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logging Module Reference

Device Logging. More...

## Classes

interface | DebugLog
| Device debug log interface. More...
interface | EventLog
| Device event log interface. More...
struct | EventLogClearedEvent
| Event log cleared event. More...
struct | LogChunk
| A log chunk. More...
struct | LogEntry
| A log entry. More...
struct | LogInfo
| General log info. More...
interface | WlanLog
| WLAN diagnostic log interface. More...

## Enumerations

enum | RangeDirection { FORWARD , BACKWARD }
| Range direction when fetching log entries. More...

## Detailed Description

Device Logging.

Log:

- organized as a ring buffer
- divided into multiple log chunks
- size is limited (based on amount of storage and not the message count)
- if size limit is reached then the oldest log messages will be removed (in log chunk granularity)
- real size may vary over time because of optional compression and chunk-wise removal of old messages

Log chunk:

- contains log messages
- usually represented by a dedicated file in the backend
- size is limited (based on amount of storage and not the message count)
- real size may vary slightly

Log messages:

- have an associated log message id
- the id is not persistent, i.e. id assignment starts from beginning when
  - restarting the log service (e.g. by rebooting the device)
  - clearing the log

Log message id:

- unsigned 32bit integer in the backend
- mapped to a signed 32bit integer in IDL
- when the id reaches 2^31 then the IDL representation of the id will become negative
- at 2^32 the id will wrap to 0
- the id start with 0 and is incremented by 1 with each log message

Id reset detection:

1. Retrieve LogInfo via getInfo() and remember the creationTime[2].
2. When retrieving log messages via getChunk() compare the logCreationTime with the creationTime from getInfo().
3. If they differ then the id numbering has been reset.

Log message retrieval:

- only chunk-wise (a chunk is usually represented by a file in the backend)
- one chunk at a time
- when requested start id is in the middle of the chunk then entries before this id are not returned
- when more messages are requested as available in a chunk after the start id then only the available messages are returned
  - requesting 2^31-1 (INT32_MAX) or -1 (2^32-1 (UINT32_MAX) casted to a signed 32bit integer) entries will ensure you get everything in the requested chunk after the start id
- when going forward: if start id is lower than the first id then the start id is set to the first id
- when going backward: if start id is greater than the last id then the start id is set to the last id

Examples:

Retrieving whole log forward from the beginning:

1. Get current log info by calling getInfo() and remember it.
2. Set the start id to idFirst from the log info.
3. Get chunk by calling getChunk(FORWARD) starting at the start id and requesting -1 entries (see Log message retrieval above for why using -1 here).
4. Compare chunk's logCreationTime with the creationTime from log info. If different then restart whole retrieval (log service was restarted or log was cleared).
5. Process retrieved log messages if any.
6. If allEntryCnt of the chunk is 0 then stop (the end of the log has been reached).
7. Calculate next start id by adding idFirst and allEntryCnt of the current chunk and go to step 3.

Retrieving whole log backward from the end:

1. Get current log info by calling getInfo() and remember it.
2. If idNext in the logInfo is 0 then stop (log is empty).
3. Set the start id to idNext-1 (i.e. one less then idNext) from the log info.
4. Get chunk by calling getChunk(BACKWARD) starting at the start id and requesting -1 entries (see Log message retrieval above for why using -1 here).
5. Compare chunk's logCreationTime with the creationTime from log info. If different then restart whole retrieval (log service was restarted or log was cleared).
6. Process retrieved log messages if any.
7. If idFirst or allEntryCnt of the chunk is 0 then stop (the start of the log has been reached).
8. Calculate next start id by subtracting 1 from idFirst of the current chunk and go to step 4.

## Enumeration Type Documentation

## RangeDirection

enum logging::RangeDirection

Range direction when fetching log entries.

Enumerator
FORWARD | Fetch log entries with id, id+1, id+2, ...
BACKWARD | Fetch log entries with id, id-1, id-2, ...

Definition at line 108 of file Log.idl.