X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Ffilter_chain.c;h=7d8369b901def7d9633e78e6c73de5b14cc26f92;hb=01701c370a45f979a7562897a375a5822d10cf75;hp=7c23a357cdf13e99df1a0112f2c021ec03cbbfc4;hpb=79c87aeda9172e219a842e393c6499c8bf37662a;p=collectd.git

diff --git a/src/filter_chain.c b/src/filter_chain.c
index 7c23a357..7d8369b9 100644
--- a/src/filter_chain.c
+++ b/src/filter_chain.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /**
  * collectd - src/filter_chain.h
- * Copyright (C) 2008,2009  Florian octo Forster
+ * Copyright (C) 2008-2010  Florian octo Forster
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "collectd.h"
 #include "configfile.h"
 #include "plugin.h"
+#include "utils_complain.h"
 #include "common.h"
 #include "filter_chain.h"
 
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ static void fc_free_matches (fc_match_t *m) /* {{{ */
     (*m->proc.destroy) (&m->user_data);
   else if (m->user_data != NULL)
   {
-    ERROR ("Filter sybsystem: fc_free_matches: There is user data, but no "
+    ERROR ("Filter subsystem: fc_free_matches: There is user data, but no "
         "destroy functions has been specified. "
         "Memory will probably be lost!");
   }
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ static void fc_free_targets (fc_target_t *t) /* {{{ */
     (*t->proc.destroy) (&t->user_data);
   else if (t->user_data != NULL)
   {
-    ERROR ("Filter sybsystem: fc_free_targets: There is user data, but no "
+    ERROR ("Filter subsystem: fc_free_targets: There is user data, but no "
         "destroy functions has been specified. "
         "Memory will probably be lost!");
   }
@@ -692,12 +693,31 @@ static int fc_bit_write_invoke (const data_set_t *ds, /* {{{ */
 
   if ((plugin_list == NULL) || (plugin_list[0] == NULL))
   {
+    static c_complain_t enoent_complaint = C_COMPLAIN_INIT_STATIC;
+
     status = plugin_write (/* plugin = */ NULL, ds, vl);
-    if (status != 0)
+    if (status == ENOENT)
+    {
+      /* in most cases this is a permanent error, so use the complain
+       * mechanism rather than spamming the logs */
+      c_complain (LOG_INFO, &enoent_complaint,
+          "Filter subsystem: Built-in target `write': Dispatching value to "
+          "all write plugins failed with status %i (ENOENT). "
+          "Most likely this means you didn't load any write plugins.",
+          status);
+    }
+    else if (status != 0)
     {
       INFO ("Filter subsystem: Built-in target `write': Dispatching value to "
           "all write plugins failed with status %i.", status);
     }
+    else
+    {
+      assert (status == 0);
+      c_release (LOG_INFO, &enoent_complaint, "Filter subsystem: "
+          "Built-in target `write': Some write plugin is back to normal "
+          "operation. `write' succeeded.");
+    }
   }
   else
   {