[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] libavutil/log: Support for logging timestamps in the log

[Anton Khirnov]

Quoting Prakash (2023-02-17 01:16:04)
> Moved the timestamp to the front (before loglevel but after the prefix if
> present, so the timestamp has the same color as log line based on log
> level).  Updated the patch and attached again.
> 
> 
> From 04857a7bf0d4cf24a479e795a55a61ab2e2f618e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Prakash Duggaraju <duggaraju at gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2023 16:06:29 -0800
> Subject: [PATCH] libavutil/log: Support for logging timestamps in the log.
> Add
>  'time' flag to the -loglevel option to turn on timestamp logging. Useful
> for
>  troubleshooting where time is spent from the log files.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Prakash Duggaraju <duggaraju at gmail.com>
> ---
>  doc/fftools-common-opts.texi |  4 ++++
>  fftools/opt_common.c         |  6 ++++++
>  libavutil/log.c              | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
>  libavutil/log.h              |  8 +++++++
>  4 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

I do not like this patch.

The default logging callback should be simple and straightforward, not a
kitchen sink of all possible functionality.

Callers who need this can and should implement this themselves.

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Anton Khirnov