From 601410055ea6e5679cdea0f13d0f2e4dac1c37aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Benjamin=20B=C3=B6hmke?= <benjamin@boehmke.net>
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2021 10:04:03 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Re-use logger instance (#1176)

---
 util/log.go | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/util/log.go b/util/log.go
index 34f640c53..ffe5b5462 100644
--- a/util/log.go
+++ b/util/log.go
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ type Logger struct {
 
 // NewLogger creates a logger with the given log area and adds it to the registry
 func NewLogger(area string) *Logger {
+	loggersMux.Lock()
+	defer loggersMux.Unlock()
+
+	if logger, ok := loggers[area]; ok {
+		return logger
+	}
+
 	padded := area
 	for len(padded) < LogAreaPadding {
 		padded = padded + " "
@@ -44,9 +51,6 @@ func NewLogger(area string) *Logger {
 	level := LogLevelForArea(area)
 	notepad := jww.NewNotepad(level, level, os.Stdout, io.Discard, padded, log.Ldate|log.Ltime)
 
-	loggersMux.Lock()
-	defer loggersMux.Unlock()
-
 	logger := &Logger{
 		Notepad: notepad,
 		name:    area,