def notify_about_instance_usage(notifier, context, instance, event_suffix,
                                network_info=None, system_metadata=None,
                                extra_usage_info=None, fault=None):
    """Send a notification about an instance.

    :param notifier: a messaging.Notifier
    :param event_suffix: Event type like "delete.start" or "exists"
    :param network_info: Networking information, if provided.
    :param system_metadata: system_metadata DB entries for the instance,
        if provided.
    :param extra_usage_info: Dictionary containing extra values to add or
        override in the notification.
    """
    if not extra_usage_info:
        extra_usage_info = {}

    usage_info = notifications.info_from_instance(context, instance,
            network_info, system_metadata, **extra_usage_info)

    if fault:
        # NOTE(johngarbutt) mirrors the format in wrap_exception
        fault_payload = exception_to_dict(fault)
        LOG.debug(fault_payload["message"], instance=instance)
        usage_info.update(fault_payload)

    if event_suffix.endswith("error"):
        method = notifier.error
    else:
        method = notifier.info

    method(context, 'compute.instance.%s' % event_suffix, usage_info)
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