diff --git a/lib/vhost/iotlb.c b/lib/vhost/iotlb.c
index 5a5ba8b82a..35b4193606 100644
--- a/lib/vhost/iotlb.c
+++ b/lib/vhost/iotlb.c
@@ -70,18 +70,18 @@ vhost_user_iotlb_pending_insert(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *
 
 	ret = rte_mempool_get(vq->iotlb_pool, (void **)&node);
 	if (ret) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(DEBUG,
-				"(%s) IOTLB pool %s empty, clear entries for pending insertion\n",
-				dev->ifname, vq->iotlb_pool->name);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, DEBUG,
+			"IOTLB pool %s empty, clear entries for pending insertion\n",
+			vq->iotlb_pool->name);
 		if (!TAILQ_EMPTY(&vq->iotlb_pending_list))
 			vhost_user_iotlb_pending_remove_all(vq);
 		else
 			vhost_user_iotlb_cache_random_evict(vq);
 		ret = rte_mempool_get(vq->iotlb_pool, (void **)&node);
 		if (ret) {
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR,
-					"(%s) IOTLB pool %s still empty, pending insertion failure\n",
-					dev->ifname, vq->iotlb_pool->name);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+				"IOTLB pool %s still empty, pending insertion failure\n",
+				vq->iotlb_pool->name);
 			return;
 		}
 	}
@@ -169,18 +169,18 @@ vhost_user_iotlb_cache_insert(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq
 
 	ret = rte_mempool_get(vq->iotlb_pool, (void **)&new_node);
 	if (ret) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(DEBUG,
-				"(%s) IOTLB pool %s empty, clear entries for cache insertion\n",
-				dev->ifname, vq->iotlb_pool->name);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, DEBUG,
+			"IOTLB pool %s empty, clear entries for cache insertion\n",
+			vq->iotlb_pool->name);
 		if (!TAILQ_EMPTY(&vq->iotlb_list))
 			vhost_user_iotlb_cache_random_evict(vq);
 		else
 			vhost_user_iotlb_pending_remove_all(vq);
 		ret = rte_mempool_get(vq->iotlb_pool, (void **)&new_node);
 		if (ret) {
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR,
-					"(%s) IOTLB pool %s still empty, cache insertion failed\n",
-					dev->ifname, vq->iotlb_pool->name);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+				"IOTLB pool %s still empty, cache insertion failed\n",
+				vq->iotlb_pool->name);
 			return;
 		}
 	}
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ vhost_user_iotlb_init(struct virtio_net *dev, int vq_index)
 
 	snprintf(pool_name, sizeof(pool_name), "iotlb_%u_%d_%d",
 			getpid(), dev->vid, vq_index);
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(DEBUG, "(%s) IOTLB cache name: %s\n", dev->ifname, pool_name);
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, DEBUG, "IOTLB cache name: %s\n", pool_name);
 
 	/* If already created, free it and recreate */
 	vq->iotlb_pool = rte_mempool_lookup(pool_name);
@@ -332,8 +332,8 @@ vhost_user_iotlb_init(struct virtio_net *dev, int vq_index)
 			RTE_MEMPOOL_F_NO_CACHE_ALIGN |
 			RTE_MEMPOOL_F_SP_PUT);
 	if (!vq->iotlb_pool) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) Failed to create IOTLB cache pool %s\n",
-				dev->ifname, pool_name);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR, "Failed to create IOTLB cache pool %s\n",
+			pool_name);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/vhost/socket.c b/lib/vhost/socket.c
index 24d60ca149..a8df2d484a 100644
--- a/lib/vhost/socket.c
+++ b/lib/vhost/socket.c
@@ -124,13 +124,13 @@ read_fd_message(char *ifname, int sockfd, char *buf, int buflen, int *fds, int m
 	ret = recvmsg(sockfd, &msgh, 0);
 	if (ret <= 0) {
 		if (ret)
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) recvmsg failed on fd %d (%s)\n",
-					ifname, sockfd, strerror(errno));
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ifname, ERR, "recvmsg failed on fd %d (%s)\n",
+				sockfd, strerror(errno));
 		return ret;
 	}
 
 	if (msgh.msg_flags & (MSG_TRUNC | MSG_CTRUNC)) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) truncated msg (fd %d)\n", ifname, sockfd);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ifname, ERR, "truncated msg (fd %d)\n", sockfd);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ send_fd_message(char *ifname, int sockfd, char *buf, int buflen, int *fds, int f
 		msgh.msg_controllen = sizeof(control);
 		cmsg = CMSG_FIRSTHDR(&msgh);
 		if (cmsg == NULL) {
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) cmsg == NULL\n", ifname);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ifname, ERR, "cmsg == NULL\n");
 			errno = EINVAL;
 			return -1;
 		}
@@ -193,8 +193,8 @@ send_fd_message(char *ifname, int sockfd, char *buf, int buflen, int *fds, int f
 	} while (ret < 0 && errno == EINTR);
 
 	if (ret < 0) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) sendmsg error on fd %d (%s)\n",
-				ifname, sockfd, strerror(errno));
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ifname, ERR, "sendmsg error on fd %d (%s)\n",
+			sockfd, strerror(errno));
 		return ret;
 	}
 
@@ -245,14 +245,14 @@ vhost_user_add_connection(int fd, struct vhost_user_socket *vsocket)
 			dev->async_copy = 1;
 	}
 
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s) new device, handle is %d\n", vsocket->path, vid);
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(vsocket->path, INFO, "new device, handle is %d\n", vid);
 
 	if (vsocket->notify_ops->new_connection) {
 		ret = vsocket->notify_ops->new_connection(vid);
 		if (ret < 0) {
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR,
-				"(%s) failed to add vhost user connection with fd %d\n",
-				vsocket->path, fd);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(vsocket->path, ERR,
+				"failed to add vhost user connection with fd %d\n",
+				fd);
 			goto err_cleanup;
 		}
 	}
@@ -263,8 +263,9 @@ vhost_user_add_connection(int fd, struct vhost_user_socket *vsocket)
 	ret = fdset_add(&vhost_user.fdset, fd, vhost_user_read_cb,
 			NULL, conn);
 	if (ret < 0) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to add fd %d into vhost server fdset\n",
-			vsocket->path, fd);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(vsocket->path, ERR,
+			"failed to add fd %d into vhost server fdset\n",
+			fd);
 
 		if (vsocket->notify_ops->destroy_connection)
 			vsocket->notify_ops->destroy_connection(conn->vid);
@@ -296,8 +297,7 @@ vhost_user_server_new_connection(int fd, void *dat, int *remove __rte_unused)
 	if (fd < 0)
 		return;
 
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s) new vhost user connection is %d\n",
-			vsocket->path, fd);
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(vsocket->path, INFO, "new vhost user connection is %d\n", fd);
 	vhost_user_add_connection(fd, vsocket);
 }
 
@@ -345,13 +345,13 @@ create_unix_socket(struct vhost_user_socket *vsocket)
 	fd = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
 	if (fd < 0)
 		return -1;
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s) vhost-user %s: socket created, fd: %d\n",
-		vsocket->path, vsocket->is_server ? "server" : "client", fd);
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(vsocket->path, INFO, "vhost-user %s: socket created, fd: %d\n",
+		vsocket->is_server ? "server" : "client", fd);
 
 	if (!vsocket->is_server && fcntl(fd, F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK)) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR,
-			"(%s) vhost-user: can't set nonblocking mode for socket, fd: %d (%s)\n",
-			vsocket->path, fd, strerror(errno));
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(vsocket->path, ERR,
+			"vhost-user: can't set nonblocking mode for socket, fd: %d (%s)\n",
+			fd, strerror(errno));
 		close(fd);
 		return -1;
 	}
@@ -384,11 +384,11 @@ vhost_user_start_server(struct vhost_user_socket *vsocket)
 	 */
 	ret = bind(fd, (struct sockaddr *)&vsocket->un, sizeof(vsocket->un));
 	if (ret < 0) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to bind: %s; remove it and try again\n",
-			path, strerror(errno));
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(path, ERR, "failed to bind: %s; remove it and try again\n",
+			strerror(errno));
 		goto err;
 	}
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s) binding succeeded\n", path);
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(path, INFO, "binding succeeded\n");
 
 	ret = listen(fd, MAX_VIRTIO_BACKLOG);
 	if (ret < 0)
@@ -397,9 +397,8 @@ vhost_user_start_server(struct vhost_user_socket *vsocket)
 	ret = fdset_add(&vhost_user.fdset, fd, vhost_user_server_new_connection,
 		  NULL, vsocket);
 	if (ret < 0) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR,
-			"(%s) failed to add listen fd %d to vhost server fdset\n",
-			path, fd);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(path, ERR, "failed to add listen fd %d to vhost server fdset\n",
+			fd);
 		goto err;
 	}
 
@@ -438,12 +437,12 @@ vhost_user_connect_nonblock(char *path, int fd, struct sockaddr *un, size_t sz)
 
 	flags = fcntl(fd, F_GETFL, 0);
 	if (flags < 0) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) can't get flags for connfd %d (%s)\n",
-				path, fd, strerror(errno));
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(path, ERR, "can't get flags for connfd %d (%s)\n",
+			fd, strerror(errno));
 		return -2;
 	}
 	if ((flags & O_NONBLOCK) && fcntl(fd, F_SETFL, flags & ~O_NONBLOCK)) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) can't disable nonblocking on fd %d\n", path, fd);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(path, ERR, "can't disable nonblocking on fd %d\n", fd);
 		return -2;
 	}
 	return 0;
@@ -471,14 +470,15 @@ vhost_user_client_reconnect(void *arg __rte_unused)
 						sizeof(reconn->un));
 			if (ret == -2) {
 				close(reconn->fd);
-				VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) reconnection for fd %d failed\n",
-					reconn->vsocket->path, reconn->fd);
+				VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(reconn->vsocket->path, ERR,
+					"reconnection for fd %d failed\n",
+					reconn->fd);
 				goto remove_fd;
 			}
 			if (ret == -1)
 				continue;
 
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s) connected\n", reconn->vsocket->path);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(reconn->vsocket->path, INFO, "connected\n");
 			vhost_user_add_connection(reconn->fd, reconn->vsocket);
 remove_fd:
 			TAILQ_REMOVE(&reconn_list.head, reconn, next);
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ vhost_user_reconnect_init(void)
 
 	ret = pthread_mutex_init(&reconn_list.mutex, NULL);
 	if (ret < 0) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "%s: failed to initialize mutex\n", __func__);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG("thread", ERR, "%s: failed to initialize mutex\n", __func__);
 		return ret;
 	}
 	TAILQ_INIT(&reconn_list.head);
@@ -507,9 +507,11 @@ vhost_user_reconnect_init(void)
 	ret = rte_ctrl_thread_create(&reconn_tid, "vhost_reconn", NULL,
 			     vhost_user_client_reconnect, NULL);
 	if (ret != 0) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "failed to create reconnect thread\n");
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG("thread", ERR, "failed to create reconnect thread\n");
 		if (pthread_mutex_destroy(&reconn_list.mutex))
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "%s: failed to destroy reconnect mutex\n", __func__);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG("thread", ERR,
+				"%s: failed to destroy reconnect mutex\n",
+				__func__);
 	}
 
 	return ret;
@@ -530,17 +532,17 @@ vhost_user_start_client(struct vhost_user_socket *vsocket)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(WARNING, "(%s) failed to connect: %s\n", path, strerror(errno));
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(path, WARNING, "failed to connect: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 
 	if (ret == -2 || !vsocket->reconnect) {
 		close(fd);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s) reconnecting...\n", path);
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(path, INFO, "reconnecting...\n");
 	reconn = malloc(sizeof(*reconn));
 	if (reconn == NULL) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to allocate memory for reconnect\n", path);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(path, ERR, "failed to allocate memory for reconnect\n");
 		close(fd);
 		return -1;
 	}
@@ -630,9 +632,7 @@ rte_vhost_driver_get_vdpa_dev_type(const char *path, uint32_t *type)
 	pthread_mutex_lock(&vhost_user.mutex);
 	vsocket = find_vhost_user_socket(path);
 	if (!vsocket) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR,
-				 "(%s) socket file is not registered yet.\n",
-				 path);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(path, ERR, "socket file is not registered yet.\n");
 		ret = -1;
 		goto unlock_exit;
 	}
@@ -646,9 +646,8 @@ rte_vhost_driver_get_vdpa_dev_type(const char *path, uint32_t *type)
 	if (vdpa_dev->ops->get_dev_type) {
 		ret = vdpa_dev->ops->get_dev_type(vdpa_dev, &vdpa_type);
 		if (ret) {
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR,
-					 "(%s) failed to get vdpa dev type for socket file.\n",
-					 path);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(path, ERR,
+				"failed to get vdpa dev type for socket file.\n");
 			ret = -1;
 			goto unlock_exit;
 		}
@@ -738,7 +737,7 @@ rte_vhost_driver_get_features(const char *path, uint64_t *features)
 	pthread_mutex_lock(&vhost_user.mutex);
 	vsocket = find_vhost_user_socket(path);
 	if (!vsocket) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) socket file is not registered yet.\n", path);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(path, ERR, "socket file is not registered yet.\n");
 		ret = -1;
 		goto unlock_exit;
 	}
@@ -750,7 +749,7 @@ rte_vhost_driver_get_features(const char *path, uint64_t *features)
 	}
 
 	if (vdpa_dev->ops->get_features(vdpa_dev, &vdpa_features) < 0) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to get vdpa features for socket file.\n", path);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(path, ERR, "failed to get vdpa features for socket file.\n");
 		ret = -1;
 		goto unlock_exit;
 	}
@@ -788,7 +787,7 @@ rte_vhost_driver_get_protocol_features(const char *path,
 	pthread_mutex_lock(&vhost_user.mutex);
 	vsocket = find_vhost_user_socket(path);
 	if (!vsocket) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) socket file is not registered yet.\n", path);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(path, ERR, "socket file is not registered yet.\n");
 		ret = -1;
 		goto unlock_exit;
 	}
@@ -801,8 +800,7 @@ rte_vhost_driver_get_protocol_features(const char *path,
 
 	if (vdpa_dev->ops->get_protocol_features(vdpa_dev,
 				&vdpa_protocol_features) < 0) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to get vdpa protocol features.\n",
-				path);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(path, ERR, "failed to get vdpa protocol features.\n");
 		ret = -1;
 		goto unlock_exit;
 	}
@@ -826,7 +824,7 @@ rte_vhost_driver_get_queue_num(const char *path, uint32_t *queue_num)
 	pthread_mutex_lock(&vhost_user.mutex);
 	vsocket = find_vhost_user_socket(path);
 	if (!vsocket) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) socket file is not registered yet.\n", path);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(path, ERR, "socket file is not registered yet.\n");
 		ret = -1;
 		goto unlock_exit;
 	}
@@ -838,8 +836,7 @@ rte_vhost_driver_get_queue_num(const char *path, uint32_t *queue_num)
 	}
 
 	if (vdpa_dev->ops->get_queue_num(vdpa_dev, &vdpa_queue_num) < 0) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to get vdpa queue number.\n",
-				path);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(path, ERR, "failed to get vdpa queue number.\n");
 		ret = -1;
 		goto unlock_exit;
 	}
@@ -882,8 +879,7 @@ rte_vhost_driver_register(const char *path, uint64_t flags)
 	pthread_mutex_lock(&vhost_user.mutex);
 
 	if (vhost_user.vsocket_cnt == MAX_VHOST_SOCKET) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) the number of vhost sockets reaches maximum\n",
-				path);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(path, ERR, "the number of vhost sockets reaches maximum\n");
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -893,14 +889,14 @@ rte_vhost_driver_register(const char *path, uint64_t flags)
 	memset(vsocket, 0, sizeof(struct vhost_user_socket));
 	vsocket->path = strdup(path);
 	if (vsocket->path == NULL) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to copy socket path string\n", path);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(path, ERR, "failed to copy socket path string\n");
 		vhost_user_socket_mem_free(vsocket);
 		goto out;
 	}
 	TAILQ_INIT(&vsocket->conn_list);
 	ret = pthread_mutex_init(&vsocket->conn_mutex, NULL);
 	if (ret) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to init connection mutex\n", path);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(path, ERR, "failed to init connection mutex\n");
 		goto out_free;
 	}
 	vsocket->vdpa_dev = NULL;
@@ -913,8 +909,7 @@ rte_vhost_driver_register(const char *path, uint64_t flags)
 	if (vsocket->async_copy &&
 		(flags & (RTE_VHOST_USER_IOMMU_SUPPORT |
 		RTE_VHOST_USER_POSTCOPY_SUPPORT))) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) async copy with IOMMU or post-copy not supported\n",
-				path);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(path, ERR, "async copy with IOMMU or post-copy not supported\n");
 		goto out_mutex;
 	}
 
