Re: [PATCH 5/5] add FILE arguement to debug functions

Hi Stephen,

The DPDK dump functions are useful for remote debugging of an
applications. But when application runs as a daemon, stdout
is typically routed to /dev/null.

Instead change all these functions to take a stdio FILE * handle
instead. An application can then use open_memstream() to capture
the output.

Wouldn't it be better to leave old calls as wrappers with the FILE parameter defaulting to stdout? That way you wouldn't have to change so much code, keep backwards compatibility with old code, and get the additional functionality you need.

Best regards,
Anatoly Burakov
DPDK SW Engineer