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Jim Warner
834ed434c9 library: normalize stack and history allocation naming
Recent profiling and timings have resulted in improved
newlib performance. This patch completes that process.

It just normalizes naming conventions employed for all
allocations involving reaped stacks & history support.

The modules offering a 'reap' function will also offer
the now standardized corresponding STACKS_INCR define.

The modules which provide dynamic history support will
now have a separate #define called NEWOLD_INCR used in
allocations/reallocations. And, while values currently
are set equal to that STACKS_INCR value, in the future
some reason for divorcing those two may be discovered.

----------------------------- for future reference ---

In those modules which contain the STACKS_INCR #define
it is tempting to specify a large value so as to avoid
repeated calls to malloc/realloc. However, in doing so
an extra runtime price will be paid in 'cleanup_stack'
calls with any iterative programs like top or slabtop.

So, with the current values a balance has been sought.

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-09-11 09:31:05 +10:00
Jim Warner
3ac040d047 library: revert one ancient 'escape_str_utf8' deletion
Profiling revealed a large amount of time spent in the
'escape_str_utf8' function (escape.c) with both of our
NLS branches (newlib and master). That same result was
not seen under an ancient top-3.2.8 program & library.

Well, the 3.2.8 result was ultimately explained by the
absence of a 'setlocale', necessary under NLS support.
Thus, when that ancient library tested for locale, all
it got was 'ANSI_...' & assumed 'UTF-8' wasn't active.

But after a hack to that ancient code to place it on a
par with newlib/master, I still found cost differences
that led me to revisit an old change referenced below.

It turns out that 'iswprint' costs far more than would
a call of 'isprint', even with the extra support code.
So this commit just reverts that five year old change.

Reference(s):
commit 7b0fc19e9d

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-08-23 21:11:09 +10:00
Jim Warner
acda6f40d1 library: miscellaneous additional efficiencies, <pids>
This patch contains the following miscellaneous stuff:

. The pids_stacks_fetch() routine might call for newly
allocated stacks to be itemized. However, that job was
already tended to by the pids_stacks_alloc() function.

So, this patch just eliminates a redundant invocation.
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. The concept of 'dirty_stacks' has not kept pace with
the evolving stacks implementation. Originally, stacks
were considered dirty only if free() of dynamic memory
was needed before refreshing any single result struct.

Later, with the introduction of the 'extra' item and a
promise to reset it to zero, 'dirty' was much broader.

So, this patch just treats the dirty flg as others do.
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. Lastly, a word or three about performance & timings.

Tuning efforts concentrated on the <pids> API and top.
And unless an oldlib equivalent to the preceding patch
is applied (favoring stat vs. status), newlib top will
often outperform the oldlib version (obviously wrong).

So assuming /proc/stat is preferred in both libraries,
generally speaking, a cpu and elapsed time increase of
1-5% was found for this new stacks oriented interface.
Of course, there's also an increased memory footprint.

There are some occasions, however, when the newlib top
is at a substantial disadvantage. For example if WCHAN
or TTY is displayed, such items will be present in all
newlib reaped stacks (i.e. every process). But old top
would only incur such overhead with displayable tasks.

Thus, oldlib top could outperform newlib by up to 25%,
for example, if only fields requiring NO library flags
were displayed. However, such a scenario is not likely
since only GID, UID, PID, TGID & WCHAN would be shown.
In the usual case, that overhead associated with WCHAN
and/or TTY is overshadowed by other top runtime costs.

All in all a pleasing outcome I deem quite acceptable.
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Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-08-23 21:11:09 +10:00
Jim Warner
e9c101edcb library: prefer /proc/stat before /proc/status, <pids>
Long ago, in a galaxy far away (when top was in charge
of library FILL flgs) /proc/status was to be preferred
over /proc/stat if a field could be satisfied by both.

This was done to avoid costly 64-bit math emulation in
a 32-bit application due to 'unsigned long long' data.

Well it's time to acknowledge the prevalence of 64-bit
platforms. And in such an environment the cost picture
has shifted significantly. It now costs 14 times (wow)
as much to access /proc/status compared to /proc/stat.

In other words, even with '%llu' variables, a sscanf()
call in stat2proc() beats the pants off that home brew
gperf based hashing employed by the status2proc() guy.
In fact, status2proc incurs higher costs than found in
the most expensive aspect of top's forest view option.