@@ -938,8 +933,7 @@ rte_vhost_driver_register(const char *path, uint64_t flags)
 	if (vsocket->async_copy) {
 		vsocket->supported_features &= ~(1ULL << VHOST_F_LOG_ALL);
 		vsocket->features &= ~(1ULL << VHOST_F_LOG_ALL);
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s) logging feature is disabled in async copy mode\n",
-				path);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(path, INFO, "logging feature is disabled in async copy mode\n");
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -953,10 +947,8 @@ rte_vhost_driver_register(const char *path, uint64_t flags)
 				(1ULL << VIRTIO_NET_F_HOST_TSO6) |
 				(1ULL << VIRTIO_NET_F_HOST_UFO);
 
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s) Linear buffers requested without external buffers,\n",
-				path);
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s) disabling host segmentation offloading support\n",
-				path);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(path, INFO, "Linear buffers requested without external buffers,\n");
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(path, INFO, "disabling host segmentation offloading support\n");
 		vsocket->supported_features &= ~seg_offload_features;
 		vsocket->features &= ~seg_offload_features;
 	}
@@ -971,7 +963,7 @@ rte_vhost_driver_register(const char *path, uint64_t flags)
 			~(1ULL << VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_PAGEFAULT);
 	} else {
 #ifndef RTE_LIBRTE_VHOST_POSTCOPY
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) Postcopy requested but not compiled\n", path);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(path, ERR, "Postcopy requested but not compiled\n");
 		ret = -1;
 		goto out_mutex;
 #endif
@@ -998,7 +990,7 @@ rte_vhost_driver_register(const char *path, uint64_t flags)
 
 out_mutex:
 	if (pthread_mutex_destroy(&vsocket->conn_mutex)) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to destroy connection mutex\n", path);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(path, ERR, "failed to destroy connection mutex\n");
 	}
 out_free:
 	vhost_user_socket_mem_free(vsocket);
@@ -1086,7 +1078,7 @@ rte_vhost_driver_unregister(const char *path)
 				goto again;
 			}
 
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s) free connfd %d\n", path, conn->connfd);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(path, INFO, "free connfd %d\n", conn->connfd);
 			close(conn->connfd);
 			vhost_destroy_device(conn->vid);
 			TAILQ_REMOVE(&vsocket->conn_list, conn, next);
@@ -1162,7 +1154,7 @@ rte_vhost_driver_start(const char *path)
 		 * rebuild the wait list of poll.
 		 */
 		if (fdset_pipe_init(&vhost_user.fdset) < 0) {
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to create pipe for vhost fdset\n", path);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(path, ERR, "failed to create pipe for vhost fdset\n");
 			return -1;
 		}
 
@@ -1170,8 +1162,7 @@ rte_vhost_driver_start(const char *path)
 			"vhost-events", NULL, fdset_event_dispatch,
 			&vhost_user.fdset);
 		if (ret != 0) {
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to create fdset handling thread\n",
-				path);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(path, ERR, "failed to create fdset handling thread\n");
 			fdset_pipe_uninit(&vhost_user.fdset);
 			return -1;
 		}
diff --git a/lib/vhost/vdpa.c b/lib/vhost/vdpa.c
index 8fa2153023..b2a2919fc0 100644
--- a/lib/vhost/vdpa.c
+++ b/lib/vhost/vdpa.c
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ rte_vdpa_register_device(struct rte_device *rte_dev,
 			!ops->get_protocol_features || !ops->dev_conf ||
 			!ops->dev_close || !ops->set_vring_state ||
 			!ops->set_features) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) Some mandatory vDPA ops aren't implemented\n",
-				rte_dev->name);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(rte_dev->name, ERR,
+			"Some mandatory vDPA ops aren't implemented\n");
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/vhost/vhost.c b/lib/vhost/vhost.c
index b14521e4d1..8003031026 100644
--- a/lib/vhost/vhost.c
+++ b/lib/vhost/vhost.c
@@ -87,8 +87,9 @@ __vhost_iova_to_vva(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
 
 		vhost_user_iotlb_pending_insert(dev, vq, iova, perm);
 		if (vhost_user_iotlb_miss(dev, iova, perm)) {
-			VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR, "(%s) IOTLB miss req failed for IOVA 0x%" PRIx64 "\n",
-				dev->ifname, iova);
+			VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, ERR,
+				"IOTLB miss req failed for IOVA 0x%" PRIx64 "\n",
+				iova);
 			vhost_user_iotlb_pending_remove(vq, iova, 1, perm);
 		}
 
@@ -153,9 +154,9 @@ __vhost_log_write_iova(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
 
 	hva = __vhost_iova_to_vva(dev, vq, iova, &map_len, VHOST_ACCESS_RW);
 	if (map_len != len) {
-		VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR,
-			"(%s) failed to write log for IOVA 0x%" PRIx64 ". No IOTLB entry found\n",
-			dev->ifname, iova);
+		VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"failed to write log for IOVA 0x%" PRIx64 ". No IOTLB entry found\n",
+			iova);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -270,9 +271,9 @@ __vhost_log_cache_write_iova(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
 
 	hva = __vhost_iova_to_vva(dev, vq, iova, &map_len, VHOST_ACCESS_RW);
 	if (map_len != len) {
-		VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR,
-			"(%s) failed to write log for IOVA 0x%" PRIx64 ". No IOTLB entry found\n",
-			dev->ifname, iova);
+		VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"failed to write log for IOVA 0x%" PRIx64 ". No IOTLB entry found\n",
+			iova);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -450,10 +451,10 @@ translate_log_addr(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
 
 		gpa = hva_to_gpa(dev, hva, exp_size);
 		if (!gpa) {
-			VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR,
-				"(%s) failed to find GPA for log_addr: 0x%"
+			VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, ERR,
+				"failed to find GPA for log_addr: 0x%"
 				PRIx64 " hva: 0x%" PRIx64 "\n",
-				dev->ifname, log_addr, hva);
+				log_addr, hva);
 			return 0;
 		}
 		return gpa;
@@ -580,15 +581,14 @@ init_vring_queue(struct virtio_net *dev, uint32_t vring_idx)
 	int numa_node = SOCKET_ID_ANY;
 
 	if (vring_idx >= VHOST_MAX_VRING) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to init vring, out of bound (%d)\n",
-				dev->ifname, vring_idx);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR, "failed to init vring, out of bound (%d)\n",
+			vring_idx);
 		return;
 	}
 
 	vq = dev->virtqueue[vring_idx];
 	if (!vq) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) virtqueue not allocated (%d)\n",
-				dev->ifname, vring_idx);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR, "virtqueue not allocated (%d)\n", vring_idx);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -600,8 +600,8 @@ init_vring_queue(struct virtio_net *dev, uint32_t vring_idx)
 
 #ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_VHOST_NUMA
 	if (get_mempolicy(&numa_node, NULL, 0, vq, MPOL_F_NODE | MPOL_F_ADDR)) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to query numa node: %s\n",
-			dev->ifname, rte_strerror(errno));
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR, "failed to query numa node: %s\n",
+			rte_strerror(errno));
 		numa_node = SOCKET_ID_ANY;
 	}
 #endif
@@ -617,16 +617,16 @@ reset_vring_queue(struct virtio_net *dev, uint32_t vring_idx)
 	int callfd;
 
 	if (vring_idx >= VHOST_MAX_VRING) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR,
-				"(%s) failed to reset vring, out of bound (%d)\n",
-				dev->ifname, vring_idx);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR, "failed to reset vring, out of bound (%d)\n",
+			vring_idx);
 		return;
 	}
 
 	vq = dev->virtqueue[vring_idx];
 	if (!vq) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to reset vring, virtqueue not allocated (%d)\n",
-				dev->ifname, vring_idx);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"failed to reset vring, virtqueue not allocated (%d)\n",
+			vring_idx);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -648,8 +648,9 @@ alloc_vring_queue(struct virtio_net *dev, uint32_t vring_idx)
 
 		vq = rte_zmalloc(NULL, sizeof(struct vhost_virtqueue), 0);
 		if (vq == NULL) {
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to allocate memory for vring %u.\n",
-					dev->ifname, i);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+				"failed to allocate memory for vring %u.\n",
+				i);
 			return -1;
 		}
 
@@ -701,14 +702,14 @@ vhost_new_device(void)
 	}
 
 	if (i == RTE_MAX_VHOST_DEVICE) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "failed to find a free slot for new device.\n");
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG("device", ERR, "failed to find a free slot for new device.\n");
 		pthread_mutex_unlock(&vhost_dev_lock);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
 	dev = rte_zmalloc(NULL, sizeof(struct virtio_net), 0);
 	if (dev == NULL) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "failed to allocate memory for new device.\n");
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG("device", ERR, "failed to allocate memory for new device.\n");
 		pthread_mutex_unlock(&vhost_dev_lock);
 		return -1;
 	}
@@ -864,8 +865,8 @@ rte_vhost_get_numa_node(int vid)
 	ret = get_mempolicy(&numa_node, NULL, 0, dev,
 			    MPOL_F_NODE | MPOL_F_ADDR);
 	if (ret < 0) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to query numa node: %s\n",
-			dev->ifname, rte_strerror(errno));
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR, "failed to query numa node: %s\n",
+			rte_strerror(errno));
 		return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -1503,8 +1504,9 @@ rte_vhost_rx_queue_count(int vid, uint16_t qid)
 		return 0;
 
 	if (unlikely(qid >= dev->nr_vring || (qid & 1) == 0)) {
-		VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR, "(%s) %s: invalid virtqueue idx %d.\n",
-			dev->ifname, __func__, qid);
+		VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"%s: invalid virtqueue idx %d.\n",
+			__func__, qid);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -1667,32 +1669,35 @@ async_channel_register(int vid, uint16_t queue_id)
 	int node = vq->numa_node;
 
 	if (unlikely(vq->async)) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR,
-				"(%s) async register failed: already registered (qid: %d)\n",
-				dev->ifname, queue_id);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"async register failed: already registered (qid: %d)\n",
+			queue_id);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
 	async = rte_zmalloc_socket(NULL, sizeof(struct vhost_async), 0, node);
 	if (!async) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to allocate async metadata (qid: %d)\n",
-				dev->ifname, queue_id);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"failed to allocate async metadata (qid: %d)\n",
+			queue_id);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
 	async->pkts_info = rte_malloc_socket(NULL, vq->size * sizeof(struct async_inflight_info),
 			RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE, node);
 	if (!async->pkts_info) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to allocate async_pkts_info (qid: %d)\n",
-				dev->ifname, queue_id);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"failed to allocate async_pkts_info (qid: %d)\n",
+			queue_id);
 		goto out_free_async;
 	}
 
 	async->pkts_cmpl_flag = rte_zmalloc_socket(NULL, vq->size * sizeof(bool),
 			RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE, node);
 	if (!async->pkts_cmpl_flag) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to allocate async pkts_cmpl_flag (qid: %d)\n",
-				dev->ifname, queue_id);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"failed to allocate async pkts_cmpl_flag (qid: %d)\n",
+			queue_id);
 		goto out_free_async;
 	}
 
@@ -1701,8 +1706,9 @@ async_channel_register(int vid, uint16_t queue_id)
 				vq->size * sizeof(struct vring_used_elem_packed),
 				RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE, node);
 		if (!async->buffers_packed) {
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to allocate async buffers (qid: %d)\n",
-					dev->ifname, queue_id);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+				"failed to allocate async buffers (qid: %d)\n",
+				queue_id);
 			goto out_free_inflight;
 		}
 	} else {
@@ -1710,8 +1716,9 @@ async_channel_register(int vid, uint16_t queue_id)
 				vq->size * sizeof(struct vring_used_elem),
 				RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE, node);
 		if (!async->descs_split) {
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to allocate async descs (qid: %d)\n",
-					dev->ifname, queue_id);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+				"failed to allocate async descs (qid: %d)\n",
+				queue_id);
 			goto out_free_inflight;
 		}
 	}
@@ -1770,8 +1777,8 @@ rte_vhost_async_channel_register_thread_unsafe(int vid, uint16_t queue_id)
 		return -1;
 
 	if (unlikely(!rte_spinlock_is_locked(&vq->access_lock))) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) %s() called without access lock taken.\n",
-				dev->ifname, __func__);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR, "%s() called without access lock taken.\n",
+			__func__);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -1797,17 +1804,17 @@ rte_vhost_async_channel_unregister(int vid, uint16_t queue_id)
 		return ret;
 
 	if (!rte_spinlock_trylock(&vq->access_lock)) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to unregister async channel, virtqueue busy.\n",
-				dev->ifname);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"failed to unregister async channel, virtqueue busy.\n");
 		return ret;
 	}
 
 	if (!vq->async) {
 		ret = 0;
 	} else if (vq->async->pkts_inflight_n) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to unregister async channel.\n", dev->ifname);
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) inflight packets must be completed before unregistration.\n",
-			dev->ifname);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR, "failed to unregister async channel.\n");
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"inflight packets must be completed before unregistration.\n");
 	} else {
 		vhost_free_async_mem(vq);
 		ret = 0;
@@ -1836,8 +1843,8 @@ rte_vhost_async_channel_unregister_thread_unsafe(int vid, uint16_t queue_id)
 		return -1;
 
 	if (unlikely(!rte_spinlock_is_locked(&vq->access_lock))) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) %s() called without access lock taken.\n",
-				dev->ifname, __func__);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR, "%s() called without access lock taken.\n",
+			__func__);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -1845,9 +1852,9 @@ rte_vhost_async_channel_unregister_thread_unsafe(int vid, uint16_t queue_id)
 		return 0;
 
 	if (vq->async->pkts_inflight_n) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to unregister async channel.\n", dev->ifname);
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) inflight packets must be completed before unregistration.\n",
-			dev->ifname);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR, "failed to unregister async channel.\n");
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"inflight packets must be completed before unregistration.\n");
 		return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -1864,13 +1871,13 @@ rte_vhost_async_dma_configure(int16_t dma_id, uint16_t vchan_id)
 	uint16_t max_desc;
 
 	if (!rte_dma_is_valid(dma_id)) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "DMA %d is not found.\n", dma_id);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG("dma", ERR, "DMA %d is not found.\n", dma_id);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
 	rte_dma_info_get(dma_id, &info);
 	if (vchan_id >= info.max_vchans) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "Invalid DMA %d vChannel %u.\n", dma_id, vchan_id);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG("dma", ERR, "Invalid DMA %d vChannel %u.\n", dma_id, vchan_id);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -1880,8 +1887,9 @@ rte_vhost_async_dma_configure(int16_t dma_id, uint16_t vchan_id)
 		vchans = rte_zmalloc(NULL, sizeof(struct async_dma_vchan_info) * info.max_vchans,
 				RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE);
 		if (vchans == NULL) {
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "Failed to allocate vchans for DMA %d vChannel %u.\n",
-					dma_id, vchan_id);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG("dma", ERR,
+				"Failed to allocate vchans for DMA %d vChannel %u.\n",
+				dma_id, vchan_id);
 			return -1;
 		}
 
