/** Used for colored log messages. */
char log_colors[NUM_LOGLEVELS][COLOR_MAXLEN];
char *old_cwd;
+ /*
+ * If these pointers are non-NULL, the functions are called from
+ * daemon_log() before and after writing each log message.
+ */
+ void (*pre_log_hook)(void);
+ void (*post_log_hook)(void);
};
static struct daemon the_daemon, *me = &the_daemon;
me->loglevel = ret;
}
+/**
+ * Register functions to be called before and after a message is logged.
+ *
+ * \param pre_log_hook Called before the message is logged.
+ * \param post_log_hook Called after the message is logged.
+ *
+ * The purpose of this function is to provide a primitive for multi-threaded
+ * applications to serialize the access to the log facility, preventing
+ * interleaving log messages. This can be achieved by having the pre-log hook
+ * acquire a lock which blocks the other threads on the attempt to log a
+ * message at the same time. The post-log hook is responsible for releasing
+ * the lock.
+ *
+ * If these hooks are unnecessary, for example because the application is
+ * single-threaded, this function does not need to be called.
+ */
+void daemon_set_hooks(void (*pre_log_hook)(void), void (*post_log_hook)(void))
+{
+ me->pre_log_hook = pre_log_hook;
+ me->post_log_hook = post_log_hook;
+}
+
/**
* Set one of the daemon config flags.
*
return;
fp = me->logfile? me->logfile : stderr;
+ if (me->pre_log_hook)
+ me->pre_log_hook();
color = daemon_test_flag(DF_COLOR_LOG)? me->log_colors[ll] : NULL;
if (color)
fprintf(fp, "%s", color);
va_end(argp);
if (color)
fprintf(fp, "%s", COLOR_RESET);
+ if (me->post_log_hook)
+ me->post_log_hook();
}