improved logging

python_app/orchestration/shm/ring_writer.py

@@ -2,12 +2,15 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import logging
 import mmap
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
 import struct
 from typing import Final
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 _HEADER_SIZE: Final[int] = 64
 _SLOT_HEADER_SIZE: Final[int] = 16
 _MAGIC: Final[bytes] = b"RDRRING2"
@@ -58,17 +61,26 @@ class ShmRingWriter:
             # Wrong-sized stale segment: drop it entirely and recreate, so the file
             # and any future mapping agree on geometry instead of being truncated
             # under a producer/consumer that still expects the old layout.
+            if not created:
+                logger.info("Ring %s: stale segment with wrong size, recreating", self._ring_name)
             self._file.truncate(self._mapped_size)
             created = True
 
         self._mmap = mmap.mmap(self._file.fileno(), self._mapped_size)
         if created:
             self._initialize_header()
+            logger.debug(
+                "Created SHM ring writer %s (capacity=%d, slot_size=%d bytes)",
+                self._ring_name,
+                self._capacity,
+                self._slot_size_bytes,
+            )
             return
 
         # Size matched but the header geometry/magic does not: the owner recreates
         # rather than diverge. Unlink and reopen as a brand-new ring.
         if not self._header_matches():
+            logger.warning("Ring %s: header/geometry mismatch on existing segment, recreating", self._ring_name)
             self._mmap.close()
             self._file.close()
             self._unlink_if_present()
@@ -77,6 +89,8 @@ class ShmRingWriter:
             self._file.truncate(self._mapped_size)
             self._mmap = mmap.mmap(self._file.fileno(), self._mapped_size)
             self._initialize_header()
+        else:
+            logger.debug("Reusing existing SHM ring writer %s", self._ring_name)
 
     def _unlink_if_present(self) -> None:
         """Remove the backing /dev/shm file if it exists (owner-only operation)."""
@@ -89,6 +103,7 @@ class ShmRingWriter:
         """Close mmap and file handle."""
         self._mmap.close()
         self._file.close()
+        logger.debug("Closed SHM ring writer %s", self._ring_name)
 
     def push(self, payload: bytes) -> bool:
         """Push one payload with overwrite-oldest semantics on overflow."""
@@ -98,6 +113,10 @@ class ShmRingWriter:
         write_seq = self._read_u64(24)
         read_seq = self._read_u64(32)
         if max(0, write_seq - read_seq) >= self._capacity:
+            # Ring full: the consumer is not keeping up, so the oldest unread slot is
+            # overwritten (overwrite-oldest). Logged at DEBUG to avoid flooding the
+            # log when a backlog persists across many pushes.
+            logger.debug("Ring %s: full, overwriting oldest unread slot", self._ring_name)
             # Advance the consumer cursor past the slot we are about to overwrite, but
             # re-read it first and move it only forward: a concurrent reader may have
             # already advanced it, and clobbering that backward would re-deliver an