Here's a gprof extract to illustrate the costs. It was
produced with an rcfile requiring fields from both the
/proc/stat & /proc/status pseudo files (among others).
There were 5000 iterations in each of 4 separate gprof
runs subsequently merged into 1 gmon.sum for analysis.

  %      self              self
 time   seconds    calls  us/call  name
 -----  -------  -------  -------  -----------
 28.65     4.10  4689423     0.87  status2proc
 26.14     3.74    40000    93.50  forest_adds
 ...
 01.96     0.28  4689427     0.06  stat2proc

[ since forest_adds is recursive, the calls value is ]
[ the non-recursive #, its 'call graph' shows totals ]

Anyway, now that such cost is known this patch becomes
what is euphemistically known as the usual no-brainer.

[ jeeze, was it really this long between profilings? ]

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-08-23 21:11:09 +10:00
Jim Warner
4fe42d0be9 library: most function names now more profile friendly
This patch will begin some refinements associated with
gprof. Initially, functions names have been changed to
help in identifying potential bottlenecks. This effort
also included the obscure set, free and sort routines.

Plus the following additional modifications were made:

. the stacks_alloc prologue was generalized plus added
to a couple of modules where it had not yet propagated

. a couple of the '// end ...' comments were corrected

. some functions have been formally tagged as 'inline'

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-08-23 21:11:09 +10:00
Jim Warner
4f2fe6411e library: expand fields and break an ABI, <MEMINFO> api
The immediately prior commit demonstrated how our APIs
might be expanded in at some point in the future while
maintaining binary compatibility in previous programs.

However, since we've yet to release the 1st version of
our new library, there's no need to violate alphabetic
ordering just yet. So, this patch restores that order.

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-08-16 21:08:27 +10:00
Jim Warner
09e1886c9e library: expand fields yet maintain ABI, <MEMINFO> api
With the 4.8 kernel, 2 new fields will be added to the
meminfo pseudo file. This commit, soon to be replaced,
is intended as an example of how such changes might be
incorporated plus still maintain binary compatibility.

This actually goes further than is strictly necessary,
by retaining meminfo_item ordering for 'set' functions
and the creation of hash table entries. However, there
is only 1 true requirement, that of Item_table entries
which must always agree exactly with item enumerators.
All of the other changes could be done alphabetically.

Ok, so what happens when an old program encounters the
new expanded meminfo items? Well, if it was thoroughly
tested against an old library, it won't even see those
new fields. On the other hand, if it somehow exceeds a
previous MEMINFO_logical_end, then it will just get an
extra result structure or two, with no real harm done.

[ this patch is being replace by the very next patch ]
[ so that our iniitial newlib release can maintain a ]
[ strict alphabetic ordering in all areas initially! ]

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-08-16 21:08:27 +10:00
Jim Warner
530d19f90f library <STAT>: exclude an #include for --disable-numa
When the numa stuff was imported from the top program,
that #include for dlopen() was not made conditional as
it should have been. Well, here it is being corrected.

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-08-11 07:57:55 +10:00
Jim Warner
7d20df9ef0 library: if the VAL type is wrong still return a value
Rather than return a 0 result for all VAL type errors,
return what would have been without validation active.

This will enable a program like pgrep to still print a
result even though it used some incorrect type member.

With this commit, our VAL macro validations logic will
behave in exactly the same way as the GET validations.
While warning messages may be issued, except for a bad
enumerator, values will always be returned to callers.

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-08-11 07:56:00 +10:00
Jim Warner
9f27e9d8d9 library: strengthen the VAL macro validation functions
One ought not to assume that random memory access will
always succeed or, when it does, that an obviously bad
item enumerator will always be found at that location.

Thus, this patch corrects some really poor assumptions
associated with the 'xtra_procps_debug.h' header file.

[ and it does so in somewhat contorted ways so as to ]
[ avoid several darn gcc -Wnonnull warning messages! ]

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-08-08 22:01:37 +10:00
Jim Warner
bef8c7fb70 library: ensure that all those 'GET' macros are robust
When users call the native 'get' functions they have a
responsibility to check that the result struct address
was indeed returned. But when using those 'GET' macros
there was no protection for possible NULL dereference.

