Logging library
Overview
The logging library provides two ways for setting log verbosity:
At compile time: in menuconfig, set the verbosity level using the option CONFIG_LOG_DEFAULT_LEVEL.
Optionally, also in menuconfig, set the maximum verbosity level using the option CONFIG_LOG_MAXIMUM_LEVEL. By default this is the same as the default level, but it can be set higher in order to compile more optional logs into the firmware.
At runtime: all logs for verbosity levels lower than CONFIG_LOG_DEFAULT_LEVEL are enabled by default. The function
esp_log_level_set()
can be used to set a logging level on a per module basis. Modules are identified by their tags, which are human-readable ASCII zero-terminated strings.
There are the following verbosity levels:
Error (lowest)
Warning
Info
Debug
Verbose (highest)
备注
The function esp_log_level_set()
cannot set logging levels higher than specified by CONFIG_LOG_MAXIMUM_LEVEL. To increase log level for a specific file above this maximum at compile time, use the macro LOG_LOCAL_LEVEL (see the details below).
How to use this library
In each C file that uses logging functionality, define the TAG variable as shown below:
static const char* TAG = "MyModule";
Then use one of logging macros to produce output, e.g:
ESP_LOGW(TAG, "Baud rate error %.1f%%. Requested: %d baud, actual: %d baud", error * 100, baud_req, baud_real);
Several macros are available for different verbosity levels:
ESP_LOGE
- error (lowest)ESP_LOGW
- warningESP_LOGI
- infoESP_LOGD
- debugESP_LOGV
- verbose (highest)
Additionally, there are ESP_EARLY_LOGx
versions for each of these macros, e.g. ESP_EARLY_LOGE
. These versions have to be used explicitly in the early startup code only, before heap allocator and syscalls have been initialized. Normal ESP_LOGx
macros can also be used while compiling the bootloader, but they will fall back to the same implementation as ESP_EARLY_LOGx
macros.
There are also ESP_DRAM_LOGx
versions for each of these macros, e.g. ESP_DRAM_LOGE
. These versions are used in some places where logging may occur with interrupts disabled or with flash cache inaccessible. Use of this macros should be as sparing as possible, as logging in these types of code should be avoided for performance reasons.
备注
Inside critical sections interrupts are disabled so it's only possible to use ESP_DRAM_LOGx
(preferred) or ESP_EARLY_LOGx
. Even though it's possible to log in these situations, it's better if your program can be structured not to require it.
To override default verbosity level at file or component scope, define the LOG_LOCAL_LEVEL
macro.
At file scope, define it before including esp_log.h
, e.g.:
#define LOG_LOCAL_LEVEL ESP_LOG_VERBOSE
#include "esp_log.h"
At component scope, define it in the component CMakeLists:
target_compile_definitions(${COMPONENT_LIB} PUBLIC "-DLOG_LOCAL_LEVEL=ESP_LOG_VERBOSE")
To configure logging output per module at runtime, add calls to the function esp_log_level_set()
as follows:
esp_log_level_set("*", ESP_LOG_ERROR); // set all components to ERROR level
esp_log_level_set("wifi", ESP_LOG_WARN); // enable WARN logs from WiFi stack
esp_log_level_set("dhcpc", ESP_LOG_INFO); // enable INFO logs from DHCP client
备注
The "DRAM" and "EARLY" log macro variants documented above do not support per module setting of log verbosity. These macros will always log at the "default" verbosity level, which can only be changed at runtime by calling esp_log_level("*", level)
.
Logging to Host via JTAG
By default, the logging library uses the vprintf-like function to write formatted output to the dedicated UART. By calling a simple API, all log output may be routed to JTAG instead, making logging several times faster. For details, please refer to Section 记录日志到主机.
Application Example
The logging library is commonly used by most esp-idf components and examples. For demonstration of log functionality, check ESP-IDF's examples directory. The most relevant examples that deal with logging are the following:
API Reference
Header File
Functions
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void esp_log_level_set(const char *tag, esp_log_level_t level)
Set log level for given tag.
If logging for given component has already been enabled, changes previous setting.
备注
Note that this function can not raise log level above the level set using CONFIG_LOG_MAXIMUM_LEVEL setting in menuconfig. To raise log level above the default one for a given file, define LOG_LOCAL_LEVEL to one of the ESP_LOG_* values, before including esp_log.h in this file.
- 参数
tag -- Tag of the log entries to enable. Must be a non-NULL zero terminated string. Value "*" resets log level for all tags to the given value.
level -- Selects log level to enable. Only logs at this and lower verbosity levels will be shown.
