Merge remote branch 'origin/peppe/common_test/ct_log_updates' into maint

* origin/peppe/common_test/ct_log_updates:
  Make the CT logger print to stdout if test_server is not running
  Add test
  Allow calls to ct:pal and ct:print even if CT is not running

OTP-11176

2 files changed, 34 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/lib/common_test/src/ct_logs.erl b/lib/common_test/src/ct_logs.erl
index f5355bfefe..bd37b690b6 100644
--- a/lib/common_test/src/ct_logs.erl
+++ b/lib/common_test/src/ct_logs.erl
@@ -446,6 +446,8 @@ tc_print(Category,Importance,Format,Args) ->
 		   ct_util:get_verbosity('$unspecified');
 	       {error,bad_invocation} ->
 		   ?MAX_VERBOSITY;
+	       {error,_Failure} ->
+		   ?MAX_VERBOSITY;
 	       Val ->
 		   Val
 	   end,
@@ -690,14 +692,15 @@ logger_loop(State) ->
 				false ->
 				    %% Group leader is dead, so write to the
 				    %% CtLog or unexpected_io log instead
-				    unexpected_io(Pid,Category,List,State),
+				    unexpected_io(Pid,Category,Importance,
+						  List,State),
 				    logger_loop(State)			    
 			    end;
 			{ct_log,_Fd,TCGLs} ->
 			    %% If category is ct_internal then write
 			    %% to ct_log, else write to unexpected_io
 			    %% log
-			    unexpected_io(Pid,Category,List,State),
+			    unexpected_io(Pid,Category,Importance,List,State),
 			    logger_loop(State#logger_state{
 					  tc_groupleaders = TCGLs})
 		    end;
@@ -798,7 +801,7 @@ print_to_log(sync, FromPid, Category, TCGL, List, State) ->
 	    IoFun = create_io_fun(FromPid, State),
 	    io:format(TCGL,"~ts", [lists:foldl(IoFun, [], List)]);
        true ->
-	    unexpected_io(FromPid,Category,List,State)
+	    unexpected_io(FromPid,Category,?MAX_IMPORTANCE,List,State)
     end,
     State;
 
@@ -814,7 +817,8 @@ print_to_log(async, FromPid, Category, TCGL, List, State) ->
 		end;
 	   true ->
 		fun() ->
-			unexpected_io(FromPid,Category,List,State)
+			unexpected_io(FromPid,Category,?MAX_IMPORTANCE,
+				      List,State)
 		end
 	end,
     case State#logger_state.async_print_jobs of
@@ -3066,10 +3070,20 @@ html_encoding(latin1) ->
 html_encoding(utf8) ->
     "utf-8".
 
-unexpected_io(Pid,ct_internal,List,#logger_state{ct_log_fd=Fd}=State) ->
+unexpected_io(Pid,ct_internal,_Importance,List,State) ->
     IoFun = create_io_fun(Pid,State),
-    io:format(Fd, "~ts", [lists:foldl(IoFun, [], List)]);
-unexpected_io(Pid,_Category,List,State) ->
+    io:format(State#logger_state.ct_log_fd, "~ts",
+	      [lists:foldl(IoFun, [], List)]);
+unexpected_io(Pid,Category,Importance,List,State) ->
     IoFun = create_io_fun(Pid,State),
     Data = io_lib:format("~ts", [lists:foldl(IoFun, [], List)]),
-    test_server_io:print_unexpected(Data).
+    %% if unexpected io comes in during startup or shutdown, test_server
+    %% might not be running - if so (noproc exit), simply print to
+    %% stdout instead (will result in double printouts when pal is used)
+    try test_server_io:print_unexpected(Data) of
+	_ ->
+	    ok
+    catch
+	_:{noproc,_} -> tc_print(Category,Importance,Data,[]);
+	_:Reason     -> exit(Reason)
+    end.
diff --git a/lib/common_test/src/ct_util.erl b/lib/common_test/src/ct_util.erl
index 68e76c2396..abda87c2cd 100644
--- a/lib/common_test/src/ct_util.erl
+++ b/lib/common_test/src/ct_util.erl
@@ -286,14 +286,23 @@ get_start_dir() ->
 %% handle verbosity outside ct_util_server (let the client read
 %% the verbosity table) to avoid possible deadlock situations
 set_verbosity(Elem = {_Category,_Level}) ->
-    ets:insert(?verbosity_table, Elem),
-    ok.
+    try ets:insert(?verbosity_table, Elem) of
+	_ ->
+	    ok
+    catch
+	_:Reason ->
+	    {error,Reason}
+    end.
+	
 get_verbosity(Category) ->
-    case ets:lookup(?verbosity_table, Category) of
+    try ets:lookup(?verbosity_table, Category) of
 	[{Category,Level}] -> 
 	    Level;
 	_ ->
 	    undefined
+    catch
+	_:Reason ->
+	    {error,Reason}
     end.
 
 loop(Mode,TestData,StartDir) ->