LogAndTrace Module

High-Performance Zero-Dependency Logging System for AUTOSAR Adaptive Platform

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🆕 Recent Updates (2025-11-14)

🔐 Base64 Encoding Feature

Secure Sensitive Data Logging

New Base64 encoding capability added for protecting sensitive information in logs:

// Enable encoding for sensitive data
logger.LogInfo().WithEncode() << "password=secret123";
// Output: cGFzc3dvcmQ9c2VjcmV0MTIz

// Chain with other modifiers
logger.WithLevel(LogLevel::kError).WithEncode() << "Sensitive error data";
logger.LogInfo().WithLocation(__FILE__, __LINE__).WithEncode() << "Tracked sensitive data";

// Encoding is per-log, disable by default
logger.LogInfo() << "Normal log";  // No encoding
logger.LogInfo().WithEncode() << "Encoded log";  // Base64 encoded

Key Features:

• 🔐 Base64 Encoding: Protect sensitive data in logs (passwords, tokens, PII)
• ⛓️ Chainable API: WithLevel().WithEncode() fluent interface
• 🚀 Zero Overhead: -0.49% performance impact (measurement variance)
• ✅ 15 New Tests: Comprehensive encoding validation
• 🧵 Thread-Safe: Multi-threaded encoding tested and validated
• 🎯 Per-Log Control: Enable/disable encoding per log statement

Performance Validation:

• Normal logging: 4,878,049 logs/sec
• With encoding: 4,901,961 logs/sec
• Overhead: -0.49% (negligible, within measurement variance)

Previous Updates (2025-11-06)

🏗️ Architecture Refactoring - STL Dependency Elimination

Unified Type System with Core Module

Complete migration from STL to Core module type wrappers:

• ✅ Container Migration
  std::vector → core::Vector
  All dynamic arrays use Core type aliases with unified memory management

• ✅ Synchronization Primitives
  std::mutex → core::Mutex
std::lock_guard → core::LockGuard
  Thread synchronization fully uses Core wrappers, maintaining AUTOSAR style

• ✅ Smart Pointers & Utilities
  std::unique_ptr → core::UniqueHandle
std::make_unique → core::MakeUnique (new)
  std::make_shared → core::MakeShared (new)
  std::move → core::Move
std::find_if → core::FindIf
  Memory ownership and algorithms unified with Core utilities

• ✅ Time & Algorithms
  std::chrono → core::Time
  Time operations use Core's high-precision time wrappers

Impact:

• 🗑️ 9 STL Headers Removed: <vector>, <mutex>, <memory>, <algorithm>, <chrono>
• 🔄 50+ Type Replacements: All STL types migrated to Core wrappers
• ✅ 358 Tests Passing: Core (308) + LogAndTrace (50 → 65)
• 📊 No Performance Regression: 555K logs/sec (single-thread), 27K logs/sec (multi-thread)
• 🔒 Zero-Copy Preserved: StringView passing, no extra copies

Previous Updates (2025-10-29)

Security & Robustness

• 🛡️ FileSink buffer overflow protection
• 🛡️ DLT StringView safety handling
• 🛡️ Static destruction order fixes

Testing & Validation

• ✅ 65/65 tests passing (boundary values + multi-threading + zero-copy + base64)
• ✅ Core module 308 tests passing
• ✅ Boundary coverage: MAX_LOG_SIZE, buffer limits, edge cases

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🚀 Overview

LightAP LogAndTrace 是一个为 AUTOSAR Adaptive Platform 设计的零 STL 依赖企业级日志系统，完全基于 Core 模块的类型封装，提供极致性能、完整的 DLT 支持、零拷贝架构以及生产级安全保障。

Key Features

Feature	Description	Status
🏗️ STL-Free Architecture	Zero STL deps, unified Core types	✅
🔐 Base64 Encoding	Secure sensitive data logging	✅ NEW
� High Performance	555K logs/sec (single), 27K logs/sec (10 threads)	✅
🧵 Thread-Safe	Core::Mutex/LockGuard, stress tested	✅
📊 DLT Integration	Full GENIVI DLT support with API encapsulation	✅
💾 Zero-Copy	StringView 传递，无堆分配	✅
🛡️ Buffer Safety	Overflow protection, bounds checking	✅
🎯 Multi-Sink	Console, File, Syslog, DLT simultaneously	✅
🔧 JSON Config	Runtime configuration without recompilation	✅
✅ Production Ready	65/65 tests passing (15 new base64 tests)	✅

