util: T2226: a way to report noteworthy event

debug.noteworthy can be used to record noteworhy event during
the lifetime of the program. Should anything then cause the
program to fail and cause an airbag report to the user,
then this information will also be included.

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/python/vyos/airbag.py b/python/vyos/airbag.py
index 6698aa404..b7838d8a2 100644
--- a/python/vyos/airbag.py
+++ b/python/vyos/airbag.py
@@ -26,6 +26,17 @@ from vyos.version import get_full_version_data
 DISABLE = False
 
 
+_noteworthy = []
+
+def noteworthy(msg):
+    """
+    noteworthy can be use to take note things which we may not want to
+    report to the user may but be worth including in bug report
+    if something goes wrong later on
+    """
+    _noteworthy.append(msg)
+
+
 # emulate a file object
 class _IO(object):
     def __init__(self, std, log):
@@ -58,11 +69,16 @@ def bug_report(dtype, value, trace):
 
     information = get_full_version_data()
     trace = '\n'.join(format_exception(dtype, value, trace)).replace('\n\n','\n')
+    note = ''
+    if _noteworthy:
+        note = 'noteworthy:\n'
+        note += '\n'.join(_noteworthy)
 
     information.update({
         'date': datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'),
         'trace': trace,
         'instructions': COMMUNITY if 'rolling' in get_version() else SUPPORTED,
+        'note': note,
     })
 
     sys.stdout.write(INTRO.format(**information))
@@ -145,6 +161,7 @@ Hardware S/N:     {hardware_serial}
 Hardware UUID:    {hardware_uuid}
 
 {trace}
+{note}
 """
 
 INTRO = """\