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Qualys Security Advisory
7c09d76e9b 0072-proc/readproc.c: Harden stat2proc().
1/ Use a "size_t num" instead of an "unsigned num" (also, do not store
the return value of sscanf() into num, it was unused anyway).

2/ Check the return value of strchr() and strrchr().

3/ Never jump over the terminating null byte with "S = tmp + 2".

---------------------------- adapted for newlib branch
. newlib doesn't use that 'unlikely' crap
. the cmd field is now also dynamic (like cmdline)
. thus we must account for potential ENOMEM

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2018-06-09 21:35:19 +10:00
Qualys Security Advisory
ec0cb25af6 0071-proc/readproc.c: Harden supgrps_from_supgids().
1/ Prevent an integer overflow of t.

2/ Avoid an infinite loop if s contains characters other than comma,
spaces, +, -, and digits.

3/ Handle all possible return values of snprintf().

---------------------------- adapted for newlib branch
. we can't use xrealloc(), so we use realloc() instead
. and must account for a mem failure via a return of 1

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2018-06-09 21:35:19 +10:00
Qualys Security Advisory
807498f899 0070-proc/readproc.c: Harden status2proc().
1/ Do not read past the terminating null byte when hashing the name.

2/ S[x] is used as an index, but S is "char *S" (signed) and hence may
index the array out-of-bounds. Bit-mask S[x] with 127 (the array has 128
entries).

3/ Use a size_t for j, not an int (strlen() returns a size_t).

Notes:

- These are (mostly) theoretical problems, because the contents of
  /proc/PID/status are (mostly) trusted.

- The "name" member of the status_table_struct has 8 bytes, and
  "RssShmem" occupies exactly 8 bytes, which means that "name" is not
  null-terminated. This is fine right now, because status2proc() uses
  memcmp(), not strcmp(), but it is worth mentioning.

---------------------------- adapted for newlib branch
. newlib doesn't use that 'unlikely' crap
. newlib also had a '#ifdef FALSE_THREADS'

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2018-06-09 21:35:19 +10:00
Qualys Security Advisory
0753b86931 0069-proc/readproc.c: Fix the unhex() function.
This function is unused (SIGNAL_STRING is defined by default, and if it
is not, procps does not compile -- for example, there is no "outbuf" in
help_pr_sig()) but fix it anyway. There are two bugs:

- it accepts non-hexadecimal characters (anything >= 0x30);

- "(c - (c>0x57) ? 0x57 : 0x30)" is always equal to 0x57.

---------------------------- adapted for newlib branch
. newlib doesn't use that 'unlikely' crap

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2018-06-09 21:35:19 +10:00
Qualys Security Advisory
1e48648b82 0051-proc/escape.c: Prevent buffer overflows in escape_command().
This solves several problems:

1/ outbuf[1] was written to, but not outbuf[0], which was left
uninitialized (well, SECURE_ESCAPE_ARGS() already fixes this, but do it
explicitly as well); we know it is safe to write one byte to outbuf,
because SECURE_ESCAPE_ARGS() guarantees it.

2/ If bytes was 1, the write to outbuf[1] was an off-by-one overflow.

3/ Do not call escape_str() with a 0 bufsize if bytes == overhead.

4/ Prevent various buffer overflows if bytes <= overhead.
2018-06-09 21:35:19 +10:00
Qualys Security Advisory
1eddce14c3 0050-proc/escape.c: Prevent integer overflows in escape_str_utf8().
Simply rearrange the old comparisons. The new comparisons are safe,
because we know from previous checks that:

1/ wlen > 0

2/ my_cells < *maxcells (also: my_cells >= 0 and *maxcells > 0)

