logging: add mechanism for handling transient strings

Extending logger to support logging transient strings (with %s).
With dedicated call (log_strdup), string is duplicated to a buffer
from internal logger pool. Logger implicitly manages the pool.

Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Chruscinski <krzysztof.chruscinski@nordicsemi.no>

include/logging/log.h

@@ -255,6 +255,19 @@ extern "C" {
  */
 int log_printk(const char *fmt, va_list ap);
 
+/** @brief Copy transient string to a buffer from internal, logger pool.
+ *
+ * Function should be used when transient string is intended to be logged.
+ * Logger allocates a buffer and copies input string returning a pointer to the
+ * copy. Logger ensures that buffer is freed when logger message is freed.
+ *
+ * @param str Transient string.
+ *
+ * @return Copy of the string or default string if buffer could not be
+ *	   allocated. String may be truncated if input string does not fit in
+ *	   a buffer from the pool (see CONFIG_LOG_STRDUP_MAX_STRING).
+ */
+char *log_strdup(char *str);
 
 #define __DYNAMIC_MODULE_REGISTER(_name)\
 	struct log_source_dynamic_data LOG_ITEM_DYNAMIC_DATA(_name)	\

include/logging/log_core.h

@@ -472,6 +472,20 @@ int log_printk(const char *fmt, va_list ap);
  */
 void log_generic(struct log_msg_ids src_level, const char *fmt, va_list ap);
 
+/** @brief Check if address belongs to the memory pool used for transient.
+ *
+ * @param buf Buffer.
+ *
+ * @return True if address within the pool, false otherwise.
+ */
+bool log_is_strdup(void *buf);
+
+/** @brief Free allocated buffer.
+ *
+ * @param buf Buffer.
+ */
+void log_free(void *buf);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif

include/logging/log_msg.h

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ extern "C" {
  */
 
 /** @brief Maximum number of arguments in the standard log entry. */
-#define LOG_MAX_NARGS 6
+#define LOG_MAX_NARGS 9
 
 /** @brief Number of arguments in the log entry which fits in one chunk.*/
 #define LOG_MSG_NARGS_SINGLE_CHUNK 3