@@ -1889,8 +1897,8 @@ rte_vhost_async_dma_configure(int16_t dma_id, uint16_t vchan_id)
 	}
 
 	if (dma_copy_track[dma_id].vchans[vchan_id].pkts_cmpl_flag_addr) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "DMA %d vChannel %u already registered.\n", dma_id,
-				vchan_id);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG("dma", INFO, "DMA %d vChannel %u already registered.\n",
+			dma_id, vchan_id);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -1900,8 +1908,9 @@ rte_vhost_async_dma_configure(int16_t dma_id, uint16_t vchan_id)
 
 	pkts_cmpl_flag_addr = rte_zmalloc(NULL, sizeof(bool *) * max_desc, RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE);
 	if (!pkts_cmpl_flag_addr) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "Failed to allocate pkts_cmpl_flag_addr for DMA %d "
-				"vChannel %u.\n", dma_id, vchan_id);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG("dma", ERR,
+			"Failed to allocate pkts_cmpl_flag_addr for DMA %d vChannel %u.\n",
+			dma_id, vchan_id);
 
 		if (dma_copy_track[dma_id].nr_vchans == 0) {
 			rte_free(dma_copy_track[dma_id].vchans);
@@ -1937,9 +1946,8 @@ rte_vhost_async_get_inflight(int vid, uint16_t queue_id)
 		return ret;
 
 	if (!rte_spinlock_trylock(&vq->access_lock)) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(DEBUG,
-			"(%s) failed to check in-flight packets. virtqueue busy.\n",
-			dev->ifname);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, DEBUG,
+			"failed to check in-flight packets. virtqueue busy.\n");
 		return ret;
 	}
 
@@ -1970,8 +1978,8 @@ rte_vhost_async_get_inflight_thread_unsafe(int vid, uint16_t queue_id)
 		return ret;
 
 	if (unlikely(!rte_spinlock_is_locked(&vq->access_lock))) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) %s() called without access lock taken.\n",
-				dev->ifname, __func__);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR, "%s() called without access lock taken.\n",
+			__func__);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/vhost/vhost.h b/lib/vhost/vhost.h
index 810bc71c9d..40fac3b7c6 100644
--- a/lib/vhost/vhost.h
+++ b/lib/vhost/vhost.h
@@ -625,14 +625,14 @@ vhost_log_write_iova(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
 extern int vhost_config_log_level;
 extern int vhost_data_log_level;
 
-#define VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(level, fmt, args...)			\
+#define VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(prefix, level, fmt, args...)		\
 	rte_log(RTE_LOG_ ## level, vhost_config_log_level,	\
-		"VHOST_CONFIG: " fmt, ##args)
+		"VHOST_CONFIG: (%s) " fmt, prefix, ##args)
 
-#define VHOST_LOG_DATA(level, fmt, args...) \
+#define VHOST_LOG_DATA(prefix, level, fmt, args...)		\
 	(void)((RTE_LOG_ ## level <= RTE_LOG_DP_LEVEL) ?	\
 	 rte_log(RTE_LOG_ ## level,  vhost_data_log_level,	\
-		"VHOST_DATA : " fmt, ##args) :			\
+		"VHOST_DATA: (%s) " fmt, prefix, ##args) :	\
 	 0)
 
 #ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_VHOST_DEBUG
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ extern int vhost_data_log_level;
 	} \
 	snprintf(packet + strnlen(packet, VHOST_MAX_PRINT_BUFF), VHOST_MAX_PRINT_BUFF - strnlen(packet, VHOST_MAX_PRINT_BUFF), "\n"); \
 	\
-	VHOST_LOG_DATA(DEBUG, "(%s) %s", device->ifname, packet); \
+	VHOST_LOG_DATA(device->ifname, DEBUG, "%s", packet); \
 } while (0)
 #else
 #define PRINT_PACKET(device, addr, size, header) do {} while (0)
@@ -777,8 +777,7 @@ get_device(int vid)
 	struct virtio_net *dev = vhost_devices[vid];
 
 	if (unlikely(!dev)) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR,
-			"(%d) device not found.\n", vid);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG("device", ERR, "(%d) device not found.\n", vid);
 	}
 
 	return dev;
@@ -866,10 +865,9 @@ vhost_vring_call_split(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq)
 		vq->signalled_used = new;
 		vq->signalled_used_valid = true;
 
-		VHOST_LOG_DATA(DEBUG, "(%s) %s: used_event_idx=%d, old=%d, new=%d\n",
-			dev->ifname, __func__,
-			vhost_used_event(vq),
-			old, new);
+		VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, DEBUG,
+			"%s: used_event_idx=%d, old=%d, new=%d\n",
+			__func__, vhost_used_event(vq), old, new);
 
 		if ((vhost_need_event(vhost_used_event(vq), new, old) &&
 					(vq->callfd >= 0)) ||
diff --git a/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c b/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c
index f324f822d6..09acf50e4d 100644
--- a/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c
+++ b/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c
@@ -93,9 +93,9 @@ validate_msg_fds(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhu_msg_context *ctx, int expect
 	if (ctx->fd_num == expected_fds)
 		return 0;
 
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) expect %d FDs for request %s, received %d\n",
-		dev->ifname, expected_fds,
-		vhost_message_handlers[ctx->msg.request.master].description,
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+		"expect %d FDs for request %s, received %d\n",
+		expected_fds, vhost_message_handlers[ctx->msg.request.master].description,
 		ctx->fd_num);
 
 	close_msg_fds(ctx);
@@ -144,8 +144,7 @@ async_dma_map(struct virtio_net *dev, bool do_map)
 					return;
 
 				/* DMA mapping errors won't stop VHOST_USER_SET_MEM_TABLE. */
-				VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) DMA engine map failed\n",
-					dev->ifname);
+				VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR, "DMA engine map failed\n");
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -161,8 +160,7 @@ async_dma_map(struct virtio_net *dev, bool do_map)
 				if (rte_errno == EINVAL)
 					return;
 
-				VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) DMA engine unmap failed\n",
-					dev->ifname);
+				VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR, "DMA engine unmap failed\n");
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -341,8 +339,7 @@ vhost_user_set_features(struct virtio_net **pdev,
 
 	rte_vhost_driver_get_features(dev->ifname, &vhost_features);
 	if (features & ~vhost_features) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) received invalid negotiated features.\n",
-			dev->ifname);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR, "received invalid negotiated features.\n");
 		dev->flags |= VIRTIO_DEV_FEATURES_FAILED;
 		dev->status &= ~VIRTIO_DEVICE_STATUS_FEATURES_OK;
 
@@ -359,8 +356,8 @@ vhost_user_set_features(struct virtio_net **pdev,
 		 * is enabled when the live-migration starts.
 		 */
 		if ((dev->features ^ features) & ~(1ULL << VHOST_F_LOG_ALL)) {
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) features changed while device is running.\n",
-				dev->ifname);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+				"features changed while device is running.\n");
 			return RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_ERR;
 		}
 
@@ -377,10 +374,11 @@ vhost_user_set_features(struct virtio_net **pdev,
 	} else {
 		dev->vhost_hlen = sizeof(struct virtio_net_hdr);
 	}
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s) negotiated Virtio features: 0x%" PRIx64 "\n",
-			dev->ifname, dev->features);
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(DEBUG, "(%s) mergeable RX buffers %s, virtio 1 %s\n",
-		dev->ifname,
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, INFO,
+		"negotiated Virtio features: 0x%" PRIx64 "\n",
+		dev->features);
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, DEBUG,
+		"mergeable RX buffers %s, virtio 1 %s\n",
 		(dev->features & (1 << VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF)) ? "on" : "off",
 		(dev->features & (1ULL << VIRTIO_F_VERSION_1)) ? "on" : "off");
 
@@ -425,8 +423,9 @@ vhost_user_set_vring_num(struct virtio_net **pdev,
 	struct vhost_virtqueue *vq = dev->virtqueue[ctx->msg.payload.state.index];
 
 	if (ctx->msg.payload.state.num > 32768) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) invalid virtqueue size %u\n",
-				dev->ifname, ctx->msg.payload.state.num);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"invalid virtqueue size %u\n",
+			ctx->msg.payload.state.num);
 		return RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_ERR;
 	}
 
@@ -443,8 +442,9 @@ vhost_user_set_vring_num(struct virtio_net **pdev,
 	 */
 	if (!vq_is_packed(dev)) {
 		if (vq->size & (vq->size - 1)) {
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) invalid virtqueue size %u\n",
-					dev->ifname, vq->size);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+				"invalid virtqueue size %u\n",
+				vq->size);
 			return RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_ERR;
 		}
 	}
@@ -456,9 +456,8 @@ vhost_user_set_vring_num(struct virtio_net **pdev,
 				sizeof(struct vring_used_elem_packed),
 				RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE, vq->numa_node);
 		if (!vq->shadow_used_packed) {
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR,
-				"(%s) failed to allocate memory for shadow used ring.\n",
-				dev->ifname);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+				"failed to allocate memory for shadow used ring.\n");
 			return RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_ERR;
 		}
 
@@ -470,9 +469,8 @@ vhost_user_set_vring_num(struct virtio_net **pdev,
 				RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE, vq->numa_node);
 
 		if (!vq->shadow_used_split) {
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR,
-				"(%s) failed to allocate memory for vq internal data.\n",
-				dev->ifname);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+				"failed to allocate memory for vq internal data.\n");
 			return RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_ERR;
 		}
 	}
@@ -482,8 +480,8 @@ vhost_user_set_vring_num(struct virtio_net **pdev,
 				vq->size * sizeof(struct batch_copy_elem),
 				RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE, vq->numa_node);
 	if (!vq->batch_copy_elems) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to allocate memory for batching copy.\n",
-			dev->ifname);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"failed to allocate memory for batching copy.\n");
 		return RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_ERR;
 	}
 
@@ -519,8 +517,9 @@ numa_realloc(struct virtio_net *dev, int index)
 
 	ret = get_mempolicy(&node, NULL, 0, vq->desc, MPOL_F_NODE | MPOL_F_ADDR);
 	if (ret) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) unable to get virtqueue %d numa information.\n",
-				dev->ifname, index);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"unable to get virtqueue %d numa information.\n",
+			index);
 		return dev;
 	}
 
@@ -529,14 +528,14 @@ numa_realloc(struct virtio_net *dev, int index)
 
 	vq = rte_realloc_socket(vq, sizeof(*vq), 0, node);
 	if (!vq) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to realloc virtqueue %d on node %d\n",
-				dev->ifname, index, node);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"failed to realloc virtqueue %d on node %d\n",
+			index, node);
 		return dev;
 	}
 
 	if (vq != dev->virtqueue[index]) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s) reallocated virtqueue on node %d\n",
-				dev->ifname, node);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, INFO, "reallocated virtqueue on node %d\n", node);
 		dev->virtqueue[index] = vq;
 		vhost_user_iotlb_init(dev, index);
 	}
@@ -547,8 +546,9 @@ numa_realloc(struct virtio_net *dev, int index)
 		sup = rte_realloc_socket(vq->shadow_used_packed, vq->size * sizeof(*sup),
 				RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE, node);
 		if (!sup) {
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to realloc shadow packed on node %d\n",
-					dev->ifname, node);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+				"failed to realloc shadow packed on node %d\n",
+				node);
 			return dev;
 		}
 		vq->shadow_used_packed = sup;
@@ -558,8 +558,9 @@ numa_realloc(struct virtio_net *dev, int index)
 		sus = rte_realloc_socket(vq->shadow_used_split, vq->size * sizeof(*sus),
 				RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE, node);
 		if (!sus) {
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to realloc shadow split on node %d\n",
-					dev->ifname, node);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+				"failed to realloc shadow split on node %d\n",
+				node);
 			return dev;
 		}
 		vq->shadow_used_split = sus;
@@ -568,8 +569,9 @@ numa_realloc(struct virtio_net *dev, int index)
 	bce = rte_realloc_socket(vq->batch_copy_elems, vq->size * sizeof(*bce),
 			RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE, node);
 	if (!bce) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to realloc batch copy elem on node %d\n",
-				dev->ifname, node);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"failed to realloc batch copy elem on node %d\n",
+			node);
 		return dev;
 	}
 	vq->batch_copy_elems = bce;
@@ -579,8 +581,9 @@ numa_realloc(struct virtio_net *dev, int index)
 
 		lc = rte_realloc_socket(vq->log_cache, sizeof(*lc) * VHOST_LOG_CACHE_NR, 0, node);
 		if (!lc) {
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to realloc log cache on node %d\n",
-					dev->ifname, node);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+				"failed to realloc log cache on node %d\n",
+				node);
 			return dev;
 		}
 		vq->log_cache = lc;
@@ -591,8 +594,9 @@ numa_realloc(struct virtio_net *dev, int index)
 
 		ri = rte_realloc_socket(vq->resubmit_inflight, sizeof(*ri), 0, node);
 		if (!ri) {
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to realloc resubmit inflight on node %d\n",
-					dev->ifname, node);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+				"failed to realloc resubmit inflight on node %d\n",
+				node);
 			return dev;
 		}
 		vq->resubmit_inflight = ri;
@@ -603,8 +607,9 @@ numa_realloc(struct virtio_net *dev, int index)
 			rd = rte_realloc_socket(ri->resubmit_list, sizeof(*rd) * ri->resubmit_num,
 					0, node);
 			if (!rd) {
-				VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to realloc resubmit list on node %d\n",
-						dev->ifname, node);
+				VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+					"failed to realloc resubmit list on node %d\n",
+					node);
 				return dev;
 			}
 			ri->resubmit_list = rd;
@@ -620,7 +625,7 @@ numa_realloc(struct virtio_net *dev, int index)
 
 	ret = get_mempolicy(&dev_node, NULL, 0, dev, MPOL_F_NODE | MPOL_F_ADDR);
 	if (ret) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) unable to get numa information.\n", dev->ifname);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR, "unable to get numa information.\n");
 		return dev;
 	}
 
