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@ -7,6 +7,19 @@ The Google Logging Library (glog) implements application-level logging.
The library provides logging APIs based on C++-style streams and various
helper macros.
.. role:: cmake(code)
:language: cmake
.. role:: cmd(code)
:language: bash
.. role:: cpp(code)
:language: cpp
.. role:: bazel(code)
:language: starlark
Getting Started
---------------
@ -45,7 +58,7 @@ To use glog within a project which uses the
`Bazel <https://bazel.build/>`__ build tool, add the following lines to
your ``WORKSPACE`` file:
.. code:: starlark
.. code:: bazel
load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
@ -63,11 +76,11 @@ your ``WORKSPACE`` file:
urls = ["https://github.com/google/glog/archive/d516278b1cd33cd148e8989aec488b6049a4ca0b.zip"],
)
You can then add ``@com_github_google_glog//:glog`` to the deps section of a
``cc_binary`` or ``cc_library`` rule, and ``#include <glog/logging.h>`` to
include it in your source code. Here’s a simple example:
You can then add :bazel:`@com_github_google_glog//:glog` to the deps section
of a :bazel:`cc_binary` or :bazel:`cc_library` rule, and :code:`#include
<glog/logging.h>` to include it in your source code. Here’s a simple example:
.. code:: starlark
.. code:: bazel
cc_binary(
name = "main",
@ -98,16 +111,20 @@ GNU Make as build tool, the typical workflow is:
.. code:: bash
git clone git@github.com:google/glog.git
git clone https://github.com/google/glog.git
cd glog
2. Run CMake to configure the build tree.
.. code:: bash
cmake -H. -Bbuild -G "Unix Makefiles"
cmake -H . -B build -G "Unix Makefiles"
Note: to get the list of available generators (e.g., Visual Studio), use ``-G ""``
CMake provides different generators, and by default will pick the most
relevant one to your environment. If you need a specific version of Visual
Studio, use :cmd:`cmake . -G <generator-name>`, and see :cmd:`cmake --help`
for the available generators. Also see :cmd:`-T <toolset-name>`, which can
be used to request the native x64 toolchain with :cmd:`-T host=x64`.
3. Afterwards, generated files can be used to compile the project.
@ -131,7 +148,7 @@ Consuming glog in a CMake Project
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
If you have glog installed in your system, you can use the CMake command
``find_package`` to build against glog in your CMake Project as follows:
:cmake:`find_package` to build against glog in your CMake Project as follows:
.. code:: cmake
@ -149,11 +166,11 @@ target as needed.
Incorporating glog into a CMake Project
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
You can also use the CMake command ``add_subdirectory`` to include glog
You can also use the CMake command :cmake:`add_subdirectory` to include glog
directly from a subdirectory of your project by replacing the
``find_package`` call from the previous example by ``add_subdirectory``.
The ``glog::glog`` target is in this case an ``ALIAS`` library target
for the ``glog`` library target.
:cmake:`find_package` call from the previous example by
:cmake:`add_subdirectory`. The :cmake:`glog::glog` target is in this case an
:cmake:`ALIAS` library target for the ``glog`` library target.
Again, compile definitions and options will be added automatically to
your target as needed.
@ -161,8 +178,8 @@ your target as needed.
vcpkg
~~~~~
The url of vcpkg is: https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg You can download
and install glog using the vcpkg dependency manager:
You can download and install glog using the `vcpkg
<https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg>`__ dependency manager:
.. code:: bash
@ -185,10 +202,10 @@ the command line, log based on conditionals, abort the program when
expected conditions are not met, introduce your own verbose logging
levels, and more.
Following sections describe the functionality supported by glog. Please
note this description may not be complete but limited to the most useful
ones. If you want to find less common features, please check header
files under ``src/glog`` directory.
Following sections describe the functionality supported by glog. Please note
this description may not be complete but limited to the most useful ones. If you
want to find less common features, please check header files under `src/glog
<src/glog>`__ directory.
