[logger] Remove encoding option from logger_formatter

The encoding option was introduced in commit
270d909696a753af022df72a404c73f2895b4a02, to allow report callbacks to
format according to a given encoding. There was, however, no
connection between this encoding option, and the encoding of the
device to which the logger handler was writing.

Since a formatter is defined to return unicode:chardata(), and in
order to avoid mismatch with the encoding of the device, the encoding
option is now removed from the formatter. The handler itself must make
sure that it does not write illegal data to its device.

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/lib/kernel/src/logger_h_common.erl b/lib/kernel/src/logger_h_common.erl
index 854e5479b9..2818a460f1 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/src/logger_h_common.erl
+++ b/lib/kernel/src/logger_h_common.erl
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
          info_notify/1]).
 
 %%%-----------------------------------------------------------------
-%%% Covert log data on any form to binary
+%%% Convert log data on any form to binary
 -spec log_to_binary(LogEvent,Config) -> LogString when
       LogEvent :: logger:log_event(),
       Config :: logger:handler_config(),
@@ -57,13 +57,14 @@ do_log_to_binary(Log,Config) ->
     {Formatter,FormatterConfig} =
         maps:get(formatter,Config,{?DEFAULT_FORMATTER,?DEFAULT_FORMAT_CONFIG}),
     String = try_format(Log,Formatter,FormatterConfig),
-    try unicode:characters_to_binary(String)
-    catch _:_ ->
+    try string_to_binary(String)
+    catch C2:R2:S2 ->
             ?LOG_INTERNAL(debug,[{formatter_error,Formatter},
                                  {config,FormatterConfig},
                                  {log_event,Log},
-                                 {bad_return_value,String}]),
-            <<"FORMATTER ERROR: bad_return_value">>
+                                 {bad_return_value,String},
+                                 {catched,{C2,R2,S2}}]),
+            <<"FORMATTER ERROR: bad return value">>
     end.
 
 try_format(Log,Formatter,FormatterConfig) ->
@@ -85,6 +86,15 @@ try_format(Log,Formatter,FormatterConfig) ->
             end
     end.
 
+string_to_binary(String) ->
+    case unicode:characters_to_binary(String) of
+        Binary when is_binary(Binary) ->
+            Binary;
+        Error ->
+            throw(Error)
+    end.
+
+
 %%%-----------------------------------------------------------------
 %%% Check that the configuration term is valid
 check_common_config({mode_tab,_Tid}) ->