From 029c7373801b9e1791df334efa36588c216b4ab2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Salyzyn Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 10:35:06 -0800 Subject: liblog: document fakeLogClose never to be called (cherry pick from commit bc81b17e06cb23501eeca03a530b3a90858ac7c3) Bug: 27107691 Change-Id: Ia699646ec2e83ca46f8b62b5d4f144e533b36074 --- liblog/fake_log_device.c | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) (limited to 'liblog/fake_log_device.c') diff --git a/liblog/fake_log_device.c b/liblog/fake_log_device.c index 20e409861..aa88bedf8 100644 --- a/liblog/fake_log_device.c +++ b/liblog/fake_log_device.c @@ -691,6 +691,17 @@ int fakeLogOpen(const char *pathName, int flags) return redirectOpen(pathName, flags); } +/* + * The logger API has no means or need to 'stop' or 'close' using the logs, + * and as such, there is no way for that 'stop' or 'close' to translate into + * a close operation to the fake log handler. fakeLogClose is provided for + * completeness only. + * + * We have no intention of adding a log close operation as it would complicate + * every user of the logging API with no gain since the only valid place to + * call is in the exit handler. Logging can continue in the exit handler to + * help debug HOST tools ... + */ int fakeLogClose(int fd) { /* Assume that open() was called first. */ -- cgit v1.2.3