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esp_log_level_t esp_log_level_get(const char *tag)
Get log level for a given tag, can be used to avoid expensive log statements.
- 参数
tag -- Tag of the log to query current level. Must be a non-NULL zero terminated string.
- 返回
The current log level for the given tag
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vprintf_like_t esp_log_set_vprintf(vprintf_like_t func)
Set function used to output log entries.
By default, log output goes to UART0. This function can be used to redirect log output to some other destination, such as file or network. Returns the original log handler, which may be necessary to return output to the previous destination.
备注
Please note that function callback here must be re-entrant as it can be invoked in parallel from multiple thread context.
- 参数
func -- new Function used for output. Must have same signature as vprintf.
- 返回
func old Function used for output.
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uint32_t esp_log_timestamp(void)
Function which returns timestamp to be used in log output.
This function is used in expansion of ESP_LOGx macros. In the 2nd stage bootloader, and at early application startup stage this function uses CPU cycle counter as time source. Later when FreeRTOS scheduler start running, it switches to FreeRTOS tick count.
For now, we ignore millisecond counter overflow.
- 返回
timestamp, in milliseconds
-
char *esp_log_system_timestamp(void)
Function which returns system timestamp to be used in log output.
This function is used in expansion of ESP_LOGx macros to print the system time as "HH:MM:SS.sss". The system time is initialized to 0 on startup, this can be set to the correct time with an SNTP sync, or manually with standard POSIX time functions.
Currently, this will not get used in logging from binary blobs (i.e. Wi-Fi & Bluetooth libraries), these will still print the RTOS tick time.
- 返回
timestamp, in "HH:MM:SS.sss"
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uint32_t esp_log_early_timestamp(void)
Function which returns timestamp to be used in log output.
This function uses HW cycle counter and does not depend on OS, so it can be safely used after application crash.
- 返回
timestamp, in milliseconds
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void esp_log_write(esp_log_level_t level, const char *tag, const char *format, ...)
Write message into the log.
This function is not intended to be used directly. Instead, use one of ESP_LOGE, ESP_LOGW, ESP_LOGI, ESP_LOGD, ESP_LOGV macros.
This function or these macros should not be used from an interrupt.
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void esp_log_writev(esp_log_level_t level, const char *tag, const char *format, va_list args)
Write message into the log, va_list variant.
This function is provided to ease integration toward other logging framework, so that esp_log can be used as a log sink.
参见
esp_log_write()
Macros
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ESP_LOG_BUFFER_HEX_LEVEL(tag, buffer, buff_len, level)
Log a buffer of hex bytes at specified level, separated into 16 bytes each line.
- 参数
tag -- description tag
buffer -- Pointer to the buffer array
buff_len -- length of buffer in bytes
level -- level of the log
-
ESP_LOG_BUFFER_CHAR_LEVEL(tag, buffer, buff_len, level)
Log a buffer of characters at specified level, separated into 16 bytes each line. Buffer should contain only printable characters.
- 参数
tag -- description tag
buffer -- Pointer to the buffer array
buff_len -- length of buffer in bytes
level -- level of the log
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ESP_LOG_BUFFER_HEXDUMP(tag, buffer, buff_len, level)
Dump a buffer to the log at specified level.
The dump log shows just like the one below:
W (195) log_example: 0x3ffb4280 45 53 50 33 32 20 69 73 20 67 72 65 61 74 2c 20 |ESP32 is great, | W (195) log_example: 0x3ffb4290 77 6f 72 6b 69 6e 67 20 61 6c 6f 6e 67 20 77 69 |working along wi| W (205) log_example: 0x3ffb42a0 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 49 44 46 2e 00 |th the IDF..|
It is highly recommended to use terminals with over 102 text width.
- 参数
tag -- description tag
buffer -- Pointer to the buffer array
buff_len -- length of buffer in bytes
level -- level of the log
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ESP_LOG_BUFFER_HEX(tag, buffer, buff_len)
Log a buffer of hex bytes at Info level.
参见
esp_log_buffer_hex_level
- 参数
tag -- description tag
buffer -- Pointer to the buffer array
buff_len -- length of buffer in bytes
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ESP_LOG_BUFFER_CHAR(tag, buffer, buff_len)
Log a buffer of characters at Info level. Buffer should contain only printable characters.
参见
esp_log_buffer_char_level
- 参数
tag -- description tag
buffer -- Pointer to the buffer array
buff_len -- length of buffer in bytes
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ESP_EARLY_LOGE(tag, format, ...)
macro to output logs in startup code, before heap allocator and syscalls have been initialized. Log at
ESP_LOG_ERROR
level.参见
printf
,ESP_LOGE
,ESP_DRAM_LOGE
In the future, we want to become compatible with clang. Hence, we provide two versions of the following macros which are using variadic arguments. The first one is using the GNU extension ##__VA_ARGS__. The second one is using the C++20 feature VA_OPT(,). This allows users to compile their code with standard C++20 enabled instead of the GNU extension. Below C++20, we haven't found any good alternative to using ##__VA_ARGS__.
