Support logging to the journal with priority "notice" (#763)

UDENG-5920

internal/consts/consts.go

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ const (
 	TEXTDOMAIN = "adsys"
 
 	// DefaultLogLevel is the default logging level selected without any option.
-	DefaultLogLevel = log.WarnLevel
+	DefaultLogLevel = log.NoticeLevel
 
 	// DefaultSocketPath is the default socket path.
 	DefaultSocketPath = "/run/authd.sock"

log/journal.go

@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ func mapPriority(level Level) journal.Priority {
 	if level <= InfoLevel {
 		return journal.PriInfo
 	}
+	if level <= NoticeLevel {
+		return journal.PriNotice
+	}
 	if level <= WarnLevel {
 		return journal.PriWarning
 	}

log/log.go

@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ const (
 	ErrorLevel = slog.LevelError
 	// WarnLevel level. Non-critical entries that deserve eyes.
 	WarnLevel = slog.LevelWarn
+	// NoticeLevel level. Normal but significant conditions. Conditions that are not error conditions, but that may
+	// require special handling. slog doesn't have a Notice level, so we use the average between Info and Warn.
+	NoticeLevel = (slog.LevelInfo + slog.LevelWarn) / 2
 	// InfoLevel level. General operational entries about what's going on inside the application.
 	InfoLevel = slog.LevelInfo
 	// DebugLevel level. Usually only enabled when debugging. Very verbose logging.
@@ -43,17 +46,20 @@ func logFuncAdapter(slogFunc func(ctx context.Context, msg string, args ...inter
 }
 
 var allLevels = []slog.Level{
-	slog.LevelDebug,
-	slog.LevelInfo,
-	slog.LevelWarn,
-	slog.LevelError,
+	DebugLevel,
+	InfoLevel,
+	NoticeLevel,
+	WarnLevel,
+	ErrorLevel,
 }
 
 var defaultHandlers = map[Level]Handler{
 	DebugLevel: logFuncAdapter(slog.DebugContext),
 	InfoLevel:  logFuncAdapter(slog.InfoContext),
-	WarnLevel:  logFuncAdapter(slog.WarnContext),
-	ErrorLevel: logFuncAdapter(slog.ErrorContext),
+	// slog doesn't have a Notice level, so in the default handler, we use Warn instead.
+	NoticeLevel: logFuncAdapter(slog.WarnContext),
+	WarnLevel:   logFuncAdapter(slog.WarnContext),
+	ErrorLevel:  logFuncAdapter(slog.ErrorContext),
 }
 var handlers = maps.Clone(defaultHandlers)
 var handlersMu = sync.RWMutex{}
@@ -166,6 +172,18 @@ func Infof(context context.Context, format string, args ...interface{}) {
 	logf(context, InfoLevel, format, args...)
 }
 
+// Notice outputs messages with the level [NoticeLevel] (when that is enabled) using the
+// configured logging handler.
+func Notice(context context.Context, args ...interface{}) {
+	log(context, NoticeLevel, args...)
+}
+
+// Noticef outputs messages with the level [NoticeLevel] (when that is enabled) using the
+// configured logging handler.
+func Noticef(context context.Context, format string, args ...interface{}) {
+	logf(context, NoticeLevel, format, args...)
+}
+
 // Warning outputs messages with the level [WarningLevel] (when that is enabled) using the
 // configured logging handler.
 func Warning(context context.Context, args ...interface{}) {

log/log_test.go

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 var supportedLevels = []log.Level{
 	log.DebugLevel,
 	log.InfoLevel,
+	log.NoticeLevel,
 	log.WarnLevel,
 	log.ErrorLevel,
 }
@@ -38,6 +39,8 @@ func callLogHandler(ctx context.Context, level log.Level, args ...any) {
 		log.Error(ctx, args...)
 	case log.WarnLevel:
 		log.Warning(ctx, args...)
+	case log.NoticeLevel:
+		log.Notice(ctx, args...)
 	case log.InfoLevel:
 		log.Info(ctx, args...)
 	case log.DebugLevel:
@@ -51,6 +54,8 @@ func callLogHandlerf(ctx context.Context, level log.Level, format string, args .
 		log.Errorf(ctx, format, args...)
 	case log.WarnLevel:
 		log.Warningf(ctx, format, args...)
+	case log.NoticeLevel:
+		log.Noticef(ctx, format, args...)
 	case log.InfoLevel:
 		log.Infof(ctx, format, args...)
 	case log.DebugLevel: