internal/testlog: refactor test-case to be table-driven. adapt the test-logger to take T as an interface to enable log output capture in the unit test.

internal/testlog/testlog.go

@@ -21,23 +21,30 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 	"log/slog"
 	"sync"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 )
 
 const (
 	termTimeFormat = "01-02|15:04:05.000"
 )
 
+// T wraps methods from testing.T used by the test logger into an interface.
+// It is specified so that unit tests can instantiate the logger with an
+// implementation of T which can capture the output of logging statements
+// from T.Logf, as this cannot be using testing.T.
+type T interface {
+	Logf(format string, args ...any)
+	Helper()
+}
+
 // logger implements log.Logger such that all output goes to the unit test log via
 // t.Logf(). All methods in between logger.Trace, logger.Debug, etc. are marked as test
 // helpers, so the file and line number in unit test output correspond to the call site
 // which emitted the log message.
 type logger struct {
-	t  *testing.T
+	t  T
 	l  log.Logger
 	mu *sync.Mutex
 	h  *bufHandler
@@ -78,7 +85,7 @@ func (h *bufHandler) WithGroup(_ string) slog.Handler {
 }
 
 // Logger returns a logger which logs to the unit test log of t.
-func Logger(t *testing.T, level slog.Level) log.Logger {
+func Logger(t T, level slog.Level) log.Logger {
 	handler := bufHandler{
 		buf:   []slog.Record{},
 		attrs: []slog.Attr{},

internal/testlog/testlog_test.go

@@ -1,16 +1,69 @@
 package testlog
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 )
 
+type mockT struct {
+	out io.Writer
+}
+
+func (t *mockT) Helper() {
+	// noop for the purposes of unit tests
+}
+
+func (t *mockT) Logf(format string, args ...any) {
+	// we could gate this operation in a mutex, but because testlogger
+	// only calls Logf with its internal mutex held, we just write output here
+	var lineBuf bytes.Buffer
+	if _, err := fmt.Fprintf(&lineBuf, fmt.Sprintf(format, args...)); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	sanitized := strings.Split(lineBuf.String(), "]")[1]
+	if _, err := t.out.Write([]byte(sanitized)); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestLogging(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		expected string
+		run      func(t *mockT)
+	}{
+		{
+			"SubLogger",
+			` Visible                                  
+ Hide and seek                             foobar=123
+ Also visible                             
+`,
+			func(t *mockT) {
 				l := Logger(t, log.LevelInfo)
 				subLogger := l.New("foobar", 123)
 
 				l.Info("Visible")
-	subLogger.Info("Hide and seek") // this log is erroneously hidden in master, but fixed with this PR
+				subLogger.Info("Hide and seek")
 				l.Info("Also visible")
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		outp := bytes.Buffer{}
+		mock := mockT{&outp}
+		tc.run(&mock)
+		if outp.String() != tc.expected {
+			fmt.Println("mismatch")
+			fmt.Printf("'%s'\n", outp.String())
+			fmt.Println("----")
+			fmt.Printf("'%s'\n", tc.expected)
+		}
+	}
+
 }

tests/testdata

@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 81862e4848585a438d64f911a19b3825f0f4cd95
+Subproject commit faf33b471465d3c6cdc3d04fbd690895f78d33f2