[collectd] modbus plugin spamming console with debug info

Marc Fournier marc.fournier at camptocamp.com
Thu Feb 25 11:49:50 CET 2016


Hello Eric !

Eric Sandeen <sandeen at sandeen.net> writes:

> I hadn't noticed this before, but after running on a systemd system it
> comes to the forefront:
>
>> Message from syslogd at sandeen at Feb 24 22:39:48 ...
>>  collectd:<21><00><00><00><05><01><04><02><00><02>
>
>> Broadcast message from systemd-journald at sandeen.net (Wed 2016-02-24 22:39:48 CST):
>
>> collectd[22528]: <22><00><00><00><05><01><04><02><00><19>
>
> on every modbus communication.  ;)
>
> The plugin sets modbus_set_debug(ctx, 1); - that seems a bit odd to do unconditionally.
>
> Has anyone else run into this?  Setting to debug should almost certainly be optional,
> AFAICT.

Thanks for pointing this out !

Here's a patch which should prevent this:
https://github.com/collectd/collectd/pull/1561

Does it sound an acceptable solution ?

Cheers,
Marc



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