So this patch will add some protection for a potential
failure of an underlying 'get' function. And should it
occur then those 'GET' macros will just return a zero.

Plus, we'll also mirror that behavior in the debugging
header should the XTRA_PROCPS_DEBUG #define be active.
And, we might as well add a warning when invalid items
are passed to 'GET' macros, just like we do for 'VAL'.

[ lastly, we added the missing opening parens/braces ]
[ to 2 'GET' macros in that xtra-procps-debug.h file ]
[ which went unnoticed until the qa folks caught up. ]

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-08-07 21:43:38 +10:00
Jim Warner
e3270d463d library: provide for validating result type references
During development, we now have a means for validating
that a type referenced in application code matches the
actual type set by the library. The new feature can be
activated through either of the following two methods:

1) ./configure CFLAGS='-DXTRA_PROCPS_DEBUG' (all pgms)

2) an #include <proc/xtra-procps-debug.h> (single pgm)

[ in the future, one could add a formal configure.ac ]
[ provision. but for now a manual approach is safer. ]

Lastly, for any module which provides a sort function,
the handling for both 'noop' & 'extra' enumerators was
made consistent. Now, 'noop' is not sorted and 'extra'
will be sorted as that module's widest supported type.

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-08-07 21:40:48 +10:00
Jim Warner
6cafe3abec library: expand VAL macros to include the context parm
This patch will set the stage for validating the types
referenced in the result union. For now, the parameter
representing that 'info' structure will remain unused.

[ and while we're at it, let us correct a faulty GET ]
[ macro in the diskstats header. that puppy missed a ]
[ parm which ain't so good if that guy is ever used! ]

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-08-07 21:40:48 +10:00
Jim Warner
c4aa6c0ab4 library: normalize & minimize result types, <PIDS> api
This commit attempts to minimize the variety of types
currently used. Plus, the following were also changed:

. the MEM fields were switched to parallel the VM guys
. PIDS_MEM_VIRT -> PIDS_MEM_VIRT_PGS
. PIDS_MEM_VIRT_KIB -> PIDS_MEM_VIRT

. made NICE 's_int' so that it then parallels PRIORITY

. change RTPRIO & SCHED_CLASS from 'ul_int' to 's_int'

. removed Item_table 'oldflags' for an obsoleted field
. PIDS_WCHAN_ADDR

. added calculations like TICS_ALL_C for the following
. PIDS_TICS_USER_C
. PIDS_TICS_SYSTEM_C

. these three new 'TICS' fields have been incorporated
. PIDS_TICS_BLKIO - jiffies spent in block i/o
. PIDS_TICS_GUEST - jiffies spent as a guest
. PIDS_TICS_GUEST_C - as above, includes dead children

. that PIDS_TICS_DELTA was renamed PIDS_TICS_ALL_DELTA
( so it did not hide between TICS_BLKIO & TICS_GUEST )
( and to make clearer what's included: utime + stime )

. eliminated 'sl_int' entirely from that result struct

[ often, the <pids> module changes necessitated that ]
[ readproc header and source files had to change too ]

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-08-01 20:09:18 +10:00
Jim Warner
01beb85f7d misc: replace any remaining tab characters in readproc 2016-08-01 20:09:18 +10:00
Jim Warner
6f71a33c1d library: add final remaining sort function, <STAT> api
With this patch, all of the modules which offer a reap
function (pids, diskstats, slabinfo and stat too) will
now also provide for sorting whatever had been reaped.

It was easy to overlook a sort function for our <STAT>
guy given the paucity of CPUs on your typical personal
desktop or laptop. However, out in the world one might
find boxes with hundreds of CPUs plus many NUMA nodes.

Hey, who are we to disallow sorts on something another
person might see as useful under the above conditions?
And, there's always something to be said for symmetry.