3/ len > 1

4/ my_bytes+1 < bufsize (also: my_bytes >= 0 and bufsize > 0)
2018-06-09 21:35:19 +10:00
Qualys Security Advisory
8f49e98a3f 0049-proc/escape.c: Handle negative wcwidth() return value.
This should never happen, because wcwidth() is called only if iswprint()
returns nonzero. But belt-and-suspenders, and make it visually clear
(very important for the next patch).
2018-06-09 21:35:19 +10:00
Qualys Security Advisory
1ecf125d3f 0048-proc/escape.c: Make sure all escape*() arguments are safe.
The SECURE_ESCAPE_ARGS() macro solves several potential problems
(although we found no problematic calls to the escape*() functions in
procps's code-base, but had to thoroughly review every call; and this is
library code):

1/ off-by-one overflows if the size of the destination buffer is 0;

2/ buffer overflows if this size (or "maxroom") is negative;

3/ integer overflows (for example, "*maxcells+1");

4/ always null-terminate the destination buffer (unless its size is 0).

---------------------------- adapted for newlib branch
. the escape.c now has just a single exported function
. thus SECURE_ESCAPE_ARGS() is needed in only 2 places
. unlike that original patch, macro is executed 1 time
( not like 'escape_command' calling 'escape_strlist' )
( which might then call 'escape_str' multiple times! )

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2018-06-09 21:35:19 +10:00
Qualys Security Advisory
efae601c3c 0047-proc/whattime.c: Always initialize buf.
In the human_readable case; otherwise the strcat() that follows may
append bytes to the previous contents of buf.

Also, slightly enlarge buf, as it was a bit too tight.

Could also replace all sprintf()s with snprintf()s, but all the calls
here output a limited number of characters, so they should be safe.

---------------------------- adapted for newlib branch
. the source file is now proc/uptime.c
. function is now named 'procps_uptime_sprint()'
. new human readable function 'procps_uptime_sprint_short()'
. both were already initialized, so just raised size of 2 buffers

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2018-06-09 21:35:19 +10:00
Qualys Security Advisory
d1729bed6b 0042-proc/slab.h: Fix off-by-one overflow in sscanf().
In proc/slab.c, functions parse_slabinfo20() and parse_slabinfo11(),
sscanf() might overflow curr->name, because "String input conversions
store a terminating null byte ('\0') to mark the end of the input; the
maximum field width does not include this terminator."

Add one byte to name[] for this terminator.

---------------------------- adapted for newlib branch
. file is now proc/slabinfo.c (not .h)
. manifest constant renamed SLABINFO_NAME_LEN
. older parse_slabinfo11() function no longer present

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2018-06-09 21:35:19 +10:00
Qualys Security Advisory
69b67b6f6e 0040-proc/devname.c: Never write more than "chop" (part 2).
"chop" is the maximum offset where the null-byte should be written;
respect this even if about to write just one (non-null) character.
2018-06-09 21:35:19 +10:00
Qualys Security Advisory
0e365c8930 0039-proc/devname.c: Never write more than "chop" characters.
This should be guaranteed by "tmp[chop] = '\0';" and "if(!c) break;" but
this patch adds a very easy belt-and-suspenders check.
2018-06-09 21:35:19 +10:00
Qualys Security Advisory
a3111efa71 0038-proc/devname.c: Prevent off-by-one overflow in dev_to_tty(). 2018-06-09 21:35:19 +10:00
Qualys Security Advisory
170397d59c 0037-proc/devname.c: Use snprintf() in link_name().
Found no problematic use case at the moment, but better safe than sorry.
Also, return an error on snprintf() or readlink() truncation.
2018-06-09 21:35:19 +10:00
Jim Warner
b0908eec4b library: replace the troublesome '__BEGIN_DECLS' macro
When 'newlib' was introduced, in the commit referenced
below, the use of that glibc '__BEGIN_DECLS' macro was
standardized. However, as issue #88 revealed, this may
result in a fatal build error with other environments.

So, this patch just trades that macro for the standard
'#ifdef __cplusplus' conventions (thus avoiding use of
all those '#include <features.h>' directives as well).

