debugger-only log on Linux, equivalent of OutputDebugString

Hello,

I've been recently looking for sth equivalent of Windows's 
OutputDebugString for Linux.
Fiddling with built-in python, I have managed to create a named pipe 
that GDB would read in the background (via python), while the inferior 
writes to it (using some simple API, which I have currently implemented 
as a shared lib).

Despite being in early prototype stage (with all its problems) my code 
works.
The main question I'd like to ask though, is this: is that actually the 
right way to go, or can this be done better in terms of operation 
principles? I have several concerns here:
a. this might be very system-specific, e.g. for bare-metal Cortex-Mx 
targets there's sth called "semihosting", which effectively does the 
same (though is something different in principle). Windows already its 
own call, too, etc.
b. most likely a simple pipe-based solution is not going to work with 
remote targets, e.g. gdbserver? Should it be added?
c. and last but not least: maybe a mechanism already exists and I'm 
reinventing the wheel now?

If someone wants to have a look, the code's here (again, please keep in 
mind it's just proof of concept, not production quality):
https://gitlab.com/alagner/gdbprint

Looking forward to hear all the criticism on the idea.

Best regards,
Aleksander "Alagner" Miera