2 files changed, 8 insertions, 32 deletions
diff --git a/src/python-systemd/_reader.c b/src/python-systemd/_reader.c
index f047ab9e6d..ce6631782f 100644
--- a/src/python-systemd/_reader.c
+++ b/src/python-systemd/_reader.c
@@ -671,36 +671,6 @@ Journal_query_unique(Journal *self, PyObject *args)
 }
 #endif //def SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH_UNIQUE
 
-PyDoc_STRVAR(Journal_log_level__doc__,
-"log_level(level) -> None\n\n"
-"Sets maximum log level by setting matches for PRIORITY.");
-static PyObject *
-Journal_log_level(Journal *self, PyObject *args)
-{
-    int level;
-    if (! PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "i", &level))
-        return NULL;
-
-    if (level < 0 || level > 7) {
-        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "Log level should be 0 <= level <= 7");
-        return NULL;
-    }
-    int i;
-    char level_str[2];
-    PyObject *arg, *keywds;
-    for(i = 0; i <= level; i++) {
-        sprintf(level_str, "%i", i);
-        arg = PyTuple_New(0);
-        keywds = Py_BuildValue("{s:s}", "PRIORITY", level_str);
-        Journal_add_match(self, arg, keywds);
-        Py_DECREF(arg);
-        Py_DECREF(keywds);
-        if (PyErr_Occurred())
-            return NULL;
-    }
-    Py_RETURN_NONE;
-}
-
 PyDoc_STRVAR(Journal_this_boot__doc__,
 "this_boot() -> None\n\n"
 "Sets match filter for the current _BOOT_ID.");
@@ -848,8 +818,6 @@ static PyMethodDef Journal_methods[] = {
     {"query_unique", (PyCFunction)Journal_query_unique, METH_VARARGS,
     Journal_query_unique__doc__},
 #endif
-    {"log_level", (PyCFunction)Journal_log_level, METH_VARARGS,
-    Journal_log_level__doc__},
     {"this_boot", (PyCFunction)Journal_this_boot, METH_NOARGS,
     Journal_this_boot__doc__},
     {"this_machine", (PyCFunction)Journal_this_machine, METH_NOARGS,
diff --git a/src/python-systemd/journal.py b/src/python-systemd/journal.py
index 8a688f978b..40e40c360b 100644
--- a/src/python-systemd/journal.py
+++ b/src/python-systemd/journal.py
@@ -115,6 +115,14 @@ class Journal(_Journal):
         return set(self._convert_field(key, value)
             for value in super(Journal, self).query_unique(key, *args, **kwargs))
 
+    def log_level(self, level):
+        """Sets maximum log level by setting matches for PRIORITY."""
+        if 0 <= level <= 7:
+            for i in range(level+1):
+                self.add_match(PRIORITY="%s" % i)
+        else:
+            raise ValueError("Log level must be 0 <= level <= 7")
+
 def _make_line(field, value):
         if isinstance(value, bytes):
                 return field.encode('utf-8') + b'=' + value