[ of course, several minor tweaks were also included ]

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-07-28 20:46:18 +10:00
Jim Warner
5c857b865e misc: tweaks (mostly cosmetic) to several source files
. a more appropriate error return code was substituted
. a safer form of comparison is utilized in two places
. a STAT_VAL macro replaced by more proper MEMINFO_VAL
. several of the silly 'xerrx' formats had been missed
. a few whitespace changes have also been incorporated

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-07-28 20:46:18 +10:00
Jim Warner
612f36189e related: change for lost 'PROCPS_' enumerator prefixes
With this patch we've completed a progression toward a
standard approach to naming conventions which follows:

* Only functions will begin with that 'procps_' prefix
. ........................................... examples
. procps_vmstat_get ()
. procps_diskstats_select ()
- ----------------------------------------------------

* Exposed structures begin with the module/header name
. ........................................... examples
. struct pids_info
. struct stat_reaped
- ----------------------------------------------------

* Item enumerators begin like structs, but capitalized
. ........................................... examples
. VMSTAT_COMPACT_FAIL
. MEMINFO_DELTA_ACTIVE

[ slabinfo varies slightly due to some item variants ]
. SLABINFO_extra
. SLABS_SIZE_ACTIVE
. SLABNODE_OBJS_PER_SLAB
[ could cure with a prefix of SLABINFO, but too long ]
- ----------------------------------------------------

* Other enumerators work exactly like item enumerators
. ........................................... examples
. PIDS_SORT_ASCEND
. STAT_REAP_CPUS_AND_NODES
- ----------------------------------------------------

* Macros and constants begin just like the enumerators
. ........................................... examples
. #define SLABINFO_GET
. #define DISKSTATS_TYPE_DISK
- ----------------------------------------------------

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-07-26 20:49:44 +10:00
Jim Warner
c4d097c709 library: removed all the 'PROCPS_' enumerator prefixes
Many of our item enumerator identifiers are very long,
especially in that <VMSTAT> module. Additionally, they
all contain the exact same universal 'PROCPS_' prefix.

The origins for this are likely found in the desire to
avoid name clashes with other potential include files.
But with procps-ng newlib, we've probably gone way too
far. Did 'PROCPS_PIDS_TICS_SYSTEM' actually offer more
protection against clash than 'PIDS_TICS_SYSTEM' does?

I don't think so. Besides, no matter how big that name
becomes, one can never guarantee they'll never be some
clash. And, conversely, extremely short names will not
always create conflict. Of course, in either case when
some clash occurs, one can always #undef that problem.

Thus, this commit will eliminate that 'PROCPS_' prefix
making all of those enum identifiers a little shorter.
And, we'll still be well above some ridiculously short
(criminally short) names found in some common headers:

- - - - - - - - - - <term.h>
- 'tab', 'TTY', etc
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - <search.h>
- 'ENTER', ENTRY', 'FIND', etc

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Finally, with this as a last of the wholesale changes,
we will have established the naming conventions below:

. only functions will begin with that 'procps_' prefix
. exposed structures begin with the module/header name
. item enumerators begin like structs, but capitalized
. other enumerators work exactly like item enumerators
. macros and constants begin just like the enumerators
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Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-07-26 20:49:00 +10:00
Jim Warner
d7cbf3448f related: adapt to changes in 'context' structure names
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-07-26 20:47:50 +10:00
Jim Warner
82d5661603 library: standardize all the 'context' structure names
This patch attempts to standardize the naming of those
most important (declared not defined) context structs.

The present practice represents a hodge podge of names
only some of which reflect the source /proc file name.
And 2 of those file names embed a literal 'info' which
is likely the origin of that required parm identifier.

Now we'll append a universal '_info' to such structure
names, while including the names of those /proc pseudo
files where possible. In any case, that context struct
will *always* begin with the actual module/header file
name. And only the following two sound a little weird!

---------> 'meminfo_info' + 'slabinfo_info' <---------

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-07-26 20:47:34 +10:00
Jim Warner
ecd64f4445 library: normalize/standardize an i/f, <DISKSTATS> api
This patch will bring this interface up to our 3rd gen
standards. The following summarizes the major changes.

* New delta provisions have been added to most fields.

There are, of course, some fields for which a delta is
inappropriate. They include the identifying items such
as name, type, major and minor. Plus the io_inprogress
field which already acts, in effect, as a delta value.

* To provide delta support, dev_node historical values
have become persistent. By the same token, the library
must provide for future removal of disks/partitions. A
timestamp is used to detect 'stale' data which will be
deleted so as not to satisfy some get, select or reap.

* Such persistent support