@@ -629,20 +634,20 @@ numa_realloc(struct virtio_net *dev, int index)
 
 	dev = rte_realloc_socket(old_dev, sizeof(*dev), 0, node);
 	if (!dev) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to realloc dev on node %d\n",
-				old_dev->ifname, node);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(old_dev->ifname, ERR, "failed to realloc dev on node %d\n", node);
 		return old_dev;
 	}
 
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s) reallocated device on node %d\n", dev->ifname, node);
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, INFO, "reallocated device on node %d\n", node);
 	vhost_devices[dev->vid] = dev;
 
 	mem_size = sizeof(struct rte_vhost_memory) +
 		sizeof(struct rte_vhost_mem_region) * dev->mem->nregions;
 	mem = rte_realloc_socket(dev->mem, mem_size, 0, node);
 	if (!mem) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to realloc mem table on node %d\n",
-				dev->ifname, node);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"failed to realloc mem table on node %d\n",
+			node);
 		return dev;
 	}
 	dev->mem = mem;
@@ -650,8 +655,9 @@ numa_realloc(struct virtio_net *dev, int index)
 	gp = rte_realloc_socket(dev->guest_pages, dev->max_guest_pages * sizeof(*gp),
 			RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE, node);
 	if (!gp) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to realloc guest pages on node %d\n",
-				dev->ifname, node);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"failed to realloc guest pages on node %d\n",
+			node);
 		return dev;
 	}
 	dev->guest_pages = gp;
@@ -743,8 +749,7 @@ translate_ring_addresses(struct virtio_net *dev, int vq_index)
 		vq->log_guest_addr =
 			log_addr_to_gpa(dev, vq);
 		if (vq->log_guest_addr == 0) {
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(DEBUG, "(%s) failed to map log_guest_addr.\n",
-				dev->ifname);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, DEBUG, "failed to map log_guest_addr.\n");
 			return dev;
 		}
 	}
@@ -756,8 +761,7 @@ translate_ring_addresses(struct virtio_net *dev, int vq_index)
 		if (vq->desc_packed == NULL ||
 				len != sizeof(struct vring_packed_desc) *
 				vq->size) {
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(DEBUG, "(%s) failed to map desc_packed ring.\n",
-				dev->ifname);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, DEBUG, "failed to map desc_packed ring.\n");
 			return dev;
 		}
 
@@ -771,8 +775,8 @@ translate_ring_addresses(struct virtio_net *dev, int vq_index)
 					vq, addr->avail_user_addr, &len);
 		if (vq->driver_event == NULL ||
 				len != sizeof(struct vring_packed_desc_event)) {
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(DEBUG, "(%s) failed to find driver area address.\n",
-				dev->ifname);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, DEBUG,
+				"failed to find driver area address.\n");
 			return dev;
 		}
 
@@ -782,8 +786,8 @@ translate_ring_addresses(struct virtio_net *dev, int vq_index)
 					vq, addr->used_user_addr, &len);
 		if (vq->device_event == NULL ||
 				len != sizeof(struct vring_packed_desc_event)) {
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(DEBUG, "(%s) failed to find device area address.\n",
-				dev->ifname);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, DEBUG,
+				"failed to find device area address.\n");
 			return dev;
 		}
 
@@ -799,7 +803,7 @@ translate_ring_addresses(struct virtio_net *dev, int vq_index)
 	vq->desc = (struct vring_desc *)(uintptr_t)ring_addr_to_vva(dev,
 			vq, addr->desc_user_addr, &len);
 	if (vq->desc == 0 || len != sizeof(struct vring_desc) * vq->size) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(DEBUG, "(%s) failed to map desc ring.\n", dev->ifname);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, DEBUG, "failed to map desc ring.\n");
 		return dev;
 	}
 
@@ -814,7 +818,7 @@ translate_ring_addresses(struct virtio_net *dev, int vq_index)
 	vq->avail = (struct vring_avail *)(uintptr_t)ring_addr_to_vva(dev,
 			vq, addr->avail_user_addr, &len);
 	if (vq->avail == 0 || len != expected_len) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(DEBUG, "(%s) failed to map avail ring.\n", dev->ifname);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, DEBUG, "failed to map avail ring.\n");
 		return dev;
 	}
 
@@ -826,27 +830,26 @@ translate_ring_addresses(struct virtio_net *dev, int vq_index)
 	vq->used = (struct vring_used *)(uintptr_t)ring_addr_to_vva(dev,
 			vq, addr->used_user_addr, &len);
 	if (vq->used == 0 || len != expected_len) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(DEBUG, "(%s) failed to map used ring.\n", dev->ifname);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, DEBUG, "failed to map used ring.\n");
 		return dev;
 	}
 
 	if (vq->last_used_idx != vq->used->idx) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(WARNING, "(%s) last_used_idx (%u) and vq->used->idx (%u) mismatches;\n",
-			dev->ifname,
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, WARNING,
+			"last_used_idx (%u) and vq->used->idx (%u) mismatches;\n",
 			vq->last_used_idx, vq->used->idx);
 		vq->last_used_idx  = vq->used->idx;
 		vq->last_avail_idx = vq->used->idx;
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(WARNING, "(%s) some packets maybe resent for Tx and dropped for Rx\n",
-			dev->ifname);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, WARNING,
+			"some packets maybe resent for Tx and dropped for Rx\n");
 	}
 
 	vq->access_ok = true;
 
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(DEBUG, "(%s) mapped address desc: %p\n", dev->ifname, vq->desc);
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(DEBUG, "(%s) mapped address avail: %p\n", dev->ifname, vq->avail);
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(DEBUG, "(%s) mapped address used: %p\n", dev->ifname, vq->used);
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(DEBUG, "(%s) log_guest_addr: %" PRIx64 "\n",
-			dev->ifname, vq->log_guest_addr);
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, DEBUG, "mapped address desc: %p\n", vq->desc);
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, DEBUG, "mapped address avail: %p\n", vq->avail);
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, DEBUG, "mapped address used: %p\n", vq->used);
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, DEBUG, "log_guest_addr: %" PRIx64 "\n", vq->log_guest_addr);
 
 	return dev;
 }
@@ -925,10 +928,9 @@ vhost_user_set_vring_base(struct virtio_net **pdev,
 		vq->last_avail_idx = ctx->msg.payload.state.num;
 	}
 
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO,
-		"(%s) vring base idx:%u last_used_idx:%u last_avail_idx:%u.\n",
-		dev->ifname, ctx->msg.payload.state.index, vq->last_used_idx,
-		vq->last_avail_idx);
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, INFO,
+		"vring base idx:%u last_used_idx:%u last_avail_idx:%u.\n",
+		ctx->msg.payload.state.index, vq->last_used_idx, vq->last_avail_idx);
 
 	return RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_OK;
 }
@@ -947,8 +949,7 @@ add_one_guest_page(struct virtio_net *dev, uint64_t guest_phys_addr,
 					dev->max_guest_pages * sizeof(*page),
 					RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE);
 		if (dev->guest_pages == NULL) {
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) cannot realloc guest_pages\n",
-				dev->ifname);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR, "cannot realloc guest_pages\n");
 			rte_free(old_pages);
 			return -1;
 		}
@@ -1029,14 +1030,13 @@ dump_guest_pages(struct virtio_net *dev)
 	for (i = 0; i < dev->nr_guest_pages; i++) {
 		page = &dev->guest_pages[i];
 
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s) guest physical page region %u\n",
-				dev->ifname, i);
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s)\tguest_phys_addr: %" PRIx64 "\n",
-				dev->ifname, page->guest_phys_addr);
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s)\thost_iova : %" PRIx64 "\n",
-				dev->ifname, page->host_iova);
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s)\tsize           : %" PRIx64 "\n",
-				dev->ifname, page->size);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, INFO, "guest physical page region %u\n", i);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, INFO, "\tguest_phys_addr: %" PRIx64 "\n",
+			page->guest_phys_addr);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, INFO, "\thost_iova : %" PRIx64 "\n",
+			page->host_iova);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, INFO, "\tsize           : %" PRIx64 "\n",
+			page->size);
 	}
 }
 #else
@@ -1084,23 +1084,22 @@ vhost_user_postcopy_region_register(struct virtio_net *dev,
 
 	if (ioctl(dev->postcopy_ufd, UFFDIO_REGISTER,
 				&reg_struct)) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to register ufd for region "
-				"%" PRIx64 " - %" PRIx64 " (ufd = %d) %s\n",
-				dev->ifname,
-				(uint64_t)reg_struct.range.start,
-				(uint64_t)reg_struct.range.start +
-				(uint64_t)reg_struct.range.len - 1,
-				dev->postcopy_ufd,
-				strerror(errno));
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"failed to register ufd for region "
+			"%" PRIx64 " - %" PRIx64 " (ufd = %d) %s\n",
+			(uint64_t)reg_struct.range.start,
+			(uint64_t)reg_struct.range.start +
+			(uint64_t)reg_struct.range.len - 1,
+			dev->postcopy_ufd,
+			strerror(errno));
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO,
-			"(%s)\t userfaultfd registered for range : %" PRIx64 " - %" PRIx64 "\n",
-			dev->ifname,
-			(uint64_t)reg_struct.range.start,
-			(uint64_t)reg_struct.range.start +
-			(uint64_t)reg_struct.range.len - 1);
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, INFO,
+		"\t userfaultfd registered for range : %" PRIx64 " - %" PRIx64 "\n",
+		(uint64_t)reg_struct.range.start,
+		(uint64_t)reg_struct.range.start +
+		(uint64_t)reg_struct.range.len - 1);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1144,8 +1143,8 @@ vhost_user_postcopy_register(struct virtio_net *dev, int main_fd,
 	 * we've got to wait before we're allowed to generate faults.
 	 */
 	if (read_vhost_message(dev, main_fd, &ack_ctx) <= 0) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to read qemu ack on postcopy set-mem-table\n",
-				dev->ifname);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"failed to read qemu ack on postcopy set-mem-table\n");
 		return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -1153,8 +1152,9 @@ vhost_user_postcopy_register(struct virtio_net *dev, int main_fd,
 		return -1;
 
 	if (ack_ctx.msg.request.master != VHOST_USER_SET_MEM_TABLE) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) bad qemu ack on postcopy set-mem-table (%d)\n",
-				dev->ifname, ack_ctx.msg.request.master);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"bad qemu ack on postcopy set-mem-table (%d)\n",
+			ack_ctx.msg.request.master);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -1180,8 +1180,9 @@ vhost_user_mmap_region(struct virtio_net *dev,
 
 	/* Check for memory_size + mmap_offset overflow */
 	if (mmap_offset >= -region->size) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) mmap_offset (%#"PRIx64") and memory_size (%#"PRIx64") overflow\n",
-				dev->ifname, mmap_offset, region->size);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"mmap_offset (%#"PRIx64") and memory_size (%#"PRIx64") overflow\n",
+			mmap_offset, region->size);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -1195,8 +1196,7 @@ vhost_user_mmap_region(struct virtio_net *dev,
 	 */
 	alignment = get_blk_size(region->fd);
 	if (alignment == (uint64_t)-1) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) couldn't get hugepage size through fstat\n",
-				dev->ifname);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR, "couldn't get hugepage size through fstat\n");
 		return -1;
 	}
 	mmap_size = RTE_ALIGN_CEIL(mmap_size, alignment);
@@ -1209,8 +1209,9 @@ vhost_user_mmap_region(struct virtio_net *dev,
 		 * mmap() kernel implementation would return an error, but
 		 * better catch it before and provide useful info in the logs.
 		 */
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) mmap size (0x%" PRIx64 ") or alignment (0x%" PRIx64 ") is invalid\n",
-				dev->ifname, region->size + mmap_offset, alignment);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"mmap size (0x%" PRIx64 ") or alignment (0x%" PRIx64 ") is invalid\n",
+			region->size + mmap_offset, alignment);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -1219,7 +1220,7 @@ vhost_user_mmap_region(struct virtio_net *dev,
 			MAP_SHARED | populate, region->fd, 0);
 
 	if (mmap_addr == MAP_FAILED) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) mmap failed (%s).\n", dev->ifname, strerror(errno));
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR, "mmap failed (%s).\n", strerror(errno));
 		return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -1229,28 +1230,36 @@ vhost_user_mmap_region(struct virtio_net *dev,
 
 	if (dev->async_copy) {
 		if (add_guest_pages(dev, region, alignment) < 0) {
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) adding guest pages to region failed.\n",
-					dev->ifname);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+				"adding guest pages to region failed.\n");
 			return -1;
 		}
 	}
 
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s) guest memory region size: 0x%" PRIx64 "\n",
-			dev->ifname, region->size);
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s)\t guest physical addr: 0x%" PRIx64 "\n",
-			dev->ifname, region->guest_phys_addr);
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s)\t guest virtual  addr: 0x%" PRIx64 "\n",
-			dev->ifname, region->guest_user_addr);
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s)\t host  virtual  addr: 0x%" PRIx64 "\n",
-			dev->ifname, region->host_user_addr);
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s)\t mmap addr : 0x%" PRIx64 "\n",
-			dev->ifname, (uint64_t)(uintptr_t)mmap_addr);
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s)\t mmap size : 0x%" PRIx64 "\n",
-			dev->ifname, mmap_size);
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s)\t mmap align: 0x%" PRIx64 "\n",
-			dev->ifname, alignment);
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s)\t mmap off  : 0x%" PRIx64 "\n",
-			dev->ifname, mmap_offset);
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, INFO,
+		"guest memory region size: 0x%" PRIx64 "\n",
+		region->size);
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, INFO,
+		"\t guest physical addr: 0x%" PRIx64 "\n",
+		region->guest_phys_addr);
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, INFO,
+		"\t guest virtual  addr: 0x%" PRIx64 "\n",
+		region->guest_user_addr);
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, INFO,
+		"\t host  virtual  addr: 0x%" PRIx64 "\n",
+		region->host_user_addr);
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, INFO,
+		"\t mmap addr : 0x%" PRIx64 "\n",
+		(uint64_t)(uintptr_t)mmap_addr);
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, INFO,
+		"\t mmap size : 0x%" PRIx64 "\n",
+		mmap_size);
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, INFO,
+		"\t mmap align: 0x%" PRIx64 "\n",
+		alignment);
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, INFO,
+		"\t mmap off  : 0x%" PRIx64 "\n",
+		mmap_offset);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1272,13 +1281,14 @@ vhost_user_set_mem_table(struct virtio_net **pdev,
 		return RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_ERR;
 
 	if (memory->nregions > VHOST_MEMORY_MAX_NREGIONS) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) too many memory regions (%u)\n",
-				dev->ifname, memory->nregions);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"too many memory regions (%u)\n",
+			memory->nregions);
 		goto close_msg_fds;
 	}
 
 	if (dev->mem && !vhost_memory_changed(memory, dev->mem)) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s) memory regions not changed\n", dev->ifname);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, INFO, "memory regions not changed\n");
 
 		close_msg_fds(ctx);
 