Reference(s):
. newlib introduced
commit a410e236ab
. procps-ng-3.3.13 issue
https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps/issues/88
. some additional discussion
https://www.freelists.org/post/procps/PATCH-Replace-glibcspecific-macros-in-procnumah,1
. musl wiki (see: sys/cdefs.h error messages)
https://wiki.musl-libc.org/faq.html

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2018-05-06 07:19:38 +10:00
Jim Warner
bae272fe22 library: eliminate inappropriate '__BEGIN_DECLS' macro
This patch simply eliminates that glibc specific macro
from all header files which contain no public callable
functions. After all, if user code can't link to them,
then protection from C++ name mangling is unnecessary.

[ we also remove any related '#include <features.h>' ]

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2018-05-06 07:19:38 +10:00
Jim Warner
c2a29d370c sysctl: relocate the procio code to a more proper home
Now that the procio logic was removed from the library
we must move the header file, lest we break make dist.

In the process, we will relocate that source file too.

[ we'll take a slightly different approach than that ]
[ used under the master branch by exploiting those 2 ]
[ non-library directories 'include' and 'lib', while ]
[ avoiding any sysctl hard coded function prototype. ]

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2018-05-06 07:19:37 +10:00
Craig Small
1ddd17b17c sysctl: remove extern from non-library call
Missed removing the extern from the header file
2018-03-01 21:52:20 +11:00
Craig Small
e72f30549b sysctl: Bring procio functions out of library
The procio functions that were in the library have been
moved into sysctl. sysctl is not linked to libprocps in
newlib and none of the other procps binaries would need
to read/write large data to the procfs.

References:
 be6b048a41
2018-03-01 21:47:57 +11:00
Werner Fink
3373a58fb6 Add flexible buffered I/O based on fopencookie(3)
to be able to read and write large buffers below /proc.
The buffers and file offsets are handled dynamically
on the required buffer size at read, that is lseek(2)
is used to determine this size. Large buffers at
write are split at a delimeter into pieces and also
lseek(2) is used to write each of them.

Signed-off-by: Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>
2018-03-01 21:42:10 +11:00
Jim Warner
f341bd4632 library: expanded to provide for the UID used at login
This patch represents the newlib implementation of Jan
Rybar's merge request referenced below. It essentially
moves that code out of the ps program and into our new
library where it's available via the <pids> interface.

Reference(s):
https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps/merge_requests/57
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1518986

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2018-02-19 20:33:59 +11:00
Jim Warner
7ede9ef79f library: account for idle state ('I') threads in total
With the documentation update in the commit referenced
below, we should also account for such threads as they
will already be represented in the task/thread totals.

[ and do it in a way that might avoid future changes ]

Reference(s):
commit 91df65b9e7

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2018-02-12 20:58:31 +11:00
Craig Small
a935a65b77 library: Explicit about task ID string length
This removes the following error by stating the task ID can only be 10
characters wide, as it is an integer.

proc/readproc.c: In function ‘simple_nexttid’:
proc/readproc.c:1185:46: warning: ‘%s’ directive output may be truncated writing up to 255 bytes into a region of size between 41 and 51 [-Wformat-truncation=]
   snprintf(path, PROCPATHLEN, "/proc/%d/task/%s", p->tgid, ent->d_name);
                                              ^~
proc/readproc.c:1185:3: note: ‘snprintf’ output between 14 and 279 bytes into a destination of size 64
   snprintf(path, PROCPATHLEN, "/proc/%d/task/%s", p->tgid, ent->d_name);
   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2017-12-20 21:37:01 +11:00
Jim Warner
6634e813d4 library: correct 'use' calculations for <slabinfo> api
Awhile back, the calculation for cache utilization was
corrected to avoid a 32 bit overflow. This commit just
brings this branch into line with that earlier change.

