Use logger.disable and change arg name to --logger-disable

src/_pytest/logging.py

@@ -298,10 +298,10 @@ def pytest_addoption(parser: Parser) -> None:
         help="Auto-indent multiline messages passed to the logging module. Accepts true|on, false|off or an integer.",
     )
     group.addoption(
-        "--logger-disabled",
+        "--logger-disable",
         action="append",
         default=[],
-        dest="logger_disabled",
+        dest="logger_disable",
         help="Disable loggers by name",
     )
 
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ class LoggingPlugin:
             get_option_ini(config, "log_auto_indent"),
         )
         self.log_cli_handler.setFormatter(log_cli_formatter)
-        self._disable_logger(loggers_to_disable=config.option.logger_disabled)
+        self._disable_logger(loggers_to_disable=config.option.logger_disable)
 
     def _disable_logger(self, loggers_to_disable: List[str]) -> None:
         if not loggers_to_disable:
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ class LoggingPlugin:
         logger_names_to_suppress = set(loggers_to_disable)
         for name in logger_names_to_suppress:
             logger = logging.getLogger(name)
-            logger.addFilter(lambda _: 0)
+            logger.disabled = True
 
     def _create_formatter(self, log_format, log_date_format, auto_indent):
         # Color option doesn't exist if terminal plugin is disabled.

testing/logging/test_reporting.py

@@ -1182,7 +1182,7 @@ def test_disable_loggers(testdir):
                 assert caplog.record_tuples == [('test', 10, 'Visible text!')]
          """
     )
-    result = testdir.runpytest("--logger-disabled=disabled", "-s")
+    result = testdir.runpytest("--logger-disable=disabled", "-s")
     assert result.ret == ExitCode.OK
     assert not result.stderr.lines
 
@@ -1204,7 +1204,7 @@ def test_disable_loggers_does_not_propagate(testdir):
     """
     )
 
-    result = testdir.runpytest("--logger-disabled=parent.child", "-s")
+    result = testdir.runpytest("--logger-disable=parent.child", "-s")
     assert result.ret == ExitCode.OK
     assert not result.stderr.lines
 
@@ -1212,7 +1212,7 @@ def test_disable_loggers_does_not_propagate(testdir):
 def test_disabled_loggers_help(testdir):
     result = testdir.runpytest("-h")
     result.stdout.fnmatch_lines(
-        ["  --logger-disabled=LOGGER_DISABLED", "*Disable loggers by name*"]
+        ["  --logger-disable=LOGGER_DISABLE", "*Disable loggers by name*"]
     )
 
 
@@ -1230,7 +1230,7 @@ def test_log_disabling_works_with_log_cli(testdir):
     )
     result = testdir.runpytest(
         "--log-cli-level=DEBUG",
-        "--logger-disabled=disabled",
+        "--logger-disable=disabled",
     )
     assert result.ret == ExitCode.OK
     result.stdout.fnmatch_lines(