Severity Levels
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@ -215,13 +232,11 @@ By default, glog copies the log messages of severity level ``ERROR`` or
Setting Flags
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Several flags influence glog’s output behavior. If the `Google gflags
library <https://github.com/gflags/gflags>`__ is installed on your
machine, the ``configure`` script (see the INSTALL file in the package
for detail of this script) will automatically detect and use it,
allowing you to pass flags on the command line. For example, if you want
to turn the flag ``--logtostderr`` on, you can start your application
with the following command line:
Several flags influence glog’s output behavior. If the `Google gflags library
<https://github.com/gflags/gflags>`__ is installed on your machine, the build
system will automatically detect and use it, allowing you to pass flags on the
command line. For example, if you want to turn the flag :cmd:`--logtostderr` on,
you can start your application with the following command line:
.. code:: bash
@ -258,7 +273,7 @@ The following flags are most commonly used:
``v`` (``int``, default=0)
Show all ``VLOG(m)`` messages for ``m`` less or equal the value of
this flag. Overridable by ``--vmodule``. See `the section about
this flag. Overridable by :cmd:`--vmodule`. See `the section about
verbose logging <#verbose>`__ for more detail.
``vmodule`` (``string``, default="")
@ -266,7 +281,7 @@ The following flags are most commonly used:
comma-separated list of <module name>=<log level>. <module name> is a
glob pattern (e.g., ``gfs*`` for all modules whose name starts with
"gfs"), matched against the filename base (that is, name ignoring
.cc/.h./-inl.h). <log level> overrides any value given by ``--v``.
.cc/.h./-inl.h). <log level> overrides any value given by :cmd:`--v`.
See also `the section about verbose logging <#verbose>`__.
There are some other flags defined in logging.cc. Please grep the source
@ -276,7 +291,7 @@ You can also modify flag values in your program by modifying global
variables ``FLAGS_*`` . Most settings start working immediately after
you update ``FLAGS_*`` . The exceptions are the flags related to
destination files. For example, you might want to set ``FLAGS_log_dir``
before calling ``google::InitGoogleLogging`` . Here is an example:
before calling :cpp:`google::InitGoogleLogging` . Here is an example:
.. code:: cpp
@ -367,7 +382,7 @@ There are various helper macros for equality/inequality checks -
``CHECK_EQ``, ``CHECK_NE``, ``CHECK_LE``, ``CHECK_LT``, ``CHECK_GE``,
and ``CHECK_GT``. They compare two values, and log a ``FATAL`` message
including the two values when the result is not as expected. The values
must have ``operator<<(ostream, ...)`` defined.
must have :cpp:`operator<<(ostream, ...)` defined.
You may append to the error message like so:
@ -385,9 +400,9 @@ for example:
CHECK_EQ(string("abc")[1], ’b’);
The compiler reports an error if one of the arguments is a pointer and
the other is ``NULL``. To work around this, simply ``static_cast``
``NULL`` to the type of the desired pointer.
The compiler reports an error if one of the arguments is a pointer and the other
is :cpp:`NULL`. To work around this, simply :cpp:`static_cast` :cpp:`NULL` to
the type of the desired pointer.
.. code:: cpp
@ -414,17 +429,17 @@ Note that you cannot use this macro as a C++ stream due to this feature.
Please use ``CHECK_EQ`` described above to log a custom message before
aborting the application.
If you are comparing C strings (``char *``), a handy set of macros
performs case sensitive as well as case insensitive comparisons -
``CHECK_STREQ``, ``CHECK_STRNE``, ``CHECK_STRCASEEQ``, and
``CHECK_STRCASENE``. The CASE versions are case-insensitive. You can
safely pass ``NULL`` pointers for this macro. They treat ``NULL`` and
any non-``NULL`` string as not equal. Two ``NULL``\ s are equal.
If you are comparing C strings (:cpp:`char *`), a handy set of macros performs
case sensitive as well as case insensitive comparisons - ``CHECK_STREQ``,
``CHECK_STRNE``, ``CHECK_STRCASEEQ``, and ``CHECK_STRCASENE``. The CASE versions
are case-insensitive. You can safely pass :cpp:`NULL` pointers for this macro. They
treat :cpp:`NULL` and any non-:cpp:`NULL` string as not equal. Two :cpp:`NULL`\
s are equal.
Note that both arguments may be temporary strings which are destructed
at the end of the current "full expression" (e.g.,
``CHECK_STREQ(Foo().c_str(), Bar().c_str())`` where ``Foo`` and ``Bar``
return C++’s ``std::string``).
:cpp:`CHECK_STREQ(Foo().c_str(), Bar().c_str())` where ``Foo`` and ``Bar``
return C++’s :cpp:`std::string`).