[ references shown below represent the master branch ]

Reference(s):
commit 23ba442c88
https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps/merge_requests/29
http://www.freelists.org/post/procps/fix-regression-created-by-99d71ad

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2017-12-20 21:18:54 +11:00
Jim Warner
d53ff45b0d library: delete some obsolete parameter checking logic
This commit removes some obsolete parameter validation
code which was needed back when certain functions were
public, called directly by users (1st/2nd generation).

Now that they're static they can be safely eliminated.

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2017-12-20 21:18:54 +11:00
Jim Warner
06be33b43e library: improve and/or standardize 'errno' management
With older library logic having been modified to avoid
using those potentially deadly alloc.h routines, while
improving 'errno' handling, we're ready to standardize
and enhance newlib's approach to any potential errors.

In so doing, we'll establish the following objectives:

. . . . . . . . . . . . . functions returning an 'int'
. an error will be indicated by a negative number that
is always the inverse of some well known errno.h value

. . . . . . . . . . . functions returning an 'address'
. any error will be indicated by a NULL return pointer
with the actual reason found in the formal errno value

And, when errno is manipulated directly we will strive
to do so whenever possible within those routines which
have been declared with PROCPS_EXPORT. In other words,
in the user callable functions defined in source last.

[ But, that won't always be possible. In particular, ]
[ all the 'read_failed' functions will sometimes set ]
[ 'errno' so that they can serve callers returning a ]
[ NULL or an int without duplicating a lot of logic. ]

[ Also, that includes one subordinate function which ]
[ was called by 'read_failed' in the <slabinfo> API. ]

------------------------------------------------------
Along the way, several additional miscellaneous issues
were addressed. They're listed here now for posterity.

. the '-1' return value passed outside the library was
eliminated since it would erroneously equate to -EPERM

. the stacks_fetch functions in <diskstats> and <stat>
weren't checked for their possible minus return values

. hash create was not checked in <meminfo> or <vmstat>

. fixed 'new' function faulty parm check in <slabinfo>

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2017-12-20 21:18:54 +11:00
Jim Warner
7453f8719b library: actually remove those alloc.h & alloc.c files
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2017-12-20 21:18:53 +11:00
Jim Warner
18e684d65d library: eliminate all dependencies on alloc.h/alloc.c
While that old master branch library may utilize those
memory allocation functions found in the alloc module,
it was inappropriate for this newlib branch to subject
callers to a stderr message followed by an early exit.

Of course, the old libprocps offered a message handler
override provision (xalloc_err_handler) but that, too,
would seem to be inappropriate for our modern library.

[ remember the battles fought with that damn libnuma ]

So, this commit will tweak those old inherited sources
setting the stage for standardized return values/errno
settings in connection with a memory allocation error.

------------------------------------------------------
Along the way, we'll address the following miscellany:

. Completely eliminate usage of anything from alloc.h.
This, of course, entails our own error checking of the
alternative allocation calls from stdlib.h & string.h.

. Eliminate use of the strdup function where possible,
as with 'procps_uptime' and 'procps_loadavg' routines.

. Whack some obsolete code (getslabinfo) in sysinfo.c.

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2017-12-20 21:18:53 +11:00
Jim Warner
28f405689c library: fixed miscellaneous whitespace/comment issues
. ensure whitespace exists between the code & comments
[ changing txt slightly keeps right margin alignment ]

. strive for more consistency with some comment styles
[ don't use C '/*' style where C++ '//' style exists ]

. removed the instance of double space in 1 assignment
[ still striving for consistency in whitespace usage ]

. fixed comment relating to number of 'derived fields'
[ the <meminfo> api recently added one new such enum ]

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2017-10-01 22:25:18 +11:00
Jim Warner
89775d5418 library: normalize stacks_extent struct layout, <PIDS>
This patch just rearranges 1 item in the stacks_extent
struct to make it equivalent to all the other modules.

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2017-10-01 22:25:18 +11:00
Jim Warner
daf7c86c01 library: add delta values with swap too, <meminfo> api
As an oversight, delta values for SWAP amounts weren't
included in the <meminfo> API. Since any runtime costs
of including them only amount to slightly more storage
this commit will simply correct the earlier oversight.

