Fix the logging at the given verbosity

Author: ngopalak-redhat

cmd/security-profiles-operator/main.go

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	_ "net/http/pprof" //nolint:gosec // required for profiling
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -283,7 +284,8 @@ func initialize(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 }
 
 func initLogging(ctx *cli.Context) error {
-	ctrl.SetLogger(textlogger.NewLogger(textlogger.NewConfig()))
+	logConfig := textlogger.NewConfig()
+	ctrl.SetLogger(textlogger.NewLogger(logConfig))
 
 	set := flag.NewFlagSet("logging", flag.ContinueOnError)
 	klog.InitFlags(set)
@@ -294,6 +296,11 @@ func initLogging(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	}
 
 	ctrl.SetLogger(ctrl.Log.V(int(level)))
+
+	if err := logConfig.Verbosity().Set(strconv.FormatUint(uint64(level), 10)); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("setting the verbosity flag to level %d : %w", level, err)
+	}
+
 	ctrl.Log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Set logging verbosity to %d", level))
 
 	return nil