log4j注意事项

   1.不应该大范围，跨多线程共用loger对象。

代码1-1
public void callAppenders(LoggingEvent event)
{
     int writes = 0;
     
     for (Category c = this; c != null; c = parent)
     {
         synchronized (c) {
             if (aai != null) {
                 writes += aai.appendLoopOnAppenders(event);
             }
             if (!additive) {
                 break;
             }
         }
     }
    
     if (writes == 0) {
          repository.emitNoAppenderWarning(this);
     }
}

代码1-1截取自Logger对象的父类Category类。可以看到其使用logger对象作为锁，如果大范围跨线程使用相同logger对象会造成大范围阻塞。

2.如果使用同步日志也不应该大范围跨线程使用相同appender对象。

出于outputstream的write方法的锁的使用。

3.如果使用异步日志也不应该大范围跨线程使用相同的AsyncAppender对象。

代码1-2
public void append(final LoggingEvent event) {
    //
    //   if dispatcher thread has died then
    //      append subsequent events synchronously
    //   See bug 23021
    if ((dispatcher == null) || !dispatcher.isAlive() || (bufferSize <= 0)) {
      synchronized (appenders) {
        appenders.appendLoopOnAppenders(event);
      }

      return;
    }

    // Set the NDC and thread name for the calling thread as these
    // LoggingEvent fields were not set at event creation time.
    event.getNDC();
    event.getThreadName();
    // Get a copy of this thread's MDC.
    event.getMDCCopy();
    if (locationInfo) {
      event.getLocationInformation();
    }

    synchronized (buffer) {
      while (true) {
        int previousSize = buffer.size();

        if (previousSize < bufferSize) {
          buffer.add(event);

          //
          //   if buffer had been empty
          //       signal all threads waiting on buffer
          //       to check their conditions.
          //
          if (previousSize == 0) {
            buffer.notifyAll();
          }

          break;
        }

        //
        //   Following code is only reachable if buffer is full
        //
        //
        //   if blocking and thread is not already interrupted
        //      and not the dispatcher then
        //      wait for a buffer notification
        boolean discard = true;
        if (blocking
                && !Thread.interrupted()
                && Thread.currentThread() != dispatcher) {
          try {
            buffer.wait();
            discard = false;
          } catch (InterruptedException e) {
            //
            //  reset interrupt status so
            //    calling code can see interrupt on
            //    their next wait or sleep.
            Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
          }
        }

        //
        //   if blocking is false or thread has been interrupted
        //   add event to discard map.
        //
        if (discard) {
          String loggerName = event.getLoggerName();
          DiscardSummary summary = (DiscardSummary) discardMap.get(loggerName);

          if (summary == null) {
            summary = new DiscardSummary(event);
            discardMap.put(loggerName, summary);
          } else {
            summary.add(event);
          }

          break;
        }
      }
    }
  }

代码1-2取自AsyncAppender，可以看到使用AsyncAppender对象的buffer作为锁。