@@ -1329,9 +1339,8 @@ vhost_user_set_mem_table(struct virtio_net **pdev,
 					RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE,
 					numa_node);
 		if (dev->guest_pages == NULL) {
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR,
-				"(%s) failed to allocate memory for dev->guest_pages\n",
-				dev->ifname);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+				"failed to allocate memory for dev->guest_pages\n");
 			goto close_msg_fds;
 		}
 	}
@@ -1339,9 +1348,7 @@ vhost_user_set_mem_table(struct virtio_net **pdev,
 	dev->mem = rte_zmalloc_socket("vhost-mem-table", sizeof(struct rte_vhost_memory) +
 		sizeof(struct rte_vhost_mem_region) * memory->nregions, 0, numa_node);
 	if (dev->mem == NULL) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR,
-			"(%s) failed to allocate memory for dev->mem\n",
-			dev->ifname);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR, "failed to allocate memory for dev->mem\n");
 		goto free_guest_pages;
 	}
 
@@ -1362,7 +1369,7 @@ vhost_user_set_mem_table(struct virtio_net **pdev,
 		mmap_offset = memory->regions[i].mmap_offset;
 
 		if (vhost_user_mmap_region(dev, reg, mmap_offset) < 0) {
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to mmap region %u\n", dev->ifname, i);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR, "failed to mmap region %u\n", i);
 			goto free_mem_table;
 		}
 
@@ -1477,7 +1484,7 @@ virtio_is_ready(struct virtio_net *dev)
 	dev->flags |= VIRTIO_DEV_READY;
 
 	if (!(dev->flags & VIRTIO_DEV_RUNNING))
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s) virtio is now ready for processing.\n", dev->ifname);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, INFO, "virtio is now ready for processing.\n");
 	return 1;
 }
 
@@ -1497,8 +1504,7 @@ inflight_mem_alloc(struct virtio_net *dev, const char *name, size_t size, int *f
 	if (mfd == -1) {
 		mfd = mkstemp(fname);
 		if (mfd == -1) {
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to get inflight buffer fd\n",
-					dev->ifname);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR, "failed to get inflight buffer fd\n");
 			return NULL;
 		}
 
@@ -1506,14 +1512,14 @@ inflight_mem_alloc(struct virtio_net *dev, const char *name, size_t size, int *f
 	}
 
 	if (ftruncate(mfd, size) == -1) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to alloc inflight buffer\n", dev->ifname);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR, "failed to alloc inflight buffer\n");
 		close(mfd);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
 	ptr = mmap(0, size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, mfd, 0);
 	if (ptr == MAP_FAILED) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to mmap inflight buffer\n", dev->ifname);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR, "failed to mmap inflight buffer\n");
 		close(mfd);
 		return NULL;
 	}
@@ -1553,8 +1559,9 @@ vhost_user_get_inflight_fd(struct virtio_net **pdev,
 	void *addr;
 
 	if (ctx->msg.size != sizeof(ctx->msg.payload.inflight)) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) invalid get_inflight_fd message size is %d\n",
-			dev->ifname, ctx->msg.size);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"invalid get_inflight_fd message size is %d\n",
+			ctx->msg.size);
 		return RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_ERR;
 	}
 
@@ -1569,8 +1576,7 @@ vhost_user_get_inflight_fd(struct virtio_net **pdev,
 		dev->inflight_info = rte_zmalloc_socket("inflight_info",
 				sizeof(struct inflight_mem_info), 0, numa_node);
 		if (!dev->inflight_info) {
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to alloc dev inflight area\n",
-					dev->ifname);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR, "failed to alloc dev inflight area\n");
 			return RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_ERR;
 		}
 		dev->inflight_info->fd = -1;
@@ -1579,10 +1585,12 @@ vhost_user_get_inflight_fd(struct virtio_net **pdev,
 	num_queues = ctx->msg.payload.inflight.num_queues;
 	queue_size = ctx->msg.payload.inflight.queue_size;
 
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s) get_inflight_fd num_queues: %u\n",
-		dev->ifname, ctx->msg.payload.inflight.num_queues);
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s) get_inflight_fd queue_size: %u\n",
-		dev->ifname, ctx->msg.payload.inflight.queue_size);
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, INFO,
+		"get_inflight_fd num_queues: %u\n",
+		ctx->msg.payload.inflight.num_queues);
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, INFO,
+		"get_inflight_fd queue_size: %u\n",
+		ctx->msg.payload.inflight.queue_size);
 
 	if (vq_is_packed(dev))
 		pervq_inflight_size = get_pervq_shm_size_packed(queue_size);
@@ -1592,7 +1600,7 @@ vhost_user_get_inflight_fd(struct virtio_net **pdev,
 	mmap_size = num_queues * pervq_inflight_size;
 	addr = inflight_mem_alloc(dev, "vhost-inflight", mmap_size, &fd);
 	if (!addr) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to alloc vhost inflight area\n", dev->ifname);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR, "failed to alloc vhost inflight area\n");
 			ctx->msg.payload.inflight.mmap_size = 0;
 		return RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_ERR;
 	}
@@ -1626,11 +1634,14 @@ vhost_user_get_inflight_fd(struct virtio_net **pdev,
 		}
 	}
 
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s) send inflight mmap_size: %"PRIu64"\n",
-			dev->ifname, ctx->msg.payload.inflight.mmap_size);
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s) send inflight mmap_offset: %"PRIu64"\n",
-			dev->ifname, ctx->msg.payload.inflight.mmap_offset);
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s) send inflight fd: %d\n", dev->ifname, ctx->fds[0]);
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, INFO,
+		"send inflight mmap_size: %"PRIu64"\n",
+		ctx->msg.payload.inflight.mmap_size);
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, INFO,
+		"send inflight mmap_offset: %"PRIu64"\n",
+		ctx->msg.payload.inflight.mmap_offset);
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, INFO,
+		"send inflight fd: %d\n", ctx->fds[0]);
 
 	return RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_REPLY;
 }
@@ -1654,8 +1665,9 @@ vhost_user_set_inflight_fd(struct virtio_net **pdev,
 
 	fd = ctx->fds[0];
 	if (ctx->msg.size != sizeof(ctx->msg.payload.inflight) || fd < 0) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) invalid set_inflight_fd message size is %d,fd is %d\n",
-			dev->ifname, ctx->msg.size, fd);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"invalid set_inflight_fd message size is %d,fd is %d\n",
+			ctx->msg.size, fd);
 		return RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_ERR;
 	}
 
@@ -1669,15 +1681,22 @@ vhost_user_set_inflight_fd(struct virtio_net **pdev,
 	else
 		pervq_inflight_size = get_pervq_shm_size_split(queue_size);
 
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s) set_inflight_fd mmap_size: %"PRIu64"\n",
-			dev->ifname, mmap_size);
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s) set_inflight_fd mmap_offset: %"PRIu64"\n",
-			dev->ifname, mmap_offset);
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s) set_inflight_fd num_queues: %u\n", dev->ifname, num_queues);
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s) set_inflight_fd queue_size: %u\n", dev->ifname, queue_size);
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s) set_inflight_fd fd: %d\n", dev->ifname, fd);
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s) set_inflight_fd pervq_inflight_size: %d\n",
-			dev->ifname, pervq_inflight_size);
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, INFO, "set_inflight_fd mmap_size: %"PRIu64"\n", mmap_size);
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, INFO,
+		"set_inflight_fd mmap_offset: %"PRIu64"\n",
+		mmap_offset);
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, INFO,
+		"set_inflight_fd num_queues: %u\n",
+		num_queues);
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, INFO,
+		"set_inflight_fd queue_size: %u\n",
+		queue_size);
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, INFO,
+		"set_inflight_fd fd: %d\n",
+		fd);
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, INFO,
+		"set_inflight_fd pervq_inflight_size: %d\n",
+		pervq_inflight_size);
 
 	/*
 	 * If VQ 0 has already been allocated, try to allocate on the same
@@ -1690,8 +1709,7 @@ vhost_user_set_inflight_fd(struct virtio_net **pdev,
 		dev->inflight_info = rte_zmalloc_socket("inflight_info",
 				sizeof(struct inflight_mem_info), 0, numa_node);
 		if (dev->inflight_info == NULL) {
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to alloc dev inflight area\n",
-					dev->ifname);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR, "failed to alloc dev inflight area\n");
 			return RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_ERR;
 		}
 		dev->inflight_info->fd = -1;
@@ -1705,7 +1723,7 @@ vhost_user_set_inflight_fd(struct virtio_net **pdev,
 	addr = mmap(0, mmap_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED,
 		    fd, mmap_offset);
 	if (addr == MAP_FAILED) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to mmap share memory.\n", dev->ifname);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR, "failed to mmap share memory.\n");
 		return RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_ERR;
 	}
 
@@ -1755,8 +1773,9 @@ vhost_user_set_vring_call(struct virtio_net **pdev,
 		file.fd = VIRTIO_INVALID_EVENTFD;
 	else
 		file.fd = ctx->fds[0];
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s) vring call idx:%d file:%d\n",
-			dev->ifname, file.index, file.fd);
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, INFO,
+		"vring call idx:%d file:%d\n",
+		file.index, file.fd);
 
 	vq = dev->virtqueue[file.index];
 
@@ -1786,7 +1805,7 @@ static int vhost_user_set_vring_err(struct virtio_net **pdev,
 
 	if (!(ctx->msg.payload.u64 & VHOST_USER_VRING_NOFD_MASK))
 		close(ctx->fds[0]);
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s) not implemented\n", dev->ifname);
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, INFO, "not implemented\n");
 
 	return RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_OK;
 }
@@ -1852,9 +1871,8 @@ vhost_check_queue_inflights_split(struct virtio_net *dev,
 		resubmit = rte_zmalloc_socket("resubmit", sizeof(struct rte_vhost_resubmit_info),
 				0, vq->numa_node);
 		if (!resubmit) {
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR,
-					"(%s) failed to allocate memory for resubmit info.\n",
-					dev->ifname);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+				"failed to allocate memory for resubmit info.\n");
 			return RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_ERR;
 		}
 
@@ -1862,9 +1880,8 @@ vhost_check_queue_inflights_split(struct virtio_net *dev,
 				resubmit_num * sizeof(struct rte_vhost_resubmit_desc),
 				0, vq->numa_node);
 		if (!resubmit->resubmit_list) {
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR,
-					"(%s) failed to allocate memory for inflight desc.\n",
-					dev->ifname);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+					"failed to allocate memory for inflight desc.\n");
 			rte_free(resubmit);
 			return RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_ERR;
 		}
@@ -1950,9 +1967,8 @@ vhost_check_queue_inflights_packed(struct virtio_net *dev,
 		resubmit = rte_zmalloc_socket("resubmit", sizeof(struct rte_vhost_resubmit_info),
 				0, vq->numa_node);
 		if (resubmit == NULL) {
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR,
-					"(%s) failed to allocate memory for resubmit info.\n",
-					dev->ifname);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+				"failed to allocate memory for resubmit info.\n");
 			return RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_ERR;
 		}
 
@@ -1960,9 +1976,8 @@ vhost_check_queue_inflights_packed(struct virtio_net *dev,
 				resubmit_num * sizeof(struct rte_vhost_resubmit_desc),
 				0, vq->numa_node);
 		if (resubmit->resubmit_list == NULL) {
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR,
-					"(%s) failed to allocate memory for resubmit desc.\n",
-					dev->ifname);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+				"failed to allocate memory for resubmit desc.\n");
 			rte_free(resubmit);
 			return RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_ERR;
 		}
@@ -2009,8 +2024,9 @@ vhost_user_set_vring_kick(struct virtio_net **pdev,
 		file.fd = VIRTIO_INVALID_EVENTFD;
 	else
 		file.fd = ctx->fds[0];
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s) vring kick idx:%d file:%d\n",
-			dev->ifname, file.index, file.fd);
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, INFO,
+		"vring kick idx:%d file:%d\n",
+		file.index, file.fd);
 
 	/* Interpret ring addresses only when ring is started. */
 	dev = translate_ring_addresses(dev, file.index);
@@ -2045,14 +2061,16 @@ vhost_user_set_vring_kick(struct virtio_net **pdev,
 
 	if (vq_is_packed(dev)) {
 		if (vhost_check_queue_inflights_packed(dev, vq)) {
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to inflights for vq: %d\n",
-					dev->ifname, file.index);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+				"failed to inflights for vq: %d\n",
+				file.index);
 			return RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_ERR;
 		}
 	} else {
 		if (vhost_check_queue_inflights_split(dev, vq)) {
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to inflights for vq: %d\n",
-					dev->ifname, file.index);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+				"failed to inflights for vq: %d\n",
+				file.index);
 			return RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_ERR;
 		}
 	}
@@ -2091,9 +2109,9 @@ vhost_user_get_vring_base(struct virtio_net **pdev,
 		ctx->msg.payload.state.num = vq->last_avail_idx;
 	}
 
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s) vring base idx:%d file:%d\n",
-			dev->ifname, ctx->msg.payload.state.index,
-			ctx->msg.payload.state.num);
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, INFO,
+		"vring base idx:%d file:%d\n",
+		ctx->msg.payload.state.index, ctx->msg.payload.state.num);
 	/*
 	 * Based on current qemu vhost-user implementation, this message is
 	 * sent and only sent in vhost_vring_stop.
@@ -2148,14 +2166,14 @@ vhost_user_set_vring_enable(struct virtio_net **pdev,
 	bool enable = !!ctx->msg.payload.state.num;
 	int index = (int)ctx->msg.payload.state.index;
 
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s) set queue enable: %d to qp idx: %d\n",
-			dev->ifname, enable, index);
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, INFO,
+		"set queue enable: %d to qp idx: %d\n",
+		enable, index);
 
 	if (enable && dev->virtqueue[index]->async) {
 		if (dev->virtqueue[index]->async->pkts_inflight_n) {
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR,
-				"(%s) failed to enable vring. Inflight packets must be completed first\n",
-				dev->ifname);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+				"failed to enable vring. Inflight packets must be completed first\n");
 			return RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_ERR;
 		}
 	}
@@ -2195,13 +2213,14 @@ vhost_user_set_protocol_features(struct virtio_net **pdev,
 	rte_vhost_driver_get_protocol_features(dev->ifname,
 			&slave_protocol_features);
 	if (protocol_features & ~slave_protocol_features) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) received invalid protocol features.\n", dev->ifname);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR, "received invalid protocol features.\n");
 		return RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_ERR;
 	}
 
 	dev->protocol_features = protocol_features;
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s) negotiated Vhost-user protocol features: 0x%" PRIx64 "\n",
-		dev->ifname, dev->protocol_features);
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, INFO,
+		"negotiated Vhost-user protocol features: 0x%" PRIx64 "\n",
+		dev->protocol_features);
 
 	return RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_OK;
 }
@@ -2221,13 +2240,14 @@ vhost_user_set_log_base(struct virtio_net **pdev,
 		return RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_ERR;
 
 	if (fd < 0) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) invalid log fd: %d\n", dev->ifname, fd);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR, "invalid log fd: %d\n", fd);
 		return RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_ERR;
 	}
 
 	if (ctx->msg.size != sizeof(VhostUserLog)) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) invalid log base msg size: %"PRId32" != %d\n",
-			dev->ifname, ctx->msg.size, (int)sizeof(VhostUserLog));
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"invalid log base msg size: %"PRId32" != %d\n",
+			ctx->msg.size, (int)sizeof(VhostUserLog));
 		goto close_msg_fds;
 	}
 