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2017-10-01 22:25:18 +11:00
Kyle Laker
3651280194 whattime: Show 0 minutes in pretty output
When supplying the -p command to uptime, it does not display any
sections where the value is less than 1; however, after a reboot, this
causes the command to just output "up". Showing 0 minutes when the
system has been up for less than a minute makes it clear a reboot just
occurred.

References:
 commit 325d68b7c3

Signed-off-by: Craig Small <csmall@enc.com.au>
2017-09-25 08:36:51 +10:00
Craig Small
d8fb86dbc5 Port of merge request 49 to newlib
Wayne Porter made !49 which added Cygwin support to the master branch
This is the port of those changes to newlib
2017-08-19 23:05:22 +10:00
Jim Warner
876aff8584 library: correct the #define FALSE_THREADS, <PIDS> api
Awhile back, that former QUICK_THREADS #define evolved
into the development (only) FALSE_THREADS which can be
used to ensure a 'duplicate ENUM' convention is output
when certain string fields can't be easily duplicated.

Unfortunately, that original implementation was marred
with zeros being displayed for /proc/$$/meminfo fields
in all the child threads for a multi-threaded process.

So this commit corrects that zero memory field buglet.

Reference(s):
. QUICK_THREADS becomes FALSE_THREADS
commit c546d9dd44

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2017-07-04 20:40:53 +10:00
Jim Warner
dbc880edd3 library: correct 'used' memory calculations, <meminfo>
The <meminfo> module attempted to duplicate the former
sysinfo memory calculations wherein 'SReclaimable' was
added to 'Cached' for the 'kb_main_cached' equivalent.

But, this original approach was wrong for two reasons.

1. The addition occurred too late to impact the 'USED'
calculation which could then cause an underflow in the
top memory display if 'SReclaimable' was heavily used.

2. In changing the actual /proc/meminfo 'Cached' value
it meant that users could not rely on that proc(5) man
page when interpreting the MEMINFO_MEM_CACHED results.

So this commit adds a new enumerator for the inclusive
cached amount plus repositions the calculation so that
a MEMINFO_MEM_USED result will exclude 'SReclaimable'.

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2017-06-04 21:36:23 +10:00
Jim Warner
3d39e4fd88 library: set stage for NUMA node field display support
In response to that suggestion referenced below, these
changes allow display of task/thread level NUMA nodes.

Currently, only the 'top' program offers any NUMA type
support and it is limited to the Summary Area display.
With this commit both the 'top' and 'ps' programs will
be able to display NUMA nodes associated with threads.

Reference(s):
https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps/issues/58

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2017-05-22 21:38:10 +10:00
Jim Warner
618a813baa misc: eliminate all those remaining gcc -Wall warnings
Reference(s):
proc/readproc.c: In function 'statm2proc'
proc/readproc.c:600:9: warning: variable 'num' set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]

proc/stat.c: In function 'stat_derive_unique':
proc/stat.c:429:1: warning: no return statement in function returning non-void [-Wreturn-type]

ps/parser.c: In function 'arg_type':
ps/parser.c:1098:3: warning: this 'if' clause does not guard... [-Wmisleading-indentation]
ps/parser.c:1099:34: note: ...this statement, but the latter is misleadingly indented as if it is guarded by the 'if'

lib/signals.c: In function 'strtosig':
lib/signals.c:243:9: warning: this 'if' clause does not guard... [-Wmisleading-indentation]
lib/signals.c:245:13: note: ...this statement, but the latter is misleadingly indented as if it is guarded by the 'if'

slabtop.c: In function 'print_summary':
slabtop.c:223:29: warning: unused variable 'stats' [-Wunused-variable]

watch.c: In function 'process_ansi':
watch.c:232:5: warning: this 'if' clause does not guard... [-Wmisleading-indentation]
watch.c:235:2: note: ...this statement, but the latter is misleadingly indented as if it is guarded by the 'if'

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2017-05-22 21:38:10 +10:00
Jim Warner
6644b1a646 library: eliminate a redundant conditional, <PIDS> api
library: eliminate a single redundant conditional test

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2017-05-22 21:38:10 +10:00
Jim Warner
253ac7f709 library: improve <STAT> cpus offline/online management
When those standardized 'derived' TIC enumerators were
introduced, a problem with potential DELTA distortions
was also introduced when toggling cpus offline/online.

