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cuopt::default_logger() is one process-wide instance, defined in logger.cpp and shared by every solver. Splitting libcuopt into component libraries (#1622) means routing and mathopt should log independently, and nothing should have to exist purely to host that state.

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The logger is header-only and hidden. Hidden visibility is what does the separating, and it is not optional:

6: 000000000000401c  4 OBJECT  UNIQUE DEFAULT  23 _ZZN4demo7counterEvE1c

The static local of an inline function is emitted as STB_GNU_UNIQUE, which glibc merges across the whole process regardless of RTLD_LOCAL -- so a header-only logger left at default visibility is still one shared instance, both when linked and when dlopened the way load.py does it. Marking the namespace CUOPT_EXPORT would silently undo this PR.

Configuring a logger you cannot reach

Callers outside the libraries have their own logger and cannot touch a library's. Each component therefore exports a configure entry point, the only logging symbols that cross a boundary:

$ nm -DC libcuopt.so | grep logging
T cuopt::mathematical_optimization::configure_logging(...)
T cuopt::mathematical_optimization::reset_logging()
T cuopt::routing::configure_logging(...)
T cuopt::routing::reset_logging()

That gives two types with distinct jobs:

  • init_logger_t(file, console) -- configures the logger of whichever image constructs it. Library code already used it this way, so pdlp/solve.cu, mip_heuristics/solve.cu and grpc/client/solve_remote.cpp each configure their own library's logger with no change.
  • init_component_logger_t(file, console, target = mathopt) -- reaches a chosen library from outside. It defaults to mathopt because every external caller today is LP or MILP, so all eight existing sites (CLI x2, dual_simplex tests x6) keep their meaning and routing is opted into explicitly. The routing branch sits behind CUOPT_HAS_ROUTING, since SKIP_ROUTING_BUILD means the symbol may not exist.

Two fixes needed to keep one log file working

Both showed up running cuopt_cli, not reading the code.

  • The exported entry point takes the same ref-count guard init_logger_t takes. Without it the MIP solve path built its own init_logger_t mid-run and, with truncate set, cleared the file the CLI had already written to.
  • File sinks always open in append mode, with a single explicit truncate up front. A non-appending sink writes from offset 0 and silently overwrites what another logger has appended.

Routing's errors were being dropped

routing::solve logs through CUOPT_LOG_ERROR in its catch blocks, but routing never constructed an init_logger_t. The default sink is a buffer that is only drained when one is constructed, so those errors went nowhere. Routing now initialises its own logger from get_error_logging_mode(). Pre-existing bug, fixed here because per-library logging forces routing to own its configuration.

Testing

cuopt_cli writes both its own and the solver's messages to one file -- 67 lines, against 62 when the CLI's were being silently overwritten -- and two consecutive runs both give 67, so truncation still works and nothing leaks across runs.

For ctest I built a baseline by stashing onto clean main and rebuilding: identical results, same 10 failing suites and same 908 gtest failures, 92% both. Those failures are environmental in my setup (CUDA stream-capture errors, a null-offsets validation), not from this change.

Follow-ups

Routing has no log_file / log_to_console in solver_settings_t, only set_error_logging_mode, so a library caller cannot yet send routing's log to a file the way the LP settings allow. Worth adding in the same shape as the seed in #1717.

The logger was a single process-wide instance hosted in one compiled
translation unit, so every solver library shared it. Splitting libcuopt
into components means routing and mathopt should log independently, and
nothing should have to exist purely to host the state.

The logger is now header-only and, crucially, hidden. Hidden visibility
is what does the separating: the static local of an inline function is
emitted as an STB_GNU_UNIQUE symbol, which glibc merges across the whole
process regardless of RTLD_LOCAL, so a header-only logger with default
visibility would still have been one shared instance.

Callers outside the libraries cannot reach a hidden logger, so each
component exports a configure entry point. `init_logger_t` keeps its
meaning -- configure the logger of whichever image constructs it, which
is what the pdlp, mip and grpc solve paths already want -- and the new
`init_component_logger_t` reaches a chosen library from outside. It
defaults to mathopt, so all eight existing external call sites keep
working unchanged, and routing is opted into explicitly.

Two things had to change to make one log file survive several loggers:

- The exported entry point now takes the same ref-count guard that
  `init_logger_t` takes. Without it the MIP solve path reconfigured the
  logger mid-run and, with truncate set, cleared a file the caller had
  already written to.
- File sinks always open in append mode, with a single explicit truncate
  up front. A non-appending sink writes from offset 0 and silently
  overwrites what another logger has appended.

routing::solve now initialises its own logger from the settings. Routing
never constructed one, so its CUOPT_LOG_ERROR calls went into a buffer
that nothing drained and were lost.

Verified: libcuopt.so exports the four entry points and none of the
logger state; cuopt_cli writes both its own and the solver's messages to
one file and still truncates between runs. ctest failures are identical
to clean main in this environment (10 suites, 908 gtest failures, both).

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The change relocates shared logger implementation into logger.hpp, adds math optimization and routing logger entry points, supports component logger initialization, preserves shared CLI and solver log files, and updates routing and dual-simplex consumers.

