[pve-devel] [PATCH v2] log: add perlmod logger

[Gabriel Goller]

Add special logger for perlmod. This one will print everything to
stderr (which will end up in the tasklog) and the errors to journald.

Reported-by: Maximiliano Sandoval <m.sandoval at proxmox.com>
Reported-by: Lukas Wagner <l.wagner at proxmox.com>
Signed-off-by: Gabriel Goller <g.goller at proxmox.com>
---

v2:
 - nothing changed

 proxmox-log/src/lib.rs | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+)

diff --git a/proxmox-log/src/lib.rs b/proxmox-log/src/lib.rs
index 8c74e42b618d..5713c094e981 100644
--- a/proxmox-log/src/lib.rs
+++ b/proxmox-log/src/lib.rs
@@ -191,3 +191,38 @@ pub fn init_cli_logger(
     LogTracer::init_with_filter(log_level.as_log())?;
     Ok(())
 }
+
+/// Initialize logger for perlmod
+///
+/// This logger will log everything to stderr (which will land in the tasklog) 
+/// and the errors to syslog as well.
+pub fn init_perlmod_logger(
+    env_var_name: &str,
+    default_log_level: LevelFilter,
+) -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
+    let mut log_level = default_log_level;
+    if let Ok(v) = env::var(env_var_name) {
+        match v.parse::<LevelFilter>() {
+            Ok(l) => {
+                log_level = l;
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+                eprintln!("env variable {env_var_name} found, but parsing failed: {e:?}");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    let registry = tracing_subscriber::registry()
+        .with(
+            tracing_journald::layer().ok()
+                .with_filter(filter_fn(|metadata| {
+                    *metadata.level() == Level::ERROR
+                }))
+                .with_filter(log_level),
+        )
+        .with(plain_stderr_layer().with_filter(log_level));
+
+    tracing::subscriber::set_global_default(registry)?;
+    LogTracer::init_with_filter(log_level.as_log())?;
+    Ok(())
+}
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