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ESP_EARLY_LOGW(tag, format, ...)
macro to output logs in startup code at
ESP_LOG_WARN
level.参见
ESP_EARLY_LOGE
,ESP_LOGE
,printf
-
ESP_EARLY_LOGI(tag, format, ...)
macro to output logs in startup code at
ESP_LOG_INFO
level.参见
ESP_EARLY_LOGE
,ESP_LOGE
,printf
-
ESP_EARLY_LOGD(tag, format, ...)
macro to output logs in startup code at
ESP_LOG_DEBUG
level.参见
ESP_EARLY_LOGE
,ESP_LOGE
,printf
-
ESP_EARLY_LOGV(tag, format, ...)
macro to output logs in startup code at
ESP_LOG_VERBOSE
level.参见
ESP_EARLY_LOGE
,ESP_LOGE
,printf
-
_ESP_LOG_EARLY_ENABLED(log_level)
-
ESP_LOG_EARLY_IMPL(tag, format, log_level, log_tag_letter, ...)
-
ESP_LOGE(tag, format, ...)
-
ESP_LOGW(tag, format, ...)
-
ESP_LOGI(tag, format, ...)
-
ESP_LOGD(tag, format, ...)
-
ESP_LOGV(tag, format, ...)
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ESP_LOG_LEVEL(level, tag, format, ...)
runtime macro to output logs at a specified level.
参见
printf
- 参数
tag -- tag of the log, which can be used to change the log level by
esp_log_level_set
at runtime.level -- level of the output log.
format -- format of the output log. See
printf
... -- variables to be replaced into the log. See
printf
-
ESP_LOG_LEVEL_LOCAL(level, tag, format, ...)
runtime macro to output logs at a specified level. Also check the level with
LOG_LOCAL_LEVEL
.参见
printf
,ESP_LOG_LEVEL
-
ESP_DRAM_LOGE(tag, format, ...)
Macro to output logs when the cache is disabled. Log at
ESP_LOG_ERROR
level.Similar to
Usage:
ESP_DRAM_LOGE(DRAM_STR("my_tag"), "format", or
ESP_DRAM_LOGE(TAG, "format", ...)`, where TAG is a char* that points to a str in the DRAM.参见
ESP_EARLY_LOGE
, the log level cannot be changed per-tag, however esp_log_level_set("*", level) will set the default level which controls these log lines also.参见
esp_rom_printf
,ESP_LOGE
备注
Unlike normal logging macros, it's possible to use this macro when interrupts are disabled or inside an ISR.
备注
Placing log strings in DRAM reduces available DRAM, so only use when absolutely essential.
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ESP_DRAM_LOGW(tag, format, ...)
macro to output logs when the cache is disabled at
ESP_LOG_WARN
level.参见
ESP_DRAM_LOGW
,ESP_LOGW
,esp_rom_printf
-
ESP_DRAM_LOGI(tag, format, ...)
macro to output logs when the cache is disabled at
ESP_LOG_INFO
level.参见
ESP_DRAM_LOGI
,ESP_LOGI
,esp_rom_printf
-
ESP_DRAM_LOGD(tag, format, ...)
macro to output logs when the cache is disabled at
ESP_LOG_DEBUG
level.参见
ESP_DRAM_LOGD
,ESP_LOGD
,esp_rom_printf
-
ESP_DRAM_LOGV(tag, format, ...)
macro to output logs when the cache is disabled at
ESP_LOG_VERBOSE
level.参见
ESP_DRAM_LOGV
,ESP_LOGV
,esp_rom_printf
Type Definitions
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typedef int (*vprintf_like_t)(const char*, va_list)
Enumerations
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enum esp_log_level_t
Log level.
Values:
-
enumerator ESP_LOG_NONE
No log output
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enumerator ESP_LOG_ERROR
Critical errors, software module can not recover on its own
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enumerator ESP_LOG_WARN
Error conditions from which recovery measures have been taken
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enumerator ESP_LOG_INFO
Information messages which describe normal flow of events
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enumerator ESP_LOG_DEBUG
Extra information which is not necessary for normal use (values, pointers, sizes, etc).
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enumerator ESP_LOG_VERBOSE
Bigger chunks of debugging information, or frequent messages which can potentially flood the output.
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enumerator ESP_LOG_NONE