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+// Copyright 2017 The go-ethereum Authors
+// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package log
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
+	"runtime"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
+)
+
+// errVmoduleSyntax is returned when a user vmodule pattern is invalid.
+var errVmoduleSyntax = errors.New("expect comma-separated list of filename=N")
+
+// errTraceSyntax is returned when a user backtrace pattern is invalid.
+var errTraceSyntax = errors.New("expect file.go:234")
+
+// GlogHandler is a log handler that mimics the filtering features of Google's
+// glog logger: setting global log levels; overriding with callsite pattern
+// matches; and requesting backtraces at certain positions.
+type GlogHandler struct {
+	origin Handler // The origin handler this wraps
+
+	level     uint32 // Current log level, atomically accessible
+	override  uint32 // Flag whether overrides are used, atomically accessible
+	backtrace uint32 // Flag whether backtrace location is set
+
+	patterns  []pattern       // Current list of patterns to override with
+	siteCache map[uintptr]Lvl // Cache of callsite pattern evaluations
+	location  string          // file:line location where to do a stackdump at
+	lock      sync.RWMutex    // Lock protecting the override pattern list
+}
+
+// NewGlogHandler creates a new log handler with filtering functionality similar
+// to Google's glog logger. The returned handler implements Handler.
+func NewGlogHandler(h Handler) *GlogHandler {
+	return &GlogHandler{
+		origin: h,
+	}
+}
+
+// pattern contains a filter for the Vmodule option, holding a verbosity level
+// and a file pattern to match.
+type pattern struct {
+	pattern *regexp.Regexp
+	level   Lvl
+}
+
+// Verbosity sets the glog verbosity ceiling. The verbosity of individual packages
+// and source files can be raised using Vmodule.
+func (h *GlogHandler) Verbosity(level Lvl) {
+	atomic.StoreUint32(&h.level, uint32(level))
+}
+
+// Vmodule sets the glog verbosity pattern.
+//
+// The syntax of the argument is a comma-separated list of pattern=N, where the
+// pattern is a literal file name or "glob" pattern matching and N is a V level.
+//
+// For instance:
+//
+//  pattern="gopher.go=3"
+//   sets the V level to 3 in all Go files named "gopher.go"
+//
+//  pattern="foo=3"
+//   sets V to 3 in all files of any packages whose import path ends in "foo"
+//
+//  pattern="foo/*=3"
+//   sets V to 3 in all files of any packages whose import path contains "foo"
+func (h *GlogHandler) Vmodule(ruleset string) error {
+	var filter []pattern
+	for _, rule := range strings.Split(ruleset, ",") {
+		// Empty strings such as from a trailing comma can be ignored
+		if len(rule) == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		// Ensure we have a pattern = level filter rule
+		parts := strings.Split(rule, "=")
+		if len(parts) != 2 {
+			return errVmoduleSyntax
+		}
+		parts[0] = strings.TrimSpace(parts[0])
+		parts[1] = strings.TrimSpace(parts[1])
+		if len(parts[0]) == 0 || len(parts[1]) == 0 {
+			return errVmoduleSyntax
+		}
+		// Parse the level and if correct, assemble the filter rule
+		level, err := strconv.Atoi(parts[1])
+		if err != nil {
+			return errVmoduleSyntax
+		}
+		if level <= 0 {
+			continue // Ignore. It's harmless but no point in paying the overhead.
+		}
+		// Compile the rule pattern into a regular expression
+		matcher := ".*"
+		for _, comp := range strings.Split(parts[0], "/") {
+			if comp == "*" {
+				matcher += "(/.*)?"
+			} else if comp != "" {
+				matcher += "/" + regexp.QuoteMeta(comp)
+			}
+		}
+		if !strings.HasSuffix(parts[0], ".go") {
+			matcher += "/[^/]+\\.go"
+		}
+		matcher = matcher + "$"
+
+		re, _ := regexp.Compile(matcher)
+		filter = append(filter, pattern{re, Lvl(level)})
+	}
+	// Swap out the vmodule pattern for the new filter system
+	h.lock.Lock()
+	defer h.lock.Unlock()
+
+	h.patterns = filter
+	h.siteCache = make(map[uintptr]Lvl)
+	atomic.StoreUint32(&h.override, uint32(len(filter)))
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// BacktraceAt sets the glog backtrace location. When set to a file and line
+// number holding a logging statement, a stack trace will be written to the Info
+// log whenever execution hits that statement.
+//
+// Unlike with Vmodule, the ".go" must be present.
+func (h *GlogHandler) BacktraceAt(location string) error {
+	// Ensure the backtrace location contains two non-empty elements
+	parts := strings.Split(location, ":")
+	if len(parts) != 2 {
+		return errTraceSyntax
+	}
+	parts[0] = strings.TrimSpace(parts[0])
+	parts[1] = strings.TrimSpace(parts[1])
+	if len(parts[0]) == 0 || len(parts[1]) == 0 {
+		return errTraceSyntax
+	}
+	// Ensure the .go prefix is present and the line is valid
+	if !strings.HasSuffix(parts[0], ".go") {
+		return errTraceSyntax
+	}
+	if _, err := strconv.Atoi(parts[1]); err != nil {
+		return errTraceSyntax
+	}
+	// All seems valid
+	h.lock.Lock()
+	defer h.lock.Unlock()
+
+	h.location = location
+	atomic.StoreUint32(&h.backtrace, uint32(len(location)))
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Log implements Handler.Log, filtering a log record through the global, local
+// and backtrace filters, finally emitting it if either allow it through.
+func (h *GlogHandler) Log(r *Record) error {
+	// If backtracing is requested, check whether this is the callsite
+	if atomic.LoadUint32(&h.backtrace) > 0 {
+		// Everything below here is slow. Although we could cache the call sites the
+		// same way as for vmodule, backtracing is so rare it's not worth the extra
+		// complexity.
+		h.lock.RLock()
+		match := h.location == r.Call.String()
+		h.lock.RUnlock()
+
+		if match {
+			// Callsite matched, raise the log level to info and gather the stacks
+			r.Lvl = LvlInfo
+
+			buf := make([]byte, 1024*1024)
+			buf = buf[:runtime.Stack(buf, true)]
+			r.Msg += "\n\n" + string(buf)
+		}
+	}
+	// If the global log level allows, fast track logging
+	if atomic.LoadUint32(&h.level) >= uint32(r.Lvl) {
+		return h.origin.Log(r)
+	}
+	// If no local overrides are present, fast track skipping
+	if atomic.LoadUint32(&h.override) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	// Check callsite cache for previously calculated log levels
+	h.lock.RLock()
+	lvl, ok := h.siteCache[r.Call.PC()]
+	h.lock.RUnlock()
+
+	// If we didn't cache the callsite yet, calculate it
+	if !ok {
+		h.lock.Lock()
+		for _, rule := range h.patterns {
+			if rule.pattern.MatchString(fmt.Sprintf("%+s", r.Call)) {
+				h.siteCache[r.Call.PC()], lvl, ok = rule.level, rule.level, true
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		// If no rule matched, remember to drop log the next time
+		if !ok {
+			h.siteCache[r.Call.PC()] = 0
+		}
+		h.lock.Unlock()
+	}
+	if lvl >= r.Lvl {
+		return h.origin.Log(r)
+	}
+	return nil
+}