@@ -2236,14 +2256,15 @@ vhost_user_set_log_base(struct virtio_net **pdev,
 
 	/* Check for mmap size and offset overflow. */
 	if (off >= -size) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR,
-				"(%s) log offset %#"PRIx64" and log size %#"PRIx64" overflow\n",
-				dev->ifname, off, size);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"log offset %#"PRIx64" and log size %#"PRIx64" overflow\n",
+			off, size);
 		goto close_msg_fds;
 	}
 
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s) log mmap size: %"PRId64", offset: %"PRId64"\n",
-			dev->ifname, size, off);
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, INFO,
+		"log mmap size: %"PRId64", offset: %"PRId64"\n",
+		size, off);
 
 	/*
 	 * mmap from 0 to workaround a hugepage mmap bug: mmap will
@@ -2252,7 +2273,7 @@ vhost_user_set_log_base(struct virtio_net **pdev,
 	addr = mmap(0, size + off, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
 	close(fd);
 	if (addr == MAP_FAILED) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) mmap log base failed!\n", dev->ifname);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR, "mmap log base failed!\n");
 		return RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_ERR;
 	}
 
@@ -2281,8 +2302,8 @@ vhost_user_set_log_base(struct virtio_net **pdev,
 		 * caching will be done, which will impact performance
 		 */
 		if (!vq->log_cache)
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to allocate VQ logging cache\n",
-					dev->ifname);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+				"failed to allocate VQ logging cache\n");
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -2309,7 +2330,7 @@ static int vhost_user_set_log_fd(struct virtio_net **pdev,
 		return RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_ERR;
 
 	close(ctx->fds[0]);
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s) not implemented.\n", dev->ifname);
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, INFO, "not implemented.\n");
 
 	return RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_OK;
 }
@@ -2331,8 +2352,9 @@ vhost_user_send_rarp(struct virtio_net **pdev,
 	uint8_t *mac = (uint8_t *)&ctx->msg.payload.u64;
 	struct rte_vdpa_device *vdpa_dev;
 
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(DEBUG, "(%s) MAC: " RTE_ETHER_ADDR_PRT_FMT "\n",
-		dev->ifname, mac[0], mac[1], mac[2], mac[3], mac[4], mac[5]);
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, DEBUG,
+		"MAC: " RTE_ETHER_ADDR_PRT_FMT "\n",
+		mac[0], mac[1], mac[2], mac[3], mac[4], mac[5]);
 	memcpy(dev->mac.addr_bytes, mac, 6);
 
 	/*
@@ -2359,8 +2381,9 @@ vhost_user_net_set_mtu(struct virtio_net **pdev,
 
 	if (ctx->msg.payload.u64 < VIRTIO_MIN_MTU ||
 			ctx->msg.payload.u64 > VIRTIO_MAX_MTU) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) invalid MTU size (%"PRIu64")\n",
-				dev->ifname, ctx->msg.payload.u64);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"invalid MTU size (%"PRIu64")\n",
+			ctx->msg.payload.u64);
 
 		return RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_ERR;
 	}
@@ -2382,8 +2405,8 @@ vhost_user_set_req_fd(struct virtio_net **pdev,
 		return RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_ERR;
 
 	if (fd < 0) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) invalid file descriptor for slave channel (%d)\n",
-				dev->ifname, fd);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"invalid file descriptor for slave channel (%d)\n", fd);
 		return RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_ERR;
 	}
 
@@ -2483,8 +2506,7 @@ vhost_user_get_config(struct virtio_net **pdev,
 		return RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_ERR;
 
 	if (!vdpa_dev) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) is not vDPA device!\n",
-				 dev->ifname);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR, "is not vDPA device!\n");
 		return RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_ERR;
 	}
 
@@ -2494,13 +2516,10 @@ vhost_user_get_config(struct virtio_net **pdev,
 					   ctx->msg.payload.cfg.size);
 		if (ret != 0) {
 			ctx->msg.size = 0;
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR,
-					 "(%s) get_config() return error!\n",
-					 dev->ifname);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR, "get_config() return error!\n");
 		}
 	} else {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) get_config() not supported!\n",
-				 dev->ifname);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR, "get_config() not supported!\n");
 	}
 
 	return RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_REPLY;
@@ -2519,16 +2538,14 @@ vhost_user_set_config(struct virtio_net **pdev,
 		return RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_ERR;
 
 	if (ctx->msg.payload.cfg.size > VHOST_USER_MAX_CONFIG_SIZE) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR,
-			"(%s) vhost_user_config size: %"PRIu32", should not be larger than %d\n",
-			dev->ifname, ctx->msg.payload.cfg.size,
-			VHOST_USER_MAX_CONFIG_SIZE);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"vhost_user_config size: %"PRIu32", should not be larger than %d\n",
+			ctx->msg.payload.cfg.size, VHOST_USER_MAX_CONFIG_SIZE);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
 	if (!vdpa_dev) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) is not vDPA device!\n",
-				 dev->ifname);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR, "is not vDPA device!\n");
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -2539,12 +2556,9 @@ vhost_user_set_config(struct virtio_net **pdev,
 			ctx->msg.payload.cfg.size,
 			ctx->msg.payload.cfg.flags);
 		if (ret)
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR,
-					 "(%s) set_config() return error!\n",
-					 dev->ifname);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR, "set_config() return error!\n");
 	} else {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) set_config() not supported!\n",
-				 dev->ifname);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR, "set_config() not supported!\n");
 	}
 
 	return RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_OK;
@@ -2604,8 +2618,9 @@ vhost_user_iotlb_msg(struct virtio_net **pdev,
 		}
 		break;
 	default:
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) invalid IOTLB message type (%d)\n",
-				dev->ifname, imsg->type);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"invalid IOTLB message type (%d)\n",
+			imsg->type);
 		return RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_ERR;
 	}
 
@@ -2624,15 +2639,17 @@ vhost_user_set_postcopy_advise(struct virtio_net **pdev,
 	dev->postcopy_ufd = syscall(__NR_userfaultfd, O_CLOEXEC | O_NONBLOCK);
 
 	if (dev->postcopy_ufd == -1) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) userfaultfd not available: %s\n",
-			dev->ifname, strerror(errno));
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"userfaultfd not available: %s\n",
+			strerror(errno));
 		return RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_ERR;
 	}
 	api_struct.api = UFFD_API;
 	api_struct.features = 0;
 	if (ioctl(dev->postcopy_ufd, UFFDIO_API, &api_struct)) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) UFFDIO_API ioctl failure: %s\n",
-			dev->ifname, strerror(errno));
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"UFFDIO_API ioctl failure: %s\n",
+			strerror(errno));
 		close(dev->postcopy_ufd);
 		dev->postcopy_ufd = -1;
 		return RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_ERR;
@@ -2657,8 +2674,8 @@ vhost_user_set_postcopy_listen(struct virtio_net **pdev,
 	struct virtio_net *dev = *pdev;
 
 	if (dev->mem && dev->mem->nregions) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) regions already registered at postcopy-listen\n",
-				dev->ifname);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"regions already registered at postcopy-listen\n");
 		return RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_ERR;
 	}
 	dev->postcopy_listening = 1;
@@ -2709,8 +2726,9 @@ vhost_user_set_status(struct virtio_net **pdev,
 
 	/* As per Virtio specification, the device status is 8bits long */
 	if (ctx->msg.payload.u64 > UINT8_MAX) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) invalid VHOST_USER_SET_STATUS payload 0x%" PRIx64 "\n",
-				dev->ifname, ctx->msg.payload.u64);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"invalid VHOST_USER_SET_STATUS payload 0x%" PRIx64 "\n",
+			ctx->msg.payload.u64);
 		return RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_ERR;
 	}
 
@@ -2718,9 +2736,8 @@ vhost_user_set_status(struct virtio_net **pdev,
 
 	if ((dev->status & VIRTIO_DEVICE_STATUS_FEATURES_OK) &&
 	    (dev->flags & VIRTIO_DEV_FEATURES_FAILED)) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR,
-				"(%s) FEATURES_OK bit is set but feature negotiation failed\n",
-				dev->ifname);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"FEATURES_OK bit is set but feature negotiation failed\n");
 		/*
 		 * Clear the bit to let the driver know about the feature
 		 * negotiation failure
@@ -2728,22 +2745,28 @@ vhost_user_set_status(struct virtio_net **pdev,
 		dev->status &= ~VIRTIO_DEVICE_STATUS_FEATURES_OK;
 	}
 
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s) new device status(0x%08x):\n", dev->ifname,
-			dev->status);
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s)\t-RESET: %u\n", dev->ifname,
-			(dev->status == VIRTIO_DEVICE_STATUS_RESET));
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s)\t-ACKNOWLEDGE: %u\n", dev->ifname,
-			!!(dev->status & VIRTIO_DEVICE_STATUS_ACK));
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s)\t-DRIVER: %u\n", dev->ifname,
-			!!(dev->status & VIRTIO_DEVICE_STATUS_DRIVER));
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s)\t-FEATURES_OK: %u\n", dev->ifname,
-			!!(dev->status & VIRTIO_DEVICE_STATUS_FEATURES_OK));
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s)\t-DRIVER_OK: %u\n", dev->ifname,
-			!!(dev->status & VIRTIO_DEVICE_STATUS_DRIVER_OK));
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s)\t-DEVICE_NEED_RESET: %u\n", dev->ifname,
-			!!(dev->status & VIRTIO_DEVICE_STATUS_DEV_NEED_RESET));
-	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s)\t-FAILED: %u\n", dev->ifname,
-			!!(dev->status & VIRTIO_DEVICE_STATUS_FAILED));
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, INFO, "new device status(0x%08x):\n", dev->status);
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, INFO,
+		"\t-RESET: %u\n",
+		(dev->status == VIRTIO_DEVICE_STATUS_RESET));
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, INFO,
+		"\t-ACKNOWLEDGE: %u\n",
+		!!(dev->status & VIRTIO_DEVICE_STATUS_ACK));
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, INFO,
+		"\t-DRIVER: %u\n",
+		!!(dev->status & VIRTIO_DEVICE_STATUS_DRIVER));
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, INFO,
+		"\t-FEATURES_OK: %u\n",
+		!!(dev->status & VIRTIO_DEVICE_STATUS_FEATURES_OK));
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, INFO,
+		"\t-DRIVER_OK: %u\n",
+		!!(dev->status & VIRTIO_DEVICE_STATUS_DRIVER_OK));
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, INFO,
+		"\t-DEVICE_NEED_RESET: %u\n",
+		!!(dev->status & VIRTIO_DEVICE_STATUS_DEV_NEED_RESET));
+	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, INFO,
+		"\t-FAILED: %u\n",
+		!!(dev->status & VIRTIO_DEVICE_STATUS_FAILED));
 
 	return RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_OK;
 }
@@ -2800,22 +2823,22 @@ read_vhost_message(struct virtio_net *dev, int sockfd, struct  vhu_msg_context *
 	if (ret <= 0) {
 		return ret;
 	} else if (ret != VHOST_USER_HDR_SIZE) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) Unexpected header size read\n", dev->ifname);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR, "Unexpected header size read\n");
 		close_msg_fds(ctx);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
 	if (ctx->msg.size) {
 		if (ctx->msg.size > sizeof(ctx->msg.payload)) {
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) invalid msg size: %d\n",
-					dev->ifname, ctx->msg.size);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR, "invalid msg size: %d\n",
+				ctx->msg.size);
 			return -1;
 		}
 		ret = read(sockfd, &ctx->msg.payload, ctx->msg.size);
 		if (ret <= 0)
 			return ret;
 		if (ret != (int)ctx->msg.size) {
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) read control message failed\n", dev->ifname);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR, "read control message failed\n");
 			return -1;
 		}
 	}
@@ -2895,7 +2918,7 @@ vhost_user_check_and_alloc_queue_pair(struct virtio_net *dev,
 	}
 
 	if (vring_idx >= VHOST_MAX_VRING) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) invalid vring index: %u\n", dev->ifname, vring_idx);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR, "invalid vring index: %u\n", vring_idx);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -2959,8 +2982,8 @@ vhost_user_msg_handler(int vid, int fd)
 	if (!dev->notify_ops) {
 		dev->notify_ops = vhost_driver_callback_get(dev->ifname);
 		if (!dev->notify_ops) {
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to get callback ops for driver\n",
-				dev->ifname);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+				"failed to get callback ops for driver\n");
 			return -1;
 		}
 	}
@@ -2968,9 +2991,9 @@ vhost_user_msg_handler(int vid, int fd)
 	ret = read_vhost_message(dev, fd, &ctx);
 	if (ret <= 0) {
 		if (ret < 0)
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) vhost read message failed\n", dev->ifname);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR, "vhost read message failed\n");
 		else
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s) vhost peer closed\n", dev->ifname);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, INFO, "vhost peer closed\n");
 
 		return -1;
 	}
@@ -2983,18 +3006,20 @@ vhost_user_msg_handler(int vid, int fd)
 
 	if (msg_handler != NULL && msg_handler->description != NULL) {
 		if (request != VHOST_USER_IOTLB_MSG)
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s) read message %s\n",
-				dev->ifname, msg_handler->description);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, INFO,
+				"read message %s\n",
+				msg_handler->description);
 		else
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(DEBUG, "(%s) read message %s\n",
-				dev->ifname, msg_handler->description);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, DEBUG,
+				"read message %s\n",
+				msg_handler->description);
 	} else {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(DEBUG, "(%s) external request %d\n", dev->ifname, request);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, DEBUG, "external request %d\n", request);
 	}
 
 	ret = vhost_user_check_and_alloc_queue_pair(dev, &ctx);
 	if (ret < 0) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to alloc queue\n", dev->ifname);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR, "failed to alloc queue\n");
 		return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -3061,18 +3086,21 @@ vhost_user_msg_handler(int vid, int fd)
 
 	switch (ret) {
 	case RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_ERR:
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) processing %s failed.\n",
-			dev->ifname, msg_handler->description);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"processing %s failed.\n",
+			msg_handler->description);
 		handled = true;
 		break;
 	case RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_OK:
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(DEBUG, "(%s) processing %s succeeded.\n",
-			dev->ifname, msg_handler->description);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, DEBUG,
+			"processing %s succeeded.\n",
+			msg_handler->description);
 		handled = true;
 		break;
 	case RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_REPLY:
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(DEBUG, "(%s) processing %s succeeded and needs reply.\n",
-			dev->ifname, msg_handler->description);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, DEBUG,
+			"processing %s succeeded and needs reply.\n",
+			msg_handler->description);
 		send_vhost_reply(dev, fd, &ctx);
 		handled = true;
 		break;
@@ -3100,8 +3128,9 @@ vhost_user_msg_handler(int vid, int fd)
 
