write to log through the separate thread

Daemon.cpp

@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ namespace i2p
 			} else {
 				// use stdout -- default
 			}
-			i2p::log::Logger().Ready();
+			i2p::log::Logger().Start();
 
 			LogPrint(eLogInfo,	"i2pd v", VERSION, " starting");
 			LogPrint(eLogDebug, "FS: main config file: ", config);
@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ namespace i2p
 			}
 #endif
 			i2p::crypto::TerminateCrypto ();
+			i2p::log::Logger().Stop();
 
 			return true;
 		}

Log.cpp

@@ -58,13 +58,29 @@ namespace log {
 
 	Log::Log():
 	m_Destination(eLogStdout), m_MinLevel(eLogInfo),
-	m_LogStream (nullptr), m_Logfile(""), m_IsReady(false), m_HasColors(true)
+	m_LogStream (nullptr), m_Logfile(""), m_HasColors(true),
+	m_IsRunning (false), m_Thread (nullptr)
 	{
 	}
 
 	Log::~Log ()
 	{
-		switch (m_Destination) {
+		delete m_Thread;
+	}
+
+	void Log::Start ()
+	{
+		if (!m_IsRunning)
+		{	
+			m_IsRunning = true;	
+			m_Thread = new std::thread (std::bind (&Log::Run, this));
+		}
+	}
+
+	void Log::Stop ()	
+	{
+		switch (m_Destination) 
+		{
 #ifndef _WIN32
 			case eLogSyslog :
 				closelog();
@@ -78,7 +94,14 @@ namespace log {
 				/* do nothing */
 				break;
 		}
-		Process();
+		m_IsRunning = false;
+		m_Queue.WakeUp ();
+		if (m_Thread)
+		{	
+			m_Thread->join (); 
+			delete m_Thread;
+			m_Thread = nullptr;
+		}		
 	}
 
 	void Log::SetLogLevel (const std::string& level) {
@@ -106,14 +129,11 @@ namespace log {
 	 * Unfortunately, with current startup process with late fork() this
 	 * will give us nothing but pain. Maybe later. See in NetDb as example.
 	 */
-	void Log::Process() {
-		std::unique_lock<std::mutex> l(m_OutputLock);
+	void Log::Process(std::shared_ptr<LogMsg> msg) 
+	{
+		if (!msg) return;
 		std::hash<std::thread::id> hasher;
 		unsigned short short_tid;
-		while (1) {
-			auto msg = m_Queue.GetNextWithTimeout (1);
-			if (!msg)
-				break;
 		short_tid = (short) (hasher(msg->tid) % 1000);
 		switch (m_Destination) {
 #ifndef _WIN32
@@ -137,14 +157,24 @@ namespace log {
 					<< " - " << msg->text << std::endl;
 				break;
 		} // switch
-		} // while
 	}
 
-	void Log::Append(std::shared_ptr<i2p::log::LogMsg> & msg) {
+	void Log::Run ()
+	{
+		while (m_IsRunning)
+		{
+			std::shared_ptr<LogMsg> msg;
+			while (msg = m_Queue.Get ())
+				Process (msg);
+			if (m_LogStream) m_LogStream->flush();
+			if (m_IsRunning)
+				m_Queue.Wait ();
+		}
+	}		
+
+	void Log::Append(std::shared_ptr<i2p::log::LogMsg> & msg) 
+	{
 		m_Queue.Put(msg);
-		if (!m_IsReady)
-			return;
-		Process();
 	}
 
 	void Log::SendTo (const std::string& path) 

Log.h

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <sstream>
 #include <chrono>
 #include <memory>
+#include <thread>
 #include "Queue.h"
 
 #ifndef _WIN32
@@ -56,9 +57,9 @@ namespace log {
 			std::time_t m_LastTimestamp;
 			char m_LastDateTime[64];
 			i2p::util::Queue<std::shared_ptr<LogMsg> > m_Queue;
-			volatile bool m_IsReady;
 			bool m_HasColors;
-			mutable std::mutex m_OutputLock;
+			volatile bool m_IsRunning;
+			std::thread * m_Thread;
 
 		private:
 
@@ -66,10 +67,8 @@ namespace log {
 			Log (const Log &);
 			const Log& operator=(const Log&);
 
-			/**
-			 * @brief process stored messages in queue
-			 */
-			void Process ();
+			void Run ();
+			void Process (std::shared_ptr<LogMsg> msg);
 
 			/**
 			 * @brief Makes formatted string from unix timestamp
@@ -87,6 +86,9 @@ namespace log {
 			LogType  GetLogType  () { return m_Destination; };
 			LogLevel GetLogLevel () { return m_MinLevel; };
 
+			void Start ();
+			void Stop ();
+
 			/**
 			 * @brief  Sets minimal allowed level for log messages
 			 * @param  level  String with wanted minimal msg level
@@ -120,12 +122,6 @@ namespace log {
 			 */
 			void Append(std::shared_ptr<i2p::log::LogMsg> &);
 
-			/** @brief  Allow log output */
-			void Ready() { m_IsReady = true; }
-
-			/** @brief  Flushes the output log stream */
-			void Flush();
-
 			/** @brief  Reopen log file */
 			void Reopen();
 	};

api.cpp

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ namespace api
 			i2p::log::Logger().SendTo (logStream);
 		else
 			i2p::log::Logger().SendTo (i2p::fs::DataDirPath (i2p::fs::GetAppName () + ".log"));
-		i2p::log::Logger().Ready();
+		i2p::log::Logger().Start ();
 		LogPrint(eLogInfo, "API: starting NetDB");
 		i2p::data::netdb.Start();
 		LogPrint(eLogInfo, "API: starting Transports");
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ namespace api
 		i2p::transport::transports.Stop();
 		LogPrint(eLogInfo, "API: stopping NetDB");
 		i2p::data::netdb.Stop();
+		i2p::log::Logger().Stop ();
 	}
 
 	void RunPeerTest ()