Merge bitcoin#17218: Replace the LogPrint function with a macro

8734c85 Replace the LogPrint function with a macro (Jeffrey Czyz)

Pull request description:

  Calling `LogPrint` with a category that is not enabled results in
  evaluating the remaining function arguments, which may be arbitrarily
  complex (and possibly expensive) expressions. Defining `LogPrint` as a
  macro prevents this unnecessary expression evaluation.

  This is a partial revert of bitcoin#14209. The decision to revert is discussed
  in bitcoin#16688, which adds verbose logging for validation event notification.

ACKs for top commit:
  jnewbery:
    ACK 8734c85

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Author: MarcoFalke

src/logging.h

@@ -194,12 +194,13 @@ static inline void LogPrintf(const char* fmt, const Args&... args)
     }
 }
 
-template <typename... Args>
-static inline void LogPrint(const BCLog::LogFlags& category, const Args&... args)
-{
-    if (LogAcceptCategory((category))) {
-        LogPrintf(args...);
-    }
-}
+// Use a macro instead of a function for conditional logging to prevent
+// evaluating arguments when logging for the category is not enabled.
+#define LogPrint(category, ...)              \
+    do {                                     \
+        if (LogAcceptCategory((category))) { \
+            LogPrintf(__VA_ARGS__);          \
+        }                                    \
+    } while (0)
 
 #endif // BITCOIN_LOGGING_H