 	/* If message was not handled at this stage, treat it as an error */
 	if (!handled) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) vhost message (req: %d) was not handled.\n",
-				dev->ifname, request);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"vhost message (req: %d) was not handled.\n",
+			request);
 		close_msg_fds(&ctx);
 		ret = RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_ERR;
 	}
@@ -3117,7 +3146,7 @@ vhost_user_msg_handler(int vid, int fd)
 		ctx.fd_num = 0;
 		send_vhost_reply(dev, fd, &ctx);
 	} else if (ret == RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_ERR) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) vhost message handling failed.\n", dev->ifname);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR, "vhost message handling failed.\n");
 		ret = -1;
 		goto unlock;
 	}
@@ -3157,8 +3186,7 @@ vhost_user_msg_handler(int vid, int fd)
 
 	if (!(dev->flags & VIRTIO_DEV_VDPA_CONFIGURED)) {
 		if (vdpa_dev->ops->dev_conf(dev->vid))
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to configure vDPA device\n",
-					dev->ifname);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR, "failed to configure vDPA device\n");
 		else
 			dev->flags |= VIRTIO_DEV_VDPA_CONFIGURED;
 	}
@@ -3179,18 +3207,19 @@ static int process_slave_message_reply(struct virtio_net *dev,
 	ret = read_vhost_message(dev, dev->slave_req_fd, &msg_reply);
 	if (ret <= 0) {
 		if (ret < 0)
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) vhost read slave message reply failed\n",
-					dev->ifname);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+				"vhost read slave message reply failed\n");
 		else
-			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO, "(%s) vhost peer closed\n", dev->ifname);
+			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, INFO, "vhost peer closed\n");
 		ret = -1;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
 	ret = 0;
 	if (msg_reply.msg.request.slave != ctx->msg.request.slave) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) received unexpected msg type (%u), expected %u\n",
-				dev->ifname, msg_reply.msg.request.slave, ctx->msg.request.slave);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"received unexpected msg type (%u), expected %u\n",
+			msg_reply.msg.request.slave, ctx->msg.request.slave);
 		ret = -1;
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -3221,8 +3250,9 @@ vhost_user_iotlb_miss(struct virtio_net *dev, uint64_t iova, uint8_t perm)
 
 	ret = send_vhost_message(dev, dev->slave_req_fd, &ctx);
 	if (ret < 0) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to send IOTLB miss message (%d)\n",
-				dev->ifname, ret);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"failed to send IOTLB miss message (%d)\n",
+			ret);
 		return ret;
 	}
 
@@ -3246,8 +3276,7 @@ vhost_user_slave_config_change(struct virtio_net *dev, bool need_reply)
 
 	ret = send_vhost_slave_message(dev, &ctx);
 	if (ret < 0) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to send config change (%d)\n",
-				dev->ifname, ret);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR, "failed to send config change (%d)\n", ret);
 		return ret;
 	}
 
@@ -3294,8 +3323,7 @@ static int vhost_user_slave_set_vring_host_notifier(struct virtio_net *dev,
 
 	ret = send_vhost_slave_message(dev, &ctx);
 	if (ret < 0) {
-		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(ERR, "(%s) failed to set host notifier (%d)\n",
-				dev->ifname, ret);
+		VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, ERR, "failed to set host notifier (%d)\n", ret);
 		return ret;
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/vhost/virtio_net.c b/lib/vhost/virtio_net.c
index f7ced96cbf..e4227abc5b 100644
--- a/lib/vhost/virtio_net.c
+++ b/lib/vhost/virtio_net.c
@@ -131,8 +131,9 @@ vhost_async_dma_transfer_one(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
 		 */
 		if (unlikely(copy_idx < 0)) {
 			if (!vhost_async_dma_copy_log) {
-				VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR, "(%s) DMA copy failed for channel %d:%u\n",
-						dev->ifname, dma_id, vchan_id);
+				VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, ERR,
+					"DMA copy failed for channel %d:%u\n",
+					dma_id, vchan_id);
 				vhost_async_dma_copy_log = true;
 			}
 			return -1;
@@ -200,8 +201,9 @@ vhost_async_dma_check_completed(struct virtio_net *dev, int16_t dma_id, uint16_t
 	 */
 	nr_copies = rte_dma_completed(dma_id, vchan_id, max_pkts, &last_idx, &has_error);
 	if (unlikely(!vhost_async_dma_complete_log && has_error)) {
-		VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR, "(%s) DMA completion failure on channel %d:%u\n", dev->ifname,
-				dma_id, vchan_id);
+		VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"DMA completion failure on channel %d:%u\n",
+			dma_id, vchan_id);
 		vhost_async_dma_complete_log = true;
 	} else if (nr_copies == 0) {
 		goto out;
@@ -993,7 +995,7 @@ async_iter_initialize(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_async *async)
 	struct vhost_iov_iter *iter;
 
 	if (unlikely(async->iovec_idx >= VHOST_MAX_ASYNC_VEC)) {
-		VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR, "(%s) no more async iovec available\n", dev->ifname);
+		VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, ERR, "no more async iovec available\n");
 		return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -1015,7 +1017,7 @@ async_iter_add_iovec(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_async *async,
 		static bool vhost_max_async_vec_log;
 
 		if (!vhost_max_async_vec_log) {
-			VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR, "(%s) no more async iovec available\n", dev->ifname);
+			VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, ERR, "no more async iovec available\n");
 			vhost_max_async_vec_log = true;
 		}
 
@@ -1074,8 +1076,9 @@ async_fill_seg(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
 		host_iova = (void *)(uintptr_t)gpa_to_first_hpa(dev,
 				buf_iova + buf_offset, cpy_len, &mapped_len);
 		if (unlikely(!host_iova)) {
-			VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR, "(%s) %s: failed to get host iova.\n",
-				       dev->ifname, __func__);
+			VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, ERR,
+				"%s: failed to get host iova.\n",
+				__func__);
 			return -1;
 		}
 
@@ -1168,8 +1171,7 @@ mbuf_to_desc(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
 	} else
 		hdr = (struct virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf *)(uintptr_t)hdr_addr;
 
-	VHOST_LOG_DATA(DEBUG, "(%s) RX: num merge buffers %d\n",
-		dev->ifname, num_buffers);
+	VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, DEBUG, "RX: num merge buffers %d\n", num_buffers);
 
 	if (unlikely(buf_len < dev->vhost_hlen)) {
 		buf_offset = dev->vhost_hlen - buf_len;
@@ -1349,16 +1351,15 @@ virtio_dev_rx_split(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
 		if (unlikely(reserve_avail_buf_split(dev, vq,
 						pkt_len, buf_vec, &num_buffers,
 						avail_head, &nr_vec) < 0)) {
-			VHOST_LOG_DATA(DEBUG,
-				"(%s) failed to get enough desc from vring\n",
-				dev->ifname);
+			VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, DEBUG,
+				"failed to get enough desc from vring\n");
 			vq->shadow_used_idx -= num_buffers;
 			break;
 		}
 
-		VHOST_LOG_DATA(DEBUG, "(%s) current index %d | end index %d\n",
-			dev->ifname, vq->last_avail_idx,
-			vq->last_avail_idx + num_buffers);
+		VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, DEBUG,
+			"current index %d | end index %d\n",
+			vq->last_avail_idx, vq->last_avail_idx + num_buffers);
 
 		if (mbuf_to_desc(dev, vq, pkts[pkt_idx], buf_vec, nr_vec,
 					num_buffers, false) < 0) {
@@ -1504,14 +1505,13 @@ virtio_dev_rx_single_packed(struct virtio_net *dev,
 
 	if (unlikely(vhost_enqueue_single_packed(dev, vq, pkt, buf_vec,
 						 &nr_descs) < 0)) {
-		VHOST_LOG_DATA(DEBUG, "(%s) failed to get enough desc from vring\n",
-				dev->ifname);
+		VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, DEBUG, "failed to get enough desc from vring\n");
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	VHOST_LOG_DATA(DEBUG, "(%s) current index %d | end index %d\n",
-			dev->ifname, vq->last_avail_idx,
-			vq->last_avail_idx + nr_descs);
+	VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, DEBUG,
+		"current index %d | end index %d\n",
+		vq->last_avail_idx, vq->last_avail_idx + nr_descs);
 
 	vq_inc_last_avail_packed(vq, nr_descs);
 
@@ -1561,10 +1561,11 @@ virtio_dev_rx(struct virtio_net *dev, uint16_t queue_id,
 	struct vhost_virtqueue *vq;
 	uint32_t nb_tx = 0;
 
-	VHOST_LOG_DATA(DEBUG, "(%s) %s\n", dev->ifname, __func__);
+	VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, DEBUG, "%s\n", __func__);
 	if (unlikely(!is_valid_virt_queue_idx(queue_id, 0, dev->nr_vring))) {
-		VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR, "(%s) %s: invalid virtqueue idx %d.\n",
-			dev->ifname, __func__, queue_id);
+		VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"%s: invalid virtqueue idx %d.\n",
+			__func__, queue_id);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -1613,8 +1614,9 @@ rte_vhost_enqueue_burst(int vid, uint16_t queue_id,
 		return 0;
 
 	if (unlikely(!(dev->flags & VIRTIO_DEV_BUILTIN_VIRTIO_NET))) {
-		VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR, "(%s) %s: built-in vhost net backend is disabled.\n",
-			dev->ifname, __func__);
+		VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"%s: built-in vhost net backend is disabled.\n",
+			__func__);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -1696,14 +1698,15 @@ virtio_dev_rx_async_submit_split(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue
 
 		if (unlikely(reserve_avail_buf_split(dev, vq, pkt_len, buf_vec,
 						&num_buffers, avail_head, &nr_vec) < 0)) {
-			VHOST_LOG_DATA(DEBUG, "(%s) failed to get enough desc from vring\n",
-					dev->ifname);
+			VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, DEBUG,
+				"failed to get enough desc from vring\n");
 			vq->shadow_used_idx -= num_buffers;
 			break;
 		}
 
-		VHOST_LOG_DATA(DEBUG, "(%s) current index %d | end index %d\n",
-			dev->ifname, vq->last_avail_idx, vq->last_avail_idx + num_buffers);
+		VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, DEBUG,
+			"current index %d | end index %d\n",
+			vq->last_avail_idx, vq->last_avail_idx + num_buffers);
 
 		if (mbuf_to_desc(dev, vq, pkts[pkt_idx], buf_vec, nr_vec, num_buffers, true) < 0) {
 			vq->shadow_used_idx -= num_buffers;
@@ -1727,8 +1730,9 @@ virtio_dev_rx_async_submit_split(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue
 	if (unlikely(pkt_err)) {
 		uint16_t num_descs = 0;
 
-		VHOST_LOG_DATA(DEBUG, "(%s) %s: failed to transfer %u packets for queue %u.\n",
-				dev->ifname, __func__, pkt_err, queue_id);
+		VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, DEBUG,
+			"%s: failed to transfer %u packets for queue %u.\n",
+			__func__, pkt_err, queue_id);
 
 		/* update number of completed packets */
 		pkt_idx = n_xfer;
@@ -1835,12 +1839,13 @@ virtio_dev_rx_async_packed(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
 
 	if (unlikely(vhost_enqueue_async_packed(dev, vq, pkt, buf_vec,
 					nr_descs, nr_buffers) < 0)) {
-		VHOST_LOG_DATA(DEBUG, "(%s) failed to get enough desc from vring\n", dev->ifname);
+		VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, DEBUG, "failed to get enough desc from vring\n");
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	VHOST_LOG_DATA(DEBUG, "(%s) current index %d | end index %d\n",
-			dev->ifname, vq->last_avail_idx, vq->last_avail_idx + *nr_descs);
+	VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, DEBUG,
+		"current index %d | end index %d\n",
+		vq->last_avail_idx, vq->last_avail_idx + *nr_descs);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1917,8 +1922,9 @@ virtio_dev_rx_async_submit_packed(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue
 
 	pkt_err = pkt_idx - n_xfer;
 	if (unlikely(pkt_err)) {
-		VHOST_LOG_DATA(DEBUG, "(%s) %s: failed to transfer %u packets for queue %u.\n",
-				dev->ifname, __func__, pkt_err, queue_id);
+		VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, DEBUG,
+			"%s: failed to transfer %u packets for queue %u.\n",
+			__func__, pkt_err, queue_id);
 		dma_error_handler_packed(vq, slot_idx, pkt_err, &pkt_idx);
 	}
 
@@ -2118,31 +2124,35 @@ rte_vhost_poll_enqueue_completed(int vid, uint16_t queue_id,
 	if (unlikely(!dev))
 		return 0;
 
-	VHOST_LOG_DATA(DEBUG, "(%s) %s\n", dev->ifname, __func__);
+	VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, DEBUG, "%s\n", __func__);
 	if (unlikely(!is_valid_virt_queue_idx(queue_id, 0, dev->nr_vring))) {
-		VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR, "(%s) %s: invalid virtqueue idx %d.\n",
-			dev->ifname, __func__, queue_id);
+		VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"%s: invalid virtqueue idx %d.\n",
+			__func__, queue_id);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
 	if (unlikely(!dma_copy_track[dma_id].vchans ||
 				!dma_copy_track[dma_id].vchans[vchan_id].pkts_cmpl_flag_addr)) {
-		VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR, "(%s) %s: invalid channel %d:%u.\n", dev->ifname, __func__,
-			       dma_id, vchan_id);
+		VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"%s: invalid channel %d:%u.\n",
+			__func__, dma_id, vchan_id);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
 	vq = dev->virtqueue[queue_id];
 
 	if (!rte_spinlock_trylock(&vq->access_lock)) {
-		VHOST_LOG_DATA(DEBUG, "(%s) %s: virtqueue %u is busy.\n", dev->ifname, __func__,
-				queue_id);
+		VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, DEBUG,
+			"%s: virtqueue %u is busy.\n",
+			__func__, queue_id);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
 	if (unlikely(!vq->async)) {
-		VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR, "(%s) %s: async not registered for virtqueue %d.\n",
-				dev->ifname, __func__, queue_id);
+		VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"%s: async not registered for virtqueue %d.\n",
+			__func__, queue_id);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -2169,37 +2179,39 @@ rte_vhost_clear_queue_thread_unsafe(int vid, uint16_t queue_id,
 	if (!dev)
 		return 0;
 
-	VHOST_LOG_DATA(DEBUG, "(%s) %s\n", dev->ifname, __func__);
+	VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, DEBUG, "%s\n", __func__);
 	if (unlikely(queue_id >= dev->nr_vring)) {
-		VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR, "(%s) %s: invalid virtqueue idx %d.\n",
-			dev->ifname, __func__, queue_id);
+		VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, ERR, "%s: invalid virtqueue idx %d.\n",
+			__func__, queue_id);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
 	if (unlikely(dma_id < 0 || dma_id >= RTE_DMADEV_DEFAULT_MAX)) {
-		VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR, "(%s) %s: invalid dma id %d.\n",
-				dev->ifname, __func__, dma_id);
+		VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, ERR, "%s: invalid dma id %d.\n",
+			__func__, dma_id);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
 	vq = dev->virtqueue[queue_id];
 
 	if (unlikely(!rte_spinlock_is_locked(&vq->access_lock))) {
-		VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR, "(%s) %s() called without access lock taken.\n",
-				dev->ifname, __func__);
+		VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, ERR, "%s() called without access lock taken.\n",
+			__func__);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
 	if (unlikely(!vq->async)) {
-		VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR, "(%s) %s: async not registered for queue id %d.\n",
-			dev->ifname, __func__, queue_id);
+		VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"%s: async not registered for virtqueue %d.\n",
+			__func__, queue_id);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
 	if (unlikely(!dma_copy_track[dma_id].vchans ||
 				!dma_copy_track[dma_id].vchans[vchan_id].pkts_cmpl_flag_addr)) {
-		VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR, "(%s) %s: invalid channel %d:%u.\n", dev->ifname, __func__,
-				dma_id, vchan_id);
+		VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"%s: invalid channel %d:%u.\n",
+			__func__, dma_id, vchan_id);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -2228,37 +2240,37 @@ rte_vhost_clear_queue(int vid, uint16_t queue_id, struct rte_mbuf **pkts,
 	if (!dev)
 		return 0;
 
