An earlier approach to meminfo chaining, referenced in
the patch shown below, represents the first baby steps
toward the goal of some generalized approach with PIDs
processing. However, statically allocating a chain for
each task or thread is totally impractical. And, while
a single chain could serve all PIDs, that would mean a
separate call to our library for each running process.
This commit is intended as the next evolutionary step,
dynamically allocating some 'result' chains to contain
as many or as few 'items' as a caller wishes. In other
words, holding only those 'items' of current interest.
This is the kind of service useful for both top and ps
programs if we finally get around to /proc/<PID> data.
Reference(s):
commit c3fd7473c5
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
This was Craig's original patch, referenced below, but
it was never pushed to newlib. It has now been rebased
on top of some diskstat stuff to serve as a beginning.
The original effort was perfectly serviceable (after a
memory leak was fixed) but the approach would not have
served future PID needs when that proc_t went bye bye.
The slabtop requirements are similar to those of PIDs.
One must accommodate the variable number of slab nodes
(PIDs) while also accepting different data (char * and
unsigned long). Furthermore, some generalized means to
sort all that acquired stuff must somehow be provided.
So I wanted to try a different approach that seemed to
hold potential for satisfying future top and ps needs.
Subsequent commits will make that attempt, building on
Craig's original patch whose commit msg appears below.
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All of the /proc/slabinfo related calls have been changed
here. They follow the same procps_slabinfo_* format.
Made both the slabtop and vmstat programs use the new
API as one was using the old one and one was just sort
of trying to do its own thing.
Sorting of slabnodes is also possible via the library.
Reference(s):
http://www.freelists.org/post/procps/Sorting-slabsprocesses,3http://www.freelists.org/post/procps/library-rework-slabinfo-calls
Signed-off-by: Craig Small <csmall@enc.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
The calls for reading diskstat have been moved out of
sysinfo and into new files diskstat.[ch] These new
library calls follow the standard pattern for the
new libprocps.
vmstat is updated to use the new API and also got
the weighted IO time added.
vmstat -p previously would only show partitions, not
disks. There does not appear to be any good reason to
artifically deny a user to use this command on a disk,
rather than a partition so this restriction was lifted.
I also realised using int for devid means you can send
the library negative numbers, the index uses unsigned int.
Other similiar calls will need to be fixed too.
Signed-off-by: Craig Small <csmall@enc.com.au>
This is actually a systemcall getpagesize(2) or it is defined
in configure using a variety of methods, including a default
hard coded value as a last resort.
There is no need to have this in libprocps
Now that the dust is settling following an initial API
library effort, it is apparent my naming standards may
not have always been observed. This was a minor crime,
since those standards are unwritten (& not apparent?).
Basically, top has always capitalized the first letter
of global variables in an effort to distinguish global
definitions from local variables later in the program.
So this patch alters the new API variables to conform,
while also explicitly using 'context' for key structs.
Lastly, top now employs the new '#include <proc/name>'
conventions for the new/converted module header files.
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
The new library meminfo & vmstat modules use structure
names for their context which exactly mirror the names
of the very /proc/ files whose particulars they yield.
The one exception to this rule was the readstat module
whose struct was named statinfo yet the file was stat.
This commit simply renames that structure (only) so as
to hopefully establish such a naming convention as our
standard going forward. And, it's makes good symmetry.
[ this module's name itself is just perfect as it is ]
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
The earlier attempt at protecting these functions from
already freed memory worked just fine until the memory
was, in fact, reused by the OS. At that point, the ref
count would most likely fail an existing a test for 0.
So this commit will take control of the 'info' pointer
and force it to NULL when a reference count reaches 0.
Plus, since it makes little sense returning an address
that a caller already has, henceforth we will return a
reference count out of the 'ref' and 'unref functions.
Reference(s):
commit 74beff80ff
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
Procps library previously held functions that were about either
listing or finding signal names. These are not really the right
location for a library about reading procfs.
