9.9 query log change

[Warren Kumari]

On Jan 16, 2012, at 12:05 PM, Evan Hunt wrote:

>>>> 15-Jan-2012 18:24:45.358 client 131.111.11.47#58644 (www.playground.test):
>>>>                                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>>> query: www.playground.test IN A +E (131.111.9.112)
>>>> 
>>>> the indicated parenthesized item is new, but seems always to be the same
>>>> as the later query name. What is it for? If it meant to be the name of the
>>>> client it has got it horribly wrong!
>>> 
>>> 3199.   [func]          When logging client information, include the name
>>>                        being queried. [RT #25944]
>> 
>> I'm confused. The name being queried is already in the line. Why is it 
>> now in there twice?
>> 
>> Obviously I'm not understanding something...
> 
> Sorry, my fault, should have been clearer.
> 
> The part that says "client 131.111.11.57#58644 (www.playground.test)" is
> boilerplate that appears in all query-related log messages.  It's redundant
> in the case of this particular line, but not in the other log messages that
> appear if you turn debugging up to its maximum level, such as:
> 
>  client 131.111.11.47#58644 (www.playground.test): query 'www.playground.test/A/IN' approved
>  client 131.111.11.47#58644 (www.playground.test): send
>  client 131.111.11.47#58644 (www.playground.test): sendto
>  client 131.111.11.47#58644 (www.playground.test): senddone
>  client 131.111.11.47#58644 (www.playground.test): next
>  client 131.111.11.47#58644 (www.playground.test): endrequest
> 
> It can be hard to pick those apart when you have several queries (or other
> tasks) being processed simultaneously in different threads.  Adding the
> qname to all of them makes the process a little less opaque.

Yah. 

Thanks, this is (going to be) really helpful….

W



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Warren Kumari
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