[Gluster-devel] Logging framework in Gluter 4.0

[Avra Sengupta]

Hi,

As almost all the components targeted for Gluster 4.0 have moved from 
design phase to implementation phase on some level or another, I feel 
it's time to get some consensus on the logging framework we are going to 
use. Are we going to stick with the message ID formatted logging 
framework in use today, or shall we move on to a better solution.

Some good to have features I would like to have in the logging framework 
are:
1. Specific distinction between logs of various transactions (or 
operations), that would make it a lot easier to make sense than looking 
at some serialized log dump
2. We often encounter issues, and then find ourselves wishing the 
process was running in debug mode so that we could have gotten some 
debug logs. If there is any solution that enables me tracability of the 
process's flow, without compromising the space constraints of the logs 
that would be great to have.

This is kind of an open floor question I am putting across to the 
community, with no specific solution in mind at this point in time, but 
a concern that we should rather decide on something sooner in the 
development cycle than later.

Regards,
Avra