It has always been true that the 1st (summary) line in
/proc/stat will experience a decrease in total tics if
a new cpu is brought online. Such decreases are mostly
due to reductions in 'idle' and 'iowait' tics. Exactly
why such a counterintuitive phenomenon should occur is
a mystery, but this has been acknowledged in proc.txt.

A separate potential distortion arises with individual
cpus. And, here it extends to both bringing processors
online plus taking them offline too. When that happens
the order of the cpus array tracking is upset, placing
the 'new' values in some other processor's array slot.
But even if we were to occupy the same slot, the issue
regarding reductions in 'idle' & 'iowait' still apply.

In all cases, when a DELTA field was found to be minus
it was forced to zero via the 'TICsetH' macro. However
the 'derived' calculations are subject to new forms of
distortion with their own DELTA values. For example we
could find DELTA_SUM_USER + DELTA_SUM_SYSTEM exceeding
DELTA_SUM_TOTAL, an illogical/inappropriate condition.

So this commit moves former protections for individual
cpus to the stat_derive_unique() function and modifies
it to also extend protections to the 'derived' values.
In the process we now protect the cpu 'summary' counts
which were unfortunately previously overlooked (oops).

Reference(s):
. 'derived' types introduced
commit 2c86c4984a
2017-03-29 22:10:56 +11:00
Jim Warner
ea930f6f9e library <stat>: input file buffer size must be dynamic
Since its introduction, our evolved /proc/stat API has
relied on a static buffer of 8192 bytes. This approach
is probably Ok for other /proc files but it would only
accommodate around 100 processors. If such a threshold
were exceeded then this interface could never succeed.

Now days 100 processors doesn't seem at all excessive.

So this commit trades that static buffer for a dynamic
self-tuning one. And since so much former top CPU code
was already rolled into this module, we just stole the
already proven top dynamic buffer management code too.

[ this also meant switching low level unbuffered I/O ]
[ calls to standard library buffered I/O calls. that ]
[ is exactly what <slabinfo> and <diskstats> employ. ]

Reference(s):
. 1st gen readstat introduction
commit a410e236ab

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2017-01-05 06:48:38 +11:00
Jim Warner
282ee362f0 library <stat>: improve response to cpu offline/online
With the addition of those new derived SUM values, any
CPUs taken offline or brought online would distort the
historical (delta) results.  So this patch just forces
a history reset when such transitions are encountered.

Reference(s):
. derived SUM provisions introduced
commit 2c86c4984a

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2017-01-05 06:48:38 +11:00
Jim Warner
f82ac70e13 library <slabinfo>: make read function name consistent
For each of those interfaces employing a priming read,
all the other 'read' functions begin with the module's
name except this guy which began with 'read_slabinfo'.

Now, they'll all begin with their module name then end
the same with a '_read_failed' boolean hinting suffix.

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2017-01-05 06:48:38 +11:00
Jim Warner
e524e48138 library: eliminate distorted history 1st time switches
Upon reflection, at the point where the 'priming read'
was introduced, any possibility of history distortions
was also eliminated.  This was true because all of the
'old' (zeroed) data will have been replaced with 'new'
data whenever a user finally calls get, select & reap.

Thus, any DELTA values will automatically reflect that
interval between 'new' and subsequent retrieval calls.

