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package org.apache.logging.log4j.core.async;

import org.apache.logging.log4j.Level;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.util.Log4jThread;

Default router: enqueue the event for asynchronous logging in the background thread, unless the current thread is the background thread and the queue is full (enqueueing would cause a deadlock). In that case send the event directly to the appender (in the current thread).
/** * Default router: enqueue the event for asynchronous logging in the background thread, unless the current thread is the * background thread and the queue is full (enqueueing would cause a deadlock). In that case send the event directly to * the appender (in the current thread). */
public class DefaultAsyncQueueFullPolicy implements AsyncQueueFullPolicy { @Override public EventRoute getRoute(final long backgroundThreadId, final Level level) { // LOG4J2-471: prevent deadlock when RingBuffer is full and object // being logged calls Logger.log() from its toString() method Thread currentThread = Thread.currentThread(); if (currentThread.getId() == backgroundThreadId // Threads owned by log4j are most likely to result in // deadlocks because they generally consume events. // This prevents deadlocks between AsyncLoggerContext // disruptors. || currentThread instanceof Log4jThread) { return EventRoute.SYNCHRONOUS; } return EventRoute.ENQUEUE; } }