This patch handles signal related functions in two ways:
For functions purely found in skill, these have been moved back
into this binary as they are used nowhere else.
For functions used across the binaries, these have been moved
into include/signals.h and lib/signals.c. Besides formatting,
these functions are largely the same.
To assist the skill functions, two functions to access the
signal map array have been added to lib/signals.c
This commit is mostly about eliminating code, now that
a library is responsible for the cpu tics maintenance.
The top program will continue to provide numa support,
without involving the library in any of those details.
[ not to mention all the 'dl' and 'stderr' numa crap ]
With this transfer of the cpu tics duty to our library
the provision associated with the CPU_ZEROTICS #define
could not initially be migrated. The commit referenced
below suggests it may have lost its importance. In any
case such logic may yet be incorporated in the future.
But for now, that #define has been completely removed.
Reference(s):
commit ee3ed4b45e
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
There was not a way I could see to support top's needs
for cpu information with the new 'chained' provisions.
The sheer quantity of such data plus the unpredictable
number of potential processors suggested a totally new
approach was warranted while keeping internals opaque.
So this patch introduces two new structures solely for
use by potential callers (as seen in the API). They're
responsible for providing them to the library which is
then responsible for filling them with requested data.
The top program will continue to provide numa support,
without involving the library in any of those details.
[ not to mention all the 'dl' and 'stderr' numa crap ]
With this transfer of the cpu tics duty to our library
the provision associated with the CPU_ZEROTICS #define
could not initially be migrated. The commit referenced
below suggests it may have lost its importance. In any
case such logic may yet be incorporated in the future.
But for now, that #define has been completely removed.
Reference(s):
commit ee3ed4b45e
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
Since we are not using a higher level standard C fopen
all of the read requests were made signal sensitive as
that can result in a 'temporarily' failed i/o request.
Also, protection against some user calling the 'unref'
function on already free memory has been incorporated.
This will protect us from some nasty 'Abort' surprise.
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
If a caller chooses to reduce the overhead of repeated
function calls, this commit provides for acquiring all
the desired information in just a single library call.
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
This patch mostly just eliminates darn tab characters.
Plus the library function declarations and definitions
have been standardized. Most visibly, the input params
now have all been indented on their own separate line.
The following names were changed to more closely match
meminfo.c or provide a certain symmetry. Unfortunately
that also impacted some other pgms which were updated.
. 'procps_stat_get' evolved into 'procps_stat_get_sys'
. 'procps_stat_info' is now known as 'procps_statinfo'
[and just a little trailing whitespace was eliminated]
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
This commit represents the pioneering attempt at using
the concept of 'chained' library requests in an effort
to reduce function call overhead. It required exposing
no more implementation details than were already shown
through the individual calls, yet is satisfied in one.
It is just such an approach that will prove invaluable
when it comes time to access individual /proc/##/data.
Programs could 'chain' only those 'results' structures
representing their current view independent of all the
fields any such programs might be prepared to display.
Thus the standard 'read', which wouldn't apply to task
level data very well (or efficiently), can now become
a 'read_chain' whereby the former PROC_FILL flags need
can be satisfied & yield the minimum open/close calls.
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
If a caller chooses to reduce the overhead of repeated
function calls, this commit provides for acquiring all
the desired information in just a single library call.
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
This patch fills in some missing fields which have top
dependencies. Additionally, I've tried to mirror those
calculations Jaromir added for release 3.3.10. The one
calculation that remains missing is 'available' memory
for some kernels. For this API, we'll use a fall-back.
Lastly the lxc safeguards which were recently added to
the old procps library were incorporated here as well.
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
This patch mostly just eliminates darn tab characters.
Plus the library function declarations and definitions
have been standardized. Most visibly, the input params
now have all been indented on their own separate line.
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
Created new set of functions for meminfo related calls. Liked the
format of that better so changed vmstat around so the look similar.
Missed the makefile change for uptime so added it in now.