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📊 Current Performance Metrics

Throughput (Post STL-Refactor Validation)

Scenario	Throughput	Details
Single-Thread	555K logs/sec	Console sink
Single-Thread (Encoded)	4.9M logs/sec	Base64 encoding
Multi-Thread (10 threads)	27K logs/sec	Concurrent
High Concurrency (50 threads)	195ms	5000 logs
Sustained Load (3s)	23.9K logs/sec	Continuous

Memory & Architecture

• Zero-copy validated: 0 bytes growth for 50,000 logs
• STL includes removed: 9 standard library headers
• Type replacements: 50+ STL types migrated to Core
• Core module dependency: Unified type system and memory management
• Buffer safety: All sinks protected against overflows
• Base64 encoding: 15 new tests, zero performance overhead

Validation Status

• ✅ Core Module: 308/308 tests passing
• ✅ LogAndTrace: 65/65 tests passing (50 existing + 15 new)
• ✅ Base64 Encoding: 15/15 tests passing
• ✅ Multi-threading: All concurrency tests passed
• ✅ Zero-copy: Memory growth validation passed
• ✅ Examples: All 4 examples compile and run correctly (including base64 example)
• ✅ No regressions: Performance maintained after feature addition

📈 Full Performance Analysis →

Testing Environment

All benchmarks and tests were conducted on the following hardware and software configuration:

Hardware Specifications

• CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-10210U @ 1.60GHz (4 cores, 8 threads)
• Memory: 16 GB RAM
• Storage: SSD

Software Environment

• Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
• Kernel: 6.1.0-23-amd64
• Compiler: GCC 12.2.0
• C++ Standard: C++14
• CMake: 3.25.1
• DLT Daemon: 2.18.8

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🏗️ Architecture

Zero-STL Design Philosophy

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                    LogAndTrace Module                       │
│  ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│  │  Application Layer (STL-Free)                         │ │
│  │  • Logger, LogManager, SinkManager                    │ │
│  │  • All types from Core module                         │ │
│  │  • Zero direct STL dependencies                       │ │
│  └─────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────┘ │
│                        │ Uses                                │
│  ┌─────────────────────▼─────────────────────────────────┐ │
│  │  Core Module Type System                              │ │
│  │  • Vector, String, Map, Mutex, LockGuard              │ │
│  │  • UniqueHandle, MakeUnique, MakeShared               │ │
│  │  • Move, Forward, FindIf, Time                        │ │
│  │  • Unified AUTOSAR-style wrappers                     │ │
│  └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Benefits:

• ✅ Unified Type System: All modules use the same type aliases
• ✅ Easy Customization: Memory allocation strategy can be modified at Core layer
• ✅ AUTOSAR Compliant: Reduces direct STL usage, closer to AUTOSAR standards
• ✅ Compilation Optimization: Reduces template instantiation, faster compilation
• ✅ Testability: Core types can be mocked for unit testing

Zero-Copy Data Flow

Logger → LogStream → StringView → SinkManager → [Sinks...]
         (stack)     (no copy)    (dispatch)     (parallel)
         
         Using Core types:
         • core::Vector manages Sink list
         • core::Mutex protects concurrent access
         • core::StringView zero-copy message passing

Key Principles:

1. StringView-based message passing (no string copies)
2. Core::Vector for dynamic arrays (unified allocator strategy)
3. Core::Mutex/LockGuard for thread synchronization
4. Core::UniqueHandle for resource ownership
5. Direct writes to sink buffers

Type Migration Map

STL Type	Core Type	Usage in LogAndTrace
std::vector<T>	core::Vector<T>	Sink lists, config arrays
std::mutex	core::Mutex	Context map protection
std::lock_guard<std::mutex>	core::LockGuard	RAII locking
std::unique_ptr<T>	core::UniqueHandle<T>	Logger ownership
std::make_unique<T>()	core::MakeUnique<T>()	Smart ptr creation
std::make_shared<T>()	core::MakeShared<T>()	Shared ptr creation
std::move()	core::Move()	Move semantics
std::forward()	core::Forward()	Perfect forwarding
std::find_if()	core::FindIf()	Sink lookup
std::chrono	core::Time	Timestamps

DLT Encapsulation

┌─────────────────────────────────────┐
│   Application Layer (Core types)   │
│   Logger, LogManager - DLT-free    │
└──────────────┬──────────────────────┘
               │ LogLevelType (internal)
┌──────────────▼──────────────────────┐
│         CDLTSink (isolated)         │
│  • dlt_register_app()               │
│  • dlt_register_context()           │
│  • dlt_user_log_write_sized_utf8()  │
│  • Level conversion (internal↔DLT)  │
└─────────────────────────────────────┘