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Component logging

Layer / File(s) Summary
Logger implementation and lifecycle
cpp/src/utilities/logger.hpp
Adds buffered header-local logging, sink configuration, lifecycle management, component targets, and init_component_logger_t.
Component entry points and build wiring
cpp/src/math_optimization/..., cpp/src/routing/..., cpp/src/CMakeLists.txt, cpp/CMakeLists.txt
Adds math optimization and routing logging wrappers, registers their sources, removes the old logger source, and conditionally exposes routing support.
Runtime and test integration
cpp/cuopt_cli.cpp, cpp/src/routing/solve.cu, cpp/tests/dual_simplex/unit_tests/*
Initializes component loggers, prevents CLI file truncation of solver output, and updates dual-simplex tests to use component logging.

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Repeated logger configuration can immediately undo the newly selected file or console destination, causing later messages to be lost or misrouted; some builds may also silently ignore explicit routing logger selection. These concrete current-head issues should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merging.

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43-86: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Bound the buffer and make its data members private.

log_buffer grows without a limit until apply_logger_config drains it. A process that never configures a logger keeps every message in memory. The default sink is the buffer callback, so this is the default state for any library user that does not construct an init_logger_t or call configure_logging. Add a cap that drops or overwrites the oldest entries.

messages and mutex are public at Line 78 and Line 79. All access already goes through the member functions.

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   std::vector<buffered_entry> drain_all()
   {
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mutex);
     std::vector<buffered_entry> out;
     out.swap(messages);
     return out;
   }
 
+ private:
+  static constexpr size_t max_buffered_messages = 4096;
   std::vector<buffered_entry> messages;
   mutable std::mutex mutex;
 };

As per coding guidelines: "keep data members private".

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In `@cpp/src/utilities/logger.hpp` around lines 43 - 86, Update log_buffer to
enforce a bounded message capacity, dropping or overwriting the oldest entries
when the limit is reached, including when no logger configuration is applied.
Move its messages and mutex data members to private access while preserving the
existing log, size, and drain_all behavior.

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In `@cpp/CMakeLists.txt`:
- Around line 572-576: Propagate the CUOPT_HAS_ROUTING compile definition to the
cuopt and cuopt_static targets, not only cuopt_objs, when routing is built.
Update the existing SKIP_ROUTING_BUILD conditional near init_component_logger_t
so consumers linking TARGET_OBJECTS:cuopt_objs, including cuopt_cli and tests,
receive the definition.

In `@cpp/src/utilities/logger.hpp`:
- Around line 251-260: Update configure_logging_impl to release the existing
external_config_guard before calling apply_logger_config, then create and assign
the new logger_config_guard after configuration succeeds. Preserve the mutex
protection and existing g_active_guard/external_config_guard ownership updates.

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In `@cpp/src/utilities/logger.hpp`:
- Around line 43-86: Update log_buffer to enforce a bounded message capacity,
dropping or overwriting the oldest entries when the limit is reached, including
when no logger configuration is applied. Move its messages and mutex data
members to private access while preserving the existing log, size, and drain_all
behavior.
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# Lets callers reach routing's logger through init_component_logger_t. Routing is optional,
# so the entry point it declares is only linkable when routing was actually built.
if(NOT SKIP_ROUTING_BUILD)
target_compile_definitions(cuopt_objs PUBLIC CUOPT_HAS_ROUTING)
endif()

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Propagate CUOPT_HAS_ROUTING to cuopt and cuopt_static. cuopt_cli and the tests link these targets through $<TARGET_OBJECTS:cuopt_objs>, which does not propagate cuopt_objs usage requirements. Without the definition, the routing branch in init_component_logger_t is a no-op.

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In `@cpp/CMakeLists.txt` around lines 572 - 576, Propagate the CUOPT_HAS_ROUTING
compile definition to the cuopt and cuopt_static targets, not only cuopt_objs,
when routing is built. Update the existing SKIP_ROUTING_BUILD conditional near
init_component_logger_t so consumers linking TARGET_OBJECTS:cuopt_objs,
including cuopt_cli and tests, receive the definition.

Comment on lines +251 to +260
inline void configure_logging_impl(const std::string& log_file, bool log_to_console, bool truncate)
{
std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(g_guard_mutex);

apply_logger_config(log_file, log_to_console, truncate);

auto guard = std::make_shared<logger_config_guard>();
g_active_guard = guard;
external_config_guard() = guard;
}

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Release the previous external guard before applying the new configuration.

configure_logging_impl assigns a new guard to external_config_guard() at Line 259. That assignment destroys the previous guard when it holds the last reference. ~logger_config_guard calls reset_default_logger(), which clears the sinks and reinstalls the buffer sink. The destruction runs after apply_logger_config, so a second call to configure_logging_impl can undo the configuration it just applied. Every later message goes back into the buffer instead of the file or console.

The same ordering applies when an init_logger_t in the same image still holds the old guard: that guard survives, g_active_guard is overwritten, and the old init_logger_t no longer controls reset timing.

Release the old guard first, then apply the configuration.

🐛 Proposed fix
 inline void configure_logging_impl(const std::string& log_file, bool log_to_console, bool truncate)
 {
   std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(g_guard_mutex);
 
+  // Drop the previous external configuration first. Its destructor resets the logger, so
+  // releasing it after apply_logger_config would discard the configuration just installed.
+  external_config_guard().reset();
+
   apply_logger_config(log_file, log_to_console, truncate);
 
   auto guard              = std::make_shared<logger_config_guard>();
   g_active_guard          = guard;
   external_config_guard() = guard;
 }
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In `@cpp/src/utilities/logger.hpp` around lines 251 - 260, Update
configure_logging_impl to release the existing external_config_guard before
calling apply_logger_config, then create and assign the new logger_config_guard
after configuration succeeds. Preserve the mutex protection and existing
g_active_guard/external_config_guard ownership updates.

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