Removed the printf_uptime, binaries can do printf easily enough.
sprint_uptime split into two as there wasn't a lot of common
code
sprint_uptime(): old style uptime line
sprint_uptime_short(): short new style "uptime -p"
Hertz_hack needed this, no sane system uses the code (I think)
so just assume 100 like we do in FreeBSD.
Use the standard libc declarations.
For protecting the headers for C++ procps used to have its
own defines, this change makes them use the standard libc ones.
getstat() -> procps_stat_*
vminfo() -> procps_vmstat_*
These two components of the library now use the newer version of
the API with less exposed global variables. The old methods are
there for now.
Signed-off-by: Craig Small <csmall@enc.com.au>
pwdx doesn't actually use any of the libprocps functions but
it is linked because it is the default. This specific LDADD
removes that unrequired linking.
Please let's stop the nls translation insanity. With a
one time push we can eliminate the dirty tree syndrome
which surfaces with every local build. Later, before a
release, the translations can be updated in final form
then pushed just 1 more time to the gitlab repository.
I'm tired of having to always re-issue this request in
order to circumvent the problem and thus prevent a too
broad commit (not to mention some nasty side effects).
[ bash$ git update-index --assume-unchanged po/??.po ]
Reference(s):
http://www.freelists.org/post/procps/procpsng-translations
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
With the commit referenced below, the linux version is
no longer available via an external variable. So we'll
eliminate the extra superficial function call employed
at program end as part of a debugging (only) o/p spew.
[ the user will soon be returned to the command line ]
[ & he/she can run their own 'uname -r' if in doubt! ]
Reference(s):
commit 56d9d5e7e7
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
wish folks (craig) would use these in their .gitconfig
[core]
whitespace = trailing-space, space-before-tab, blank-at-eof
[apply]
whitespace = warn
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
Added function procps_linux_version() which used to be an
exported integer instead. Also changed the method of obtaining
the linux version (more correctly the os release) to use a specific
procfs entry. This works for both Linux and FreeBSD.
This patch will bring three of our man pages into line
with the recent refactor of the libprocps wchan logic.
[ and also eliminates more damn eol whitespace which ]
[ snuck in our repo with the commit referenced below ]
Reference(s):
http://www.freelists.org/post/procps/WCHAN,11
commit cf4788c28d
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
This patch was made necessary by those library changes
in support of recently revised/simplified wchan logic.
Reference(s):
http://www.freelists.org/post/procps/WCHAN,11
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
This patch was made necessary by those library changes
in support of recently revised/simplified wchan logic.
In addition, this commit eliminates a broken alternate
'namelist' provision which was intended to allow users
to specify a System.map file to be used in translating
addresses into function names. But, the real effect of
the now defunct 'N' and '-n' options was to indirectly
force addresses (not names) to be displayed since such
user named map files could not be successfully parsed.
Besides when the required FRAME_POINTER kconfig option
is absent there is no address to translate and when it
is present /proc/PID/wchan is already translated. Thus
an alternate mapping is unnecessary and inappropriate.
[ we'll forgive POSIX for documenting '-n namelist' ]
Reference(s):
http://www.freelists.org/post/procps/WCHAN,11
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
Several Debian based distributions were recently found
to have omitted a kernel configuration option that had
the effect of rendering /proc/#/stat and /proc/#/wchan
useless for providing any 'sleeping in function' info.
That problem also prompted a reevaluation of the whole
approach to wchan matters which had grown increasingly
complex as our library evolved over the last 13 years.
The net result was a decision to rely on /proc/#/wchan
which arrived along with the 2.5 kernel. This then let
us vastly simplify the internal code plus the external
interface which will benefit both the top and ps pgms.
Reference(s):
http://www.freelists.org/post/procps/WCHAN,11https://lkml.org/lkml/2008/11/6/12https://bugs.debian.org/711592
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
It doesn't make any sense to have the binary version strings
embedded into the library. The version strings are defined
already either in the Makefile or in include/c.h
[ in addition to the primary 'lxc' business, i found ]
[ numerous apostrophes used instead of that back-tic ]
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
