might be worth to make it logging once per lcore
> (instead of global logging once).

David tried to print once per queue.
I don't know whether it can work. David?