-	VHOST_LOG_DATA(DEBUG, "(%s) %s\n", dev->ifname, __func__);
+	VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, DEBUG, "%s\n", __func__);
 	if (unlikely(queue_id >= dev->nr_vring)) {
-		VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR, "(%s) %s: invalid virtqueue idx %u.\n",
-			dev->ifname, __func__, queue_id);
+		VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, ERR, "%s: invalid virtqueue idx %u.\n",
+			__func__, queue_id);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
 	if (unlikely(dma_id < 0 || dma_id >= RTE_DMADEV_DEFAULT_MAX)) {
-		VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR, "(%s) %s: invalid dma id %d.\n",
-				dev->ifname, __func__, dma_id);
+		VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, ERR, "%s: invalid dma id %d.\n",
+			__func__, dma_id);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
 	vq = dev->virtqueue[queue_id];
 
 	if (!rte_spinlock_trylock(&vq->access_lock)) {
-		VHOST_LOG_DATA(DEBUG, "(%s) %s: virtqueue %u is busy.\n",
-				dev->ifname, __func__, queue_id);
+		VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, DEBUG, "%s: virtqueue %u is busy.\n",
+			__func__, queue_id);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
 	if (unlikely(!vq->async)) {
-		VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR, "(%s) %s: async not registered for queue id %u.\n",
-				dev->ifname, __func__, queue_id);
+		VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, ERR, "%s: async not registered for queue id %u.\n",
+			__func__, queue_id);
 		goto out_access_unlock;
 	}
 
 	if (unlikely(!dma_copy_track[dma_id].vchans ||
 				!dma_copy_track[dma_id].vchans[vchan_id].pkts_cmpl_flag_addr)) {
-		VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR, "(%s) %s: invalid channel %d:%u.\n", dev->ifname, __func__,
-				dma_id, vchan_id);
+		VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, ERR, "%s: invalid channel %d:%u.\n",
+			__func__, dma_id, vchan_id);
 		goto out_access_unlock;
 	}
 
@@ -2286,17 +2298,19 @@ virtio_dev_rx_async_submit(struct virtio_net *dev, uint16_t queue_id,
 	struct vhost_virtqueue *vq;
 	uint32_t nb_tx = 0;
 
-	VHOST_LOG_DATA(DEBUG, "(%s) %s\n", dev->ifname, __func__);
+	VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, DEBUG, "%s\n", __func__);
 	if (unlikely(!is_valid_virt_queue_idx(queue_id, 0, dev->nr_vring))) {
-		VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR, "(%s) %s: invalid virtqueue idx %d.\n",
-			dev->ifname, __func__, queue_id);
+		VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"%s: invalid virtqueue idx %d.\n",
+			__func__, queue_id);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
 	if (unlikely(!dma_copy_track[dma_id].vchans ||
 				!dma_copy_track[dma_id].vchans[vchan_id].pkts_cmpl_flag_addr)) {
-		VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR, "(%s) %s: invalid channel %d:%u.\n", dev->ifname, __func__,
-			       dma_id, vchan_id);
+		VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"%s: invalid channel %d:%u.\n",
+			 __func__, dma_id, vchan_id);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -2348,8 +2362,9 @@ rte_vhost_submit_enqueue_burst(int vid, uint16_t queue_id,
 		return 0;
 
 	if (unlikely(!(dev->flags & VIRTIO_DEV_BUILTIN_VIRTIO_NET))) {
-		VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR, "(%s) %s: built-in vhost net backend is disabled.\n",
-			dev->ifname, __func__);
+		VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"%s: built-in vhost net backend is disabled.\n",
+			__func__);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -2517,8 +2532,9 @@ vhost_dequeue_offload_legacy(struct virtio_net *dev, struct virtio_net_hdr *hdr,
 			m->l4_len = sizeof(struct rte_udp_hdr);
 			break;
 		default:
-			VHOST_LOG_DATA(WARNING, "(%s) unsupported gso type %u.\n",
-					dev->ifname, hdr->gso_type);
+			VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, WARNING,
+				"unsupported gso type %u.\n",
+				hdr->gso_type);
 			goto error;
 		}
 	}
@@ -2757,8 +2773,8 @@ desc_to_mbuf(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
 		if (mbuf_avail == 0) {
 			cur = rte_pktmbuf_alloc(mbuf_pool);
 			if (unlikely(cur == NULL)) {
-				VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR, "(%s) failed to allocate memory for mbuf.\n",
-						dev->ifname);
+				VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, ERR,
+					"failed to allocate memory for mbuf.\n");
 				goto error;
 			}
 
@@ -2824,7 +2840,7 @@ virtio_dev_extbuf_alloc(struct virtio_net *dev, struct rte_mbuf *pkt, uint32_t s
 						virtio_dev_extbuf_free, buf);
 	if (unlikely(shinfo == NULL)) {
 		rte_free(buf);
-		VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR, "(%s) failed to init shinfo\n", dev->ifname);
+		VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, ERR, "failed to init shinfo\n");
 		return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -2878,12 +2894,11 @@ virtio_dev_tx_split(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
 
 	rte_prefetch0(&vq->avail->ring[vq->last_avail_idx & (vq->size - 1)]);
 
-	VHOST_LOG_DATA(DEBUG, "(%s) %s\n", dev->ifname, __func__);
+	VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, DEBUG, "%s\n", __func__);
 
 	count = RTE_MIN(count, MAX_PKT_BURST);
 	count = RTE_MIN(count, avail_entries);
-	VHOST_LOG_DATA(DEBUG, "(%s) about to dequeue %u buffers\n",
-			dev->ifname, count);
+	VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, DEBUG, "about to dequeue %u buffers\n", count);
 
 	if (rte_pktmbuf_alloc_bulk(mbuf_pool, pkts, count))
 		return 0;
@@ -2912,8 +2927,9 @@ virtio_dev_tx_split(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
 			 * is required. Drop this packet.
 			 */
 			if (!allocerr_warned) {
-				VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR, "(%s) failed mbuf alloc of size %d from %s.\n",
-					dev->ifname, buf_len, mbuf_pool->name);
+				VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, ERR,
+					"failed mbuf alloc of size %d from %s.\n",
+					buf_len, mbuf_pool->name);
 				allocerr_warned = true;
 			}
 			dropped += 1;
@@ -2925,8 +2941,7 @@ virtio_dev_tx_split(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
 				   mbuf_pool, legacy_ol_flags, 0, false);
 		if (unlikely(err)) {
 			if (!allocerr_warned) {
-				VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR, "(%s) failed to copy desc to mbuf.\n",
-					dev->ifname);
+				VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, ERR, "failed to copy desc to mbuf.\n");
 				allocerr_warned = true;
 			}
 			dropped += 1;
@@ -3108,8 +3123,9 @@ vhost_dequeue_single_packed(struct virtio_net *dev,
 
 	if (unlikely(virtio_dev_pktmbuf_prep(dev, pkts, buf_len))) {
 		if (!allocerr_warned) {
-			VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR, "(%s) failed mbuf alloc of size %d from %s.\n",
-				dev->ifname, buf_len, mbuf_pool->name);
+			VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, ERR,
+				"failed mbuf alloc of size %d from %s.\n",
+				buf_len, mbuf_pool->name);
 			allocerr_warned = true;
 		}
 		return -1;
@@ -3119,8 +3135,7 @@ vhost_dequeue_single_packed(struct virtio_net *dev,
 			   mbuf_pool, legacy_ol_flags, 0, false);
 	if (unlikely(err)) {
 		if (!allocerr_warned) {
-			VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR, "(%s) failed to copy desc to mbuf.\n",
-				dev->ifname);
+			VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, ERR, "failed to copy desc to mbuf.\n");
 			allocerr_warned = true;
 		}
 		return -1;
@@ -3235,14 +3250,16 @@ rte_vhost_dequeue_burst(int vid, uint16_t queue_id,
 		return 0;
 
 	if (unlikely(!(dev->flags & VIRTIO_DEV_BUILTIN_VIRTIO_NET))) {
-		VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR, "(%s) %s: built-in vhost net backend is disabled.\n",
-				dev->ifname, __func__);
+		VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"%s: built-in vhost net backend is disabled.\n",
+			__func__);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
 	if (unlikely(!is_valid_virt_queue_idx(queue_id, 1, dev->nr_vring))) {
-		VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR, "(%s) %s: invalid virtqueue idx %d.\n",
-				dev->ifname, __func__, queue_id);
+		VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, ERR,
+			"%s: invalid virtqueue idx %d.\n",
+			__func__, queue_id);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -3287,7 +3304,7 @@ rte_vhost_dequeue_burst(int vid, uint16_t queue_id,
 
 		rarp_mbuf = rte_net_make_rarp_packet(mbuf_pool, &dev->mac);
 		if (rarp_mbuf == NULL) {
-			VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR, "(%s) failed to make RARP packet.\n", dev->ifname);
+			VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, ERR, "failed to make RARP packet.\n");
 			count = 0;
 			goto out;
 		}
@@ -3406,8 +3423,7 @@ virtio_dev_tx_async_split(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
 
 	count = RTE_MIN(count, MAX_PKT_BURST);
 	count = RTE_MIN(count, avail_entries);
-	VHOST_LOG_DATA(DEBUG, "(%s) about to dequeue %u buffers\n",
-			dev->ifname, count);
+	VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, DEBUG, "about to dequeue %u buffers\n", count);
 
 	if (rte_pktmbuf_alloc_bulk(mbuf_pool, pkts_prealloc, count))
 		goto out;
@@ -3437,9 +3453,9 @@ virtio_dev_tx_async_split(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
 			 * is required. Drop this packet.
 			 */
 			if (!allocerr_warned) {
-				VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR,
-					"(%s) %s: Failed mbuf alloc of size %d from %s\n",
-					dev->ifname, __func__, buf_len, mbuf_pool->name);
+				VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, ERR,
+					"%s: Failed mbuf alloc of size %d from %s\n",
+					__func__, buf_len, mbuf_pool->name);
 				allocerr_warned = true;
 			}
 			dropped = true;
@@ -3451,9 +3467,9 @@ virtio_dev_tx_async_split(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
 					legacy_ol_flags, slot_idx, true);
 		if (unlikely(err)) {
 			if (!allocerr_warned) {
-				VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR,
-					"(%s) %s: Failed to offload copies to async channel.\n",
-					dev->ifname, __func__);
+				VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, ERR,
+					"%s: Failed to offload copies to async channel.\n",
+					__func__);
 				allocerr_warned = true;
 			}
 			dropped = true;
@@ -3481,8 +3497,8 @@ virtio_dev_tx_async_split(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
 
 	pkt_err = pkt_idx - n_xfer;
 	if (unlikely(pkt_err)) {
-		VHOST_LOG_DATA(DEBUG, "(%s) %s: failed to transfer data.\n",
-				dev->ifname, __func__);
+		VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, DEBUG, "%s: failed to transfer data.\n",
+			__func__);
 
 		pkt_idx = n_xfer;
 		/* recover available ring */
@@ -3571,8 +3587,8 @@ virtio_dev_tx_async_single_packed(struct virtio_net *dev,
 
 	if (unlikely(virtio_dev_pktmbuf_prep(dev, pkts, buf_len))) {
 		if (!allocerr_warned) {
-			VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR, "(%s) Failed mbuf alloc of size %d from %s.\n",
-				dev->ifname, buf_len, mbuf_pool->name);
+			VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, ERR, "Failed mbuf alloc of size %d from %s.\n",
+				buf_len, mbuf_pool->name);
 
 			allocerr_warned = true;
 		}
@@ -3584,7 +3600,7 @@ virtio_dev_tx_async_single_packed(struct virtio_net *dev,
 	if (unlikely(err)) {
 		rte_pktmbuf_free(pkts);
 		if (!allocerr_warned) {
-			VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR, "(%s) Failed to copy desc to mbuf on.\n", dev->ifname);
+			VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, ERR, "Failed to copy desc to mbuf on.\n");
 			allocerr_warned = true;
 		}
 		return -1;
@@ -3610,7 +3626,7 @@ virtio_dev_tx_async_packed(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
 	struct async_inflight_info *pkts_info = async->pkts_info;
 	struct rte_mbuf *pkts_prealloc[MAX_PKT_BURST];
 
-	VHOST_LOG_DATA(DEBUG, "(%d) about to dequeue %u buffers\n", dev->vid, count);
+	VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, DEBUG, "(%d) about to dequeue %u buffers\n", dev->vid, count);
 
 	async_iter_reset(async);
 
@@ -3715,27 +3731,27 @@ rte_vhost_async_try_dequeue_burst(int vid, uint16_t queue_id,
 	*nr_inflight = -1;
 
 	if (unlikely(!(dev->flags & VIRTIO_DEV_BUILTIN_VIRTIO_NET))) {
-		VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR, "(%s) %s: built-in vhost net backend is disabled.\n",
-				dev->ifname, __func__);
+		VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, ERR, "%s: built-in vhost net backend is disabled.\n",
+			__func__);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
 	if (unlikely(!is_valid_virt_queue_idx(queue_id, 1, dev->nr_vring))) {
-		VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR, "(%s) %s: invalid virtqueue idx %d.\n",
-				dev->ifname, __func__, queue_id);
+		VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, ERR, "%s: invalid virtqueue idx %d.\n",
+			__func__, queue_id);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
 	if (unlikely(dma_id < 0 || dma_id >= RTE_DMADEV_DEFAULT_MAX)) {
-		VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR, "(%s) %s: invalid dma id %d.\n",
-				dev->ifname, __func__, dma_id);
+		VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, ERR, "%s: invalid dma id %d.\n",
+			__func__, dma_id);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
 	if (unlikely(!dma_copy_track[dma_id].vchans ||
 				!dma_copy_track[dma_id].vchans[vchan_id].pkts_cmpl_flag_addr)) {
-		VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR, "(%s) %s: invalid channel %d:%u.\n", dev->ifname, __func__,
-				dma_id, vchan_id);
+		VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, ERR, "%s: invalid channel %d:%u.\n",
+			__func__, dma_id, vchan_id);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -3750,8 +3766,8 @@ rte_vhost_async_try_dequeue_burst(int vid, uint16_t queue_id,
 	}
 
 	if (unlikely(!vq->async)) {
-		VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR, "(%s) %s: async not registered for queue id %d.\n",
-				dev->ifname, __func__, queue_id);
+		VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, ERR, "%s: async not registered for queue id %d.\n",
+			__func__, queue_id);
 		count = 0;
 		goto out_access_unlock;
 	}
@@ -3787,7 +3803,7 @@ rte_vhost_async_try_dequeue_burst(int vid, uint16_t queue_id,
 
 		rarp_mbuf = rte_net_make_rarp_packet(mbuf_pool, &dev->mac);
 		if (rarp_mbuf == NULL) {
-			VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR, "(%s) failed to make RARP packet.\n", dev->ifname);
+			VHOST_LOG_DATA(dev->ifname, ERR, "failed to make RARP packet.\n");
 			count = 0;
 			goto out;
 		}