The ``CHECK_DOUBLE_EQ`` macro checks the equality of two floating point
values, accepting a small error margin. ``CHECK_NEAR`` accepts a third
@ -433,27 +448,26 @@ floating point argument, which specifies the acceptable error margin.
Verbose Logging
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When you are chasing difficult bugs, thorough log messages are very
useful. However, you may want to ignore too verbose messages in usual
development. For such verbose logging, glog provides the ``VLOG`` macro,
which allows you to define your own numeric logging levels. The ``--v``
command line option controls which verbose messages are logged:
When you are chasing difficult bugs, thorough log messages are very useful.
However, you may want to ignore too verbose messages in usual development. For
such verbose logging, glog provides the ``VLOG`` macro, which allows you to
define your own numeric logging levels. The :cmd:`--v` command line option
controls which verbose messages are logged:
.. code:: cpp
VLOG(1) << "I’m printed when you run the program with --v=1 or higher";
VLOG(2) << "I’m printed when you run the program with --v=2 or higher";
With ``VLOG``, the lower the verbose level, the more likely messages are
to be logged. For example, if ``--v==1``, ``VLOG(1)`` will log, but
``VLOG(2)`` will not log. This is opposite of the severity level, where
``INFO`` is 0, and ``ERROR`` is 2. ``--minloglevel`` of 1 will log
``WARNING`` and above. Though you can specify any integers for both
``VLOG`` macro and ``--v`` flag, the common values for them are small
positive integers. For example, if you write ``VLOG(0)``, you should
specify ``--v=-1`` or lower to silence it. This is less useful since we
may not want verbose logs by default in most cases. The ``VLOG`` macros
always log at the ``INFO`` log level (when they log at all).
With ``VLOG``, the lower the verbose level, the more likely messages are to be
logged. For example, if :cmd:`--v==1`, ``VLOG(1)`` will log, but ``VLOG(2)``
will not log. This is opposite of the severity level, where ``INFO`` is 0, and
``ERROR`` is 2. :cmd:`--minloglevel` of 1 will log ``WARNING`` and above. Though
you can specify any integers for both ``VLOG`` macro and :cmd:`--v` flag, the
common values for them are small positive integers. For example, if you write
``VLOG(0)``, you should specify :cmd:`--v=-1` or lower to silence it. This is
less useful since we may not want verbose logs by default in most cases. The
``VLOG`` macros always log at the ``INFO`` log level (when they log at all).
Verbose logging can be controlled from the command line on a per-module
basis:
@ -474,7 +488,7 @@ or more characters) and ’?’ (matches any single character) wildcards.
Please also check the section about `command line flags <#flags>`__.
There’s also ``VLOG_IS_ON(n)`` "verbose level" condition macro. This
macro returns true when the ``--v`` is equal or greater than ``n``. To
macro returns true when the :cmd:`--v` is equal or greater than ``n``. To
be used as
.. code:: cpp
@ -506,10 +520,9 @@ Failure Signal Handler
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The library provides a convenient signal handler that will dump useful
information when the program crashes on certain signals such as
``SIGSEGV``. The signal handler can be installed by
``google::InstallFailureSignalHandler()``. The following is an example
of output from the signal handler.
information when the program crashes on certain signals such as ``SIGSEGV``. The
signal handler can be installed by :cpp:`google::InstallFailureSignalHandler()`.
The following is an example of output from the signal handler.
::
@ -527,13 +540,13 @@ of output from the signal handler.
@ 0x4046f9 (unknown)
By default, the signal handler writes the failure dump to the standard
error. You can customize the destination by ``InstallFailureWriter()``.
error. You can customize the destination by :cpp:`InstallFailureWriter()`.
Performance of Messages
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The conditional logging macros provided by glog (e.g., ``CHECK``,
``LOG_IF``, ``VLOG``, ...) are carefully implemented and don’t execute
``LOG_IF``, ``VLOG``, etc.) are carefully implemented and don’t execute
the right hand side expressions when the conditions are false. So, the
following check may not sacrifice the performance of your application.
@ -546,7 +559,7 @@ User-defined Failure Function
``FATAL`` severity level messages or unsatisfied ``CHECK`` condition
terminate your program. You can change the behavior of the termination
by ``InstallFailureFunction``.
by :cpp:`InstallFailureFunction`.
.. code:: cpp
@ -567,11 +580,11 @@ September 2008, glog supports stack tracing for x86 and x86_64).