Benefits:

• ✅ No DLT dependencies in core logging
• ✅ Type-safe log level handling
• ✅ Easy to replace/mock DLT
• ✅ Clean separation of concerns

Buffer Safety & Security

1. FileSink Overflow Protection

// Before writing, check buffer capacity
int prefixLen = std::snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), 
                              "[%s] [%s] [%s] ", timestamp, appId, level);

// Critical safety check
if (prefixLen <= 0 || prefixLen >= static_cast<int>(sizeof(buffer))) {
    return;  // Prefix too long, abort safely
}

// Calculate available space
size_t availableSpace = sizeof(buffer) - prefixLen - 2;  // -2 for "\n\0"

// Truncate message if needed
if (msgLen > availableSpace) {
    msgLen = availableSpace;
}

2. DLT StringView Safety

// StringView is not guaranteed null-terminated
// Use sized string API with explicit length
uint16_t msgLen = static_cast<uint16_t>(message.size());
if (msgLen > 1300) msgLen = 1300;  // DLT limit with margin

int ret = dlt_user_log_write_sized_utf8_string(&contextData, 
                                                message.data(), 
                                                msgLen);
if (ret < 0) {
    fprintf(stderr, "DLT write failed: %d\n", ret);
}

3. Static Initialization Order

// Always initialize MemManager first in main()
int main() {
    lap::core::MemManager::getInstance();  // CRITICAL: Must be first
    
    auto& logMgr = LogManager::getInstance();  // Now safe
    // ... rest of code
    
    return 0;  // Clean destructor order guaranteed
}

Protections:

• 🛡️ FileSink: prefixLen bounds checking, message truncation
• 🛡️ DLT: Non-null-terminated string safety
• 🛡️ MAX_LOG_SIZE: 200-byte limit enforced everywhere
• 🛡️ Static dtors: Proper singleton initialization order

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📚 API Reference

CLogManager (Singleton)

// Get instance
auto& manager = LogManager::getInstance();

// Initialize with config file
manager.initialize(lap::core::InstanceSpecifier("config.json"));

// Get logger
auto& logger = manager.registerLogger("CTX", "Description", LogLevel::kDebug);

// Shutdown
manager.shutdown();

CLogger

// Logging methods
logger.fatal("message", args...);
logger.error("message", args...);
logger.warn("message", args...);
logger.info("message", args...);
logger.debug("message", args...);
logger.verbose("message", args...);

// Stream operator with level
logger.WithLevel(LogLevel::kInfo) << "message " << value;

// NEW: Base64 encoding for sensitive data
logger.LogInfo().WithEncode() << "password=secret123";
logger.WithLevel(LogLevel::kError).WithEncode() << "Sensitive error";

// Chainable modifiers
logger.WithLevel(LogLevel::kDebug).WithLocation(__FILE__, __LINE__) << "Debug with location";
logger.LogInfo().WithLocation(__FILE__, __LINE__).WithEncode() << "Tracked sensitive data";

// Level check
if (logger.shouldLog(LogLevel::kDebug)) {
    // Compute expensive data
}

// Context
core::String ctx = logger.getContextId();

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📁 Directory Structure

modules/LogAndTrace/
├── CMakeLists.txt                # Build configuration
├── README.md                     # This file
├── source/
│   ├── inc/                      # Public headers
│   │   ├── CLogger.hpp
│   │   ├── CLogManager.hpp
│   │   ├── ISink.hpp
│   │   └── ...
│   └── src/                      # Implementation
│       ├── CLogger.cpp
│       ├── CLogManager.cpp
│       ├── CDLTSink.cpp          # DLT encapsulation
│       └── ...
├── test/
│   ├── unittest/                 # Unit tests (65 tests)
│   │   ├── test_main.cpp
│   │   ├── test_console_sink.cpp
│   │   ├── test_file_sink.cpp
│   │   ├── test_dlt_sink.cpp
│   │   ├── test_syslog_sink.cpp
│   │   ├── test_boundary_values.cpp  # 18 edge case tests
│   │   ├── test_base64_encode.cpp    # NEW: 15 encoding tests
│   │   └── ...
│   ├── benchmark/                # Performance benchmarks
│   │   ├── benchmark_simple.cpp
│   │   ├── benchmark_stress_test.cpp
│   │   ├── benchmark_latency.cpp
│   │   ├── benchmark_memory.cpp
│   │   └── benchmark_multiprocess.cpp
│   └── examples/                 # Integration examples
│       ├── example_basic_usage.cpp
│       ├── example_multi_thread.cpp
│       ├── example_file_rotation.cpp
│       ├── example_base64_encode.cpp  # NEW: Base64 encoding demo
│       ├── config_console_file.json
│       ├── config_base64_test.json    # NEW: Base64 config
│       └── ...
└── doc/                          # Documentation
    ├── BENCHMARK_REPORT.md
    ├── TEST_REPORT.md            # NEW: Complete test report (65 tests)
    └── ...

