[tor-bugs] #18729 [Tor]: periodic_event_dispatch too noisy at loglevel debug

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#18729: periodic_event_dispatch too noisy at loglevel debug
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     Reporter:  arma    |      Owner:
         Type:  defect  |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium  |  Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.8.x-final
    Component:  Tor     |    Version:
     Severity:  Normal  |   Keywords:
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       Points:          |   Reviewer:
      Sponsor:          |
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 Running git master as a client, once a second I get:
 {{{
 Apr 05 19:11:55.838 [debug] periodic_event_dispatch(): Dispatching
 check_dns_honesty
 Apr 05 19:11:55.838 [debug] periodic_event_dispatch(): Scheduling
 check_dns_honesty for 1 seconds
 Apr 05 19:11:55.838 [debug] periodic_event_dispatch(): Dispatching
 record_bridge_stats
 Apr 05 19:11:55.838 [debug] periodic_event_dispatch(): Scheduling
 record_bridge_stats for 1 seconds
 Apr 05 19:11:55.838 [debug] periodic_event_dispatch(): Dispatching
 write_bridge_ns
 Apr 05 19:11:55.838 [debug] periodic_event_dispatch(): Scheduling
 write_bridge_ns for 1 seconds
 Apr 05 19:11:55.838 [debug] periodic_event_dispatch(): Dispatching
 check_ed_keys
 Apr 05 19:11:55.838 [debug] periodic_event_dispatch(): Scheduling
 check_ed_keys for 1 seconds
 Apr 05 19:11:55.838 [debug] periodic_event_dispatch(): Dispatching
 rotate_onion_key
 Apr 05 19:11:55.838 [debug] periodic_event_dispatch(): Scheduling
 rotate_onion_key for 1 seconds
 Apr 05 19:11:55.838 [debug] periodic_event_dispatch(): Dispatching
 check_fw_helper_app
 Apr 05 19:11:55.838 [debug] periodic_event_dispatch(): Scheduling
 check_fw_helper_app for 1 seconds
 }}}

 This level of log bloat makes the logs unusable for much else. Is it
 useful or needed?

 I could get behind logging these things when an event actually decided to
 do something worthwhile. But maybe that "doing a worthwhile thing" should
 include the log in that case?

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