Rename silent parameter of ConfigItem::ActivateItems()

As silent now no longer only controls the generation of log messages, a better
name is required. This changes its name, inverts its value to reflect the new
name and adds a documentation comment.

lib/cli/daemoncommand.cpp

@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ int RunWorker(const std::vector<std::string>& configs, bool closeConsoleLog = fa
 		}
 
 		// activate config only after daemonization: it starts threads and that is not compatible with fork()
-		if (!ConfigItem::ActivateItems(newItems, false, false, true)) {
+		if (!ConfigItem::ActivateItems(newItems, false, true, true)) {
 			Log(LogCritical, "cli", "Error activating configuration.");
 			return EXIT_FAILURE;
 		}

lib/config/configitem.cpp

@@ -624,8 +624,18 @@ bool ConfigItem::CommitItems(const ActivationContext::Ptr& context, WorkQueue& u
 	return true;
 }
 
+/**
+ * ActivateItems activates new config items.
+ *
+ * @param newItems Vector of items to be activated
+ * @param runtimeCreated Whether the objects were created by a runtime object
+ * @param mainConfigActivation Whether this is the call for activating the main configuration during startup
+ * @param withModAttrs Whether this call shall read the modified attributes file
+ * @param cookie Cookie for preventing message loops
+ * @return Whether the config activation was successful (in case of errors, exceptions are thrown)
+ */
 bool ConfigItem::ActivateItems(const std::vector<ConfigItem::Ptr>& newItems, bool runtimeCreated,
-	bool silent, bool withModAttrs, const Value& cookie)
+	bool mainConfigActivation, bool withModAttrs, const Value& cookie)
 {
 	static std::mutex mtx;
 	std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(mtx);
@@ -663,7 +673,7 @@ bool ConfigItem::ActivateItems(const std::vector<ConfigItem::Ptr>& newItems, boo
 		object->PreActivate();
 	}
 
-	if (!silent)
+	if (mainConfigActivation)
 		Log(LogInformation, "ConfigItem", "Triggering Start signal for config items");
 
 	/* Activate objects in priority order. */
@@ -704,14 +714,13 @@ bool ConfigItem::ActivateItems(const std::vector<ConfigItem::Ptr>& newItems, boo
 			object->Activate(runtimeCreated, cookie);
 		}
 
-		// TODO: find a better name for silent
+		if (mainConfigActivation && type == lastLoggerType) {
-		if (!silent && type == lastLoggerType) {
 			/* Disable early logging configuration once the last logger type was activated. */
 			Logger::DisableEarlyLogging();
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (!silent)
+	if (mainConfigActivation)
 		Log(LogInformation, "ConfigItem", "Activated all objects.");
 
 	return true;
@@ -734,7 +743,7 @@ bool ConfigItem::RunWithActivationContext(const Function::Ptr& function)
 	if (!CommitItems(scope.GetContext(), upq, newItems, true))
 		return false;
 
-	if (!ActivateItems(newItems, false, true))
+	if (!ActivateItems(newItems, false, false))
 		return false;
 
 	return true;

lib/config/configitem.hpp

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public:
 
 	static bool CommitItems(const ActivationContext::Ptr& context, WorkQueue& upq, std::vector<ConfigItem::Ptr>& newItems, bool silent = false);
 	static bool ActivateItems(const std::vector<ConfigItem::Ptr>& newItems, bool runtimeCreated = false,
-		bool silent = false, bool withModAttrs = false, const Value& cookie = Empty);
+		bool mainConfigActivation = false, bool withModAttrs = false, const Value& cookie = Empty);
 
 	static bool RunWithActivationContext(const Function::Ptr& function);
 

lib/remote/configobjectutility.cpp

@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ bool ConfigObjectUtility::CreateObject(const Type::Ptr& type, const String& full
 		 * uq, items, runtimeCreated, silent, withModAttrs, cookie
 		 * IMPORTANT: Forward the cookie aka origin in order to prevent sync loops in the same zone!
 		 */
-		if (!ConfigItem::ActivateItems(newItems, true, true, false, cookie)) {
+		if (!ConfigItem::ActivateItems(newItems, true, false, false, cookie)) {
 			if (errors) {
 				Log(LogNotice, "ConfigObjectUtility")
 					<< "Failed to activate config object '" << fullName << "'. Aborting and removing config path '" << path << "'.";