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🧪 Testing

Unit Tests

# Run all tests
cd build/modules/LogAndTrace
./log_test

# Results: 65/65 tests passing
# - ConsoleSink: 3 tests
# - FileSink: 2 tests
# - DLTSink: 3 tests
# - SyslogSink: 7 tests
# - SinkBase: 5 tests
# - LoggerTest: 5 tests
# - MultiThreadTest: 5 tests
# - ZeroCopyTest: 2 tests
# - BoundaryValueTests: 18 tests
# - Base64EncodeTests: 15 tests (NEW)

Test Coverage:

• ✅ Basic functionality (logging, level filtering)
• ✅ Multi-threading (race conditions, sustained load)
• ✅ Zero-copy validation (memory growth tracking)
• ✅ All sink types (Console, File, Syslog, DLT)
• ✅ Boundary values (MAX_LOG_SIZE, buffer limits)
• ✅ Edge cases (empty, oversized, special chars)
• ✅ Security (buffer overflows, truncation)
• ✅ NEW: Base64 encoding (15 comprehensive tests)
• ✅ NEW: Thread-safe encoding (5 threads × 100 messages)
• ✅ NEW: Encoding performance (zero overhead validated)

📋 Full Test Report →

DLT Integration Verification

# Start DLT daemon
sudo systemctl start dlt-daemon

# Run DLT long message test
cd build/modules/LogAndTrace
./test_dlt_long_message

# Verify messages in system logs
sudo journalctl -u dlt-daemon --since "1 minute ago" | grep DLTX

# Example output (10 messages successfully sent):
# - Application ID: DLTX
# - Context ID: DLTC
# - Messages: 1 byte to 10KB (truncated to 200 bytes)
# - Status: All messages received by DLT daemon

DLT Test Results:

• ✅ All 10 test messages delivered to DLT
• ✅ Short messages (1-50 bytes): Passed intact
• ✅ Exact MAX_LOG_SIZE (200 bytes): Handled correctly
• ✅ Oversized messages (300B, 10KB): Truncated to 200 bytes
• ✅ Special characters and Unicode: Supported
• ✅ No "pure virtual method called" crashes
• ✅ Clean exit with std::_Exit(0) or proper MemManager init

Benchmarks

# Quick benchmark
./benchmark_simple
# Result: 2.63M logs/sec, 0.133µs latency

# Stress test (10 seconds sustained)
./benchmark_stress_test
# Result: 6.22M logs/sec, 160ns avg latency, 0 bytes growth

Results Preview:

• Single-thread: 2.63M logs/sec
• Sustained: 6.22M logs/sec (10 seconds)
• Latency: 132.69ns mean, 160.77ns average
• P99 Latency: 156ns
• Memory: 0 bytes growth (50K logs)

📈 Full Benchmark Report →

Integration Examples

# Basic usage
cd ../../modules/LogAndTrace
../../build/modules/LogAndTrace/example_basic_usage

# Multi-thread example
../../build/modules/LogAndTrace/example_multi_thread

# File rotation example
../../build/modules/LogAndTrace/example_file_rotation

# NEW: Base64 encoding example
../../build/modules/LogAndTrace/example_base64_encode

# DLT verification
../../build/modules/LogAndTrace/test_dlt_direct
dlt-viewer &  # Verify messages

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🔨 Build Instructions

Prerequisites

# Ubuntu/Debian
sudo apt-get install build-essential cmake libboost-all-dev libdlt-dev

# Fedora/RHEL
sudo dnf install gcc-c++ cmake boost-devel automotive-dlt-devel

Build Steps

# Clone repository
git clone <repo-url>
cd LightAP

# Create build directory
mkdir -p build && cd build

# Configure
cmake ..

# Build LogAndTrace module
make lap_log -j$(nproc)

# Run tests
cd modules/LogAndTrace
./log_test

# Run examples
./example_basic_usage
./example_multi_thread

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🎯 What's Next

Current development focus is on Modeled Messages and Trace system implementation.

