From 8dee7b96fd6eaea54400aaf317f72aac9b323b58 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon Glass Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2019 20:24:36 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] log: Add documentation for convenience functions The log_debug(), etc. function are documented only in the header file at present. Add a section to README.log also. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass Reviewed-by: Bin Meng --- doc/README.log | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/README.log b/doc/README.log index 2ee1b753bc..75350ecd41 100644 --- a/doc/README.log +++ b/doc/README.log @@ -69,6 +69,32 @@ If CONFIG_LOG is not set, then no logging will be available. The above have SPL versions also, e.g. CONFIG_SPL_MAX_LOG_LEVEL. +Convenience functions +--------------------- + +A number of convenience functions are available to shorten the code needed +for logging: + + log_err(_fmt...) + log_warning(_fmt...) + log_notice(_fmt...) + log_info(_fmt...) + log_debug(_fmt...) + log_content(_fmt...) + log_io(_fmt...) + +With these the log level is implicit in the name. The category is set by +LOG_CATEGORY, which you can only define once per file, above all #includes: + + #define LOG_CATEGORY LOGC_ALLOC + +or + + #define LOG_CATEGORY UCLASS_SPI + +Remember that all uclasses IDs are log categories too. + + Log commands ------------ @@ -187,16 +213,6 @@ Convenience functions to support setting the category: log_core(level, format_string, ...) - category LOGC_CORE log_dt(level, format_string, ...) - category LOGC_DT -Convenience functions to support a category defined for a single file, for -example: - - #define LOG_CATEGORY UCLASS_USB - -all of these can use LOG_CATEGORY as the category, and a log level -corresponding to the function name: - - logc(level, format_string, ...) - More logging destinations: device - goes to a device (e.g. serial) -- 2.25.1