Raw Logging
~~~~~~~~~~~
The header file ``<glog/raw_logging.h>`` can be used for thread-safe
logging, which does not allocate any memory or acquire any locks.
Therefore, the macros defined in this header file can be used by
low-level memory allocation and synchronization code. Please check
``src/glog/raw_logging.h.in`` for detail.
The header file ``<glog/raw_logging.h>`` can be used for thread-safe logging,
which does not allocate any memory or acquire any locks. Therefore, the macros
defined in this header file can be used by low-level memory allocation and
synchronization code. Please check `src/glog/raw_logging.h.in
<src/glog/raw_logging.h.in>`__ for detail.
Google Style ``perror()``
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@ -692,15 +705,15 @@ more detail.
Installation Notes for 64-bit Linux Systems
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The glibc built-in stack-unwinder on 64-bit systems has some problems
with glog. (In particular, if you are using
InstallFailureSignalHandler(), the signal may be raised in the middle of
malloc, holding some malloc-related locks when they invoke the stack
unwinder. The built-in stack unwinder may call malloc recursively, which
may require the thread to acquire a lock it already holds: deadlock.)
The glibc built-in stack-unwinder on 64-bit systems has some problems with glog.
(In particular, if you are using :cpp:`InstallFailureSignalHandler()`, the
signal may be raised in the middle of malloc, holding some malloc-related locks
when they invoke the stack unwinder. The built-in stack unwinder may call malloc
recursively, which may require the thread to acquire a lock it already holds:
deadlock.)
For that reason, if you use a 64-bit system and you need
``InstallFailureSignalHandler()``, we strongly recommend you install
:cpp:`InstallFailureSignalHandler()`, we strongly recommend you install
``libunwind`` before trying to configure or install google glog.
libunwind can be found
`here <http://download.savannah.nongnu.org/releases/libunwind/libunwind-snap-070410.tar.gz>`__.
@ -716,19 +729,19 @@ handling APIs, but they implement them differently on some platforms.
This is not likely to be a problem on ia64, but may be on x86-64.
Also, if you link binaries statically, make sure that you add
``-Wl,--eh-frame-hdr`` to your linker options. This is required so that
``libunwind`` can find the information generated by the compiler
required for stack unwinding.
:cmd:`-Wl,--eh-frame-hdr` to your linker options. This is required so that
``libunwind`` can find the information generated by the compiler required for
stack unwinding.
Using ``-static`` is rare, though, so unless you know this will affect
you it probably won’t.
Using :cmd:`-static` is rare, though, so unless you know this will affect you it
probably won’t.
If you cannot or do not wish to install libunwind, you can still try to
use two kinds of stack-unwinder: 1. glibc built-in stack-unwinder and 2.
frame pointer based stack-unwinder.
1. As we already mentioned, glibc’s unwinder has a deadlock issue.
However, if you don’t use ``InstallFailureSignalHandler()`` or you
However, if you don’t use :cpp:`InstallFailureSignalHandler()` or you
don’t worry about the rare possibilities of deadlocks, you can use
this stack-unwinder. If you specify no options and ``libunwind``
isn’t detected on your system, the configure script chooses this
@ -767,7 +780,7 @@ don’t need to do it again.
Once your CLA is submitted (or if you already submitted one for another
Google project), make a commit adding yourself to the
`AUTHORS <./AUTHORS>`__ and `CONTRIBUTORS <CONTRIBUTORS>`__ files. This
`AUTHORS <./AUTHORS>`__ and `CONTRIBUTORS <./CONTRIBUTORS>`__ files. This
commit can be part of your first `pull
request <https://help.github.com/articles/creating-a-pull-request>`__.

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@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
This project has been ported to Windows, including stack tracing, signal
handling, and unit tests.
A Visual Studio solution file is explicitly not provided because it is not
maintainable. Instead, a CMake build system exists to generate the correct
solution for your version of Visual Studio.
In short,
(1) Install CMake from: https://cmake.org/download/
(2) With CMake on your PATH, run `cmake .` to generate the build files
(3) Either use `cmake --build`, or open the generated solution
CMake provides different generators, and by default will pick the most relevant
one to your environment. If you need a specific version of Visual Studio, use
`cmake . -G <generator-name>`, and see `cmake --help` for the available
generators. Also see `-T <toolset-name>`, which can used to request the native
x64 toolchain with `-T host=x64`.