[ diskstats didn't actually employ a 1st time switch ]
[ like the others so we have changed a comment only. ]
[ but that module will retain something similar used ]
[ inside node_update whenever a new node is created. ]

Reference(s):
. priming read added to slabinfo
commit 5d5a52a380
. priming read added to diskstats
commit ecd64f4445
. priming read added to meminfo, stat, vmstat
commit 1a2b62c779

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2017-01-05 06:48:38 +11:00
Jim Warner
2c86c4984a library <stat>: standardized new category calculations
This commit arose out of the discussion (and research)
surrounding the issue cited below. It is an attempt to
consolidate and standardize the calculation of jiffies
categories (e.g. 'idle', 'busy', etc.) once & for all.

Also included is the enum STAT_TIC_NUM_CONTRIBUTORS in
case anyone, in the future, decides to calculate usage
based upon elapsed time * Hz (like top does in process
level %CPU stats). In such an event, a total number of
CPUs or NUMA Nodes would be needed for proper scaling.

Reference(s):
https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps/issues/48

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2017-01-04 08:29:44 +11:00
Jim Warner
12e070dd5f library: ensure 'namespace' types treated consistently
Unlike the ps kludge under the master branch to ensure
that namespaces appear the same under both 32 & 64-bit
models, this newlib branch already used a proper type.

However source data still carried the original type as
'signed long' versus that more proper 'unsigned long'.

So, this patch makes sources & destinations identical.

Reference(s):
. master branch ps kludge
commit c41c614b0c

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2017-01-04 08:29:44 +11:00
Jan Rybar
5602dd04e1 library: don't strip off prefixes from the wchan names
This commit will resolve the RedHat Bugzilla #1322111.

[ import from identical commit against master branch ]
[ but without trailing whitespace, thank you so much ]

Imported by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-12-07 22:07:00 +11:00
Jim Warner
8ba07209f0 library: accumulated miscellaneous code/comment tweaks
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-12-07 22:07:00 +11:00
Jim Warner
e70531a945 library: protect against possible 'refcount' underflow
In each module employing a priming read at 'new' time,
should that read fail, a call to 'unref' will be made.

However, there is a hidden dependency that these calls
must never occur before the context 'refcount' was set
due to the way an 'unref' conditional was constructed.

So this commit just ensures that 'unref' will function
as expected, even if called with a 'refcount' of zero.

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-12-07 22:06:59 +11:00
Jim Warner
912075605b library <stat>: remove that PIDS_WCHAN_ADDR enumerator
Removing the Item_table 'stat' oldflags for WCHAN_ADDR
was wrong since that 'stat' field is not a constant 0.
Rather, it could assume these 3 values: -1, 0, and +1.

I have not been able to pin down a '-1' result, but it
probably means some sort of permission error (-EPERM).

The '1' or '0' values were supposed to distinguish the
tasks that were or were not blocked (whether there was
a wchan address). However, in practice there is little
correlation between those values and availability of a
kernel symbol in /proc/$$/wchan (perhaps due to race).

Anyway, the real point is that a 'stat' wchan does not
now intentionally contain an address. Thus, outputting
'ffffff', '-' or '1' in programs like ps is senseless.

So this patch just eliminates PIDS_WCHAN_ADDR from our
item enumerators leaving only the PIDS_WCHAN_NAME guy.
Now the new library can't be blamed for bad addresses!

Reference(s):
. removed Item_table 'oldflags'
commit c4aa6c0ab4
. linux removal of wchan addresses
commit b2f73922d119686323f14fbbe46587f863852328

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-10-16 08:23:38 +11:00
Jim Warner
71bd5b6485 library <pids>: remove fields obsoleted with linux 2.6
It seems inappropriate to blindly include fields known
to always be zero in our brand new library. Therefore,
this patch removes support for three such enumerators.

[ that stat 'it_real_value' (PIDS_ALARM) field could ]
[ have been made obsolete before a linux 2.6 release ]

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-10-09 21:31:29 +11:00