For a comprehensive roadmap with detailed task breakdown, estimated efforts, and priorities, please see:

👉 doc/TODO.md - Complete feature roadmap and task list

Quick Summary:

• v1.0.0 (2025-12): Modeled Messages, Trace System
• v1.1.0 (2026-Q1): Async Logging Queue, Advanced File Management, Log Filtering
• v2.0.0 (2026-Q2+): Full AUTOSAR compliance, Network logging, Security enhancements

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� Documentation

Active Documentation

Document	Description	Location
TODO List	Feature roadmap and task tracking	doc/TODO.md
Design Documents	Architecture and design specifications	doc/design/
Message Catalog Format	Modeled Messages catalog specification	doc/design/MessageCatalog_Format.md
AUTOSAR Spec	AUTOSAR AP SWS_LogAndTrace specification	doc/AUTOSAR_AP_SWS_LogAndTrace.pdf
Index	Documentation navigation	doc/INDEX.md

Archived Documentation

Historical documentation and completed analysis reports are archived in:

• doc/archive/ - Contains implementation summaries, benchmarks, and analysis reports

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🗺️ Roadmap

See doc/TODO.md for detailed task breakdown and time estimates.

Current Focus: Base64 Encoding & Modeled Messages (v1.0.0)

Recently Completed (2025-11-14):

• ✅ Base64 Encoding Feature: Secure sensitive data logging with chainable API
• ✅ 15 New Tests: Comprehensive encoding validation (65/65 tests passing)
• ✅ Zero Performance Overhead: -0.49% impact (measurement variance)
• ✅ Thread-Safe Encoding: Multi-threaded encoding validated

Priority P0 - Target: 2025-12

1. 🎯 Modeled Messages Implementation (5-7 days, In Planning)

   • AUTOSAR-compliant Message ID templates
   • Compile-time routing with TraceSwitch
   • DLT message ID support (dlt_user_log_write_start_id)
   • Message catalog generation tools
   • Non-verbose/verbose mode support

2. 🔍 Trace System Enhancement (3-4 days, In Planning)

   • ARTI interface implementation
   • TraceStatus management
   • Separate trace and log paths

Next Phase: Performance & Features (v1.1.0)

Priority P1 - Target: 2026-Q1

3. 💾 Local Cache Optimization (3-5 days, Planning)

   • Thread-local buffer pool for log formatting
   • Pre-allocated buffer management to reduce allocation overhead
   • Per-thread cache for frequently used log contexts
   • Memory pool for sink buffers
   • Target: 10-15% performance improvement
   • Zero-copy optimization for DLT sink

4. ⚡ Async Logging Queue (5-7 days, Design Complete)

   • Lock-free queue implementation
   • Target: 2M+ logs/sec throughput
   • Background worker thread

5. 📁 Advanced File Management (2-3 days)

   • Time-based rotation
   • Compression support
   • Cleanup policies

6. 🔧 Log Filtering (3-4 days)

   • Per-context level filtering
   • Regex-based content filtering
   • Runtime configuration

Future Plans (v2.0.0+)

Priority P2 - Target: 2026-Q2+

• Network logging (TCP/UDP sinks)
• Advanced analysis tools
• Full AUTOSAR compliance certification
• Security enhancements
• Multi-platform support

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🤝 Contributing

Development Status

• Stable: Core logging, Multi-sink, DLT integration
• Beta: STL-free architecture (Post-refactor validation)
• Planning: Modeled Messages, Trace system

How to Contribute

1. Check doc/TODO.md for open tasks
2. Read existing code and tests
3. Follow the STL-free architecture (use Core module types)
4. Add tests for new features
5. Update documentation

Code Style

• Use Core module types (core::Vector, core::Mutex, etc.)
• No STL dependencies in LogAndTrace module
• Follow AUTOSAR naming conventions
• Add Doxygen comments
• Zero-copy principles (use core::StringView)

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� Contact & Support

Project: LightAP Middleware
Module: LogAndTrace
Maintainer: ddkv587 (ddkv587@gmail.com)

For questions, issues, or contributions:

• Review documentation in doc/
• Check TODO list: doc/TODO.md
• See archived reports: doc/archive/

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📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

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Last Updated: 2025-11-14
Version: 1.0.0
Status: Production Ready - Base64 Encoding Feature Released (65/65 tests passing)