On 07/06/2010 11:11 AM, Leonardo Chiquitto wrote:
Hello AutoFS developers,
I'm trying to improve the usefulness of "verbose" logs for a customer.
The problem they currently face can be summarized as: they need some
messages that are only logged with DEFAULT_LOGGING="verbose" (or debug),
but enabling the verbose mode on busy servers (hundreds of users and
AutoFS mount points) causes a significant traffic increase on their
syslog infrastructure.
My first idea was to introduce a new log level ("normal") and move the
most important messages from "verbose" to "normal", but I realized later
that this would require some redesign to allow some info() messages to
be printed only on "verbose" mode. Since this would be more intrusive,
I decided to go with a simpler proposal: move some "verbose" messages
to "debug" level. Here are some examples of messages that would be
demoted to debug (prefixed with -):
Hi Ian and Leonardo,
I am seeing a similar issue with my clients as well. Autofs logs quite
a bit of data and I would like to reduce it. Turning off logging isn't
an option since it is useful for debugging sporadic issues.
Would this patch be considered? Is there some other way to reduce
logging while still retaining enough to debug problems ( where running
in debug mode isn't possible )?
Michael
_______________________________________________
autofs mailing list
[email protected]
http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/autofs
