rustc_log: provide a way to init logging based on the values, not names, of the env vars

Author: RalfJung

compiler/rustc_driver_impl/src/lib.rs

@@ -1524,14 +1524,14 @@ fn report_ice(
 /// This allows tools to enable rust logging without having to magically match rustc's
 /// tracing crate version.
 pub fn init_rustc_env_logger(handler: &EarlyErrorHandler) {
-    init_env_logger(handler, "RUSTC_LOG");
+    init_logger(handler, rustc_log::LoggerConfig::from_env("RUSTC_LOG"));
 }
 
 /// This allows tools to enable rust logging without having to magically match rustc's
-/// tracing crate version. In contrast to `init_rustc_env_logger` it allows you to choose an env var
-/// other than `RUSTC_LOG`.
-pub fn init_env_logger(handler: &EarlyErrorHandler, env: &str) {
-    if let Err(error) = rustc_log::init_env_logger(env) {
+/// tracing crate version. In contrast to `init_rustc_env_logger` it allows you to choose
+/// the values directly rather than having to set an environment variable.
+pub fn init_logger(handler: &EarlyErrorHandler, cfg: rustc_log::LoggerConfig) {
+    if let Err(error) = rustc_log::init_logger(cfg) {
         handler.early_error(error.to_string());
     }
 }

compiler/rustc_log/src/lib.rs

@@ -52,13 +52,36 @@ use tracing_subscriber::fmt::{
 };
 use tracing_subscriber::layer::SubscriberExt;
 
-pub fn init_env_logger(env: &str) -> Result<(), Error> {
-    let filter = match env::var(env) {
+/// The values of all the environment variables that matter for configuring a logger.
+/// Errors are explicitly preserved so that we can share error handling.
+pub struct LoggerConfig {
+    pub filter: Result<String, VarError>,
+    pub color_logs: Result<String, VarError>,
+    pub verbose_entry_exit: Result<String, VarError>,
+    pub verbose_thread_ids: Result<String, VarError>,
+    pub backtrace: Result<String, VarError>,
+}
+
+impl LoggerConfig {
+    pub fn from_env(env: &str) -> Self {
+        LoggerConfig {
+            filter: env::var(env),
+            color_logs: env::var(format!("{env}_COLOR")),
+            verbose_entry_exit: env::var(format!("{env}_ENTRY_EXIT")),
+            verbose_thread_ids: env::var(format!("{env}_THREAD_IDS")),
+            backtrace: env::var(format!("{env}_BACKTRACE")),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Initialize the logger with the given values for the filter, coloring, and other options env variables.
+pub fn init_logger(cfg: LoggerConfig) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    let filter = match cfg.filter {
         Ok(env) => EnvFilter::new(env),
         _ => EnvFilter::default().add_directive(Directive::from(LevelFilter::WARN)),
     };
 
-    let color_logs = match env::var(String::from(env) + "_COLOR") {
+    let color_logs = match cfg.color_logs {
         Ok(value) => match value.as_ref() {
             "always" => true,
             "never" => false,
@@ -69,14 +92,14 @@ pub fn init_env_logger(env: &str) -> Result<(), Error> {
         Err(VarError::NotUnicode(_value)) => return Err(Error::NonUnicodeColorValue),
     };
 
-    let verbose_entry_exit = match env::var_os(String::from(env) + "_ENTRY_EXIT") {
-        None => false,
-        Some(v) => &v != "0",
+    let verbose_entry_exit = match cfg.verbose_entry_exit {
+        Ok(v) => &v != "0",
+        Err(_) => false,
     };
 
-    let verbose_thread_ids = match env::var_os(String::from(env) + "_THREAD_IDS") {
-        None => false,
-        Some(v) => &v == "1",
+    let verbose_thread_ids = match cfg.verbose_thread_ids {
+        Ok(v) => &v == "1",
+        Err(_) => false,
     };
 
     let layer = tracing_tree::HierarchicalLayer::default()
@@ -91,7 +114,7 @@ pub fn init_env_logger(env: &str) -> Result<(), Error> {
         .with_thread_names(verbose_thread_ids);
 
     let subscriber = tracing_subscriber::Registry::default().with(filter).with(layer);
-    match env::var(format!("{env}_BACKTRACE")) {
+    match cfg.backtrace {
         Ok(str) => {
             let fmt_layer = tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer()
                 .with_writer(io::stderr)

src/librustdoc/lib.rs

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ extern crate rustc_interface;
 extern crate rustc_lexer;
 extern crate rustc_lint;
 extern crate rustc_lint_defs;
+extern crate rustc_log;
 extern crate rustc_macros;
 extern crate rustc_metadata;
 extern crate rustc_middle;
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ pub fn main() {
     // in the sysroot), and all of rustdoc's logging goes to its version (the one in Cargo.toml).
 
     init_logging(&handler);
-    rustc_driver::init_env_logger(&handler, "RUSTDOC_LOG");
+    rustc_driver::init_logger(&handler, rustc_log::LoggerConfig::from_env("RUSTDOC_LOG"));
 
     let exit_code = rustc_driver::catch_with_exit_code(|| match get_args(&handler) {
         Some(args) => main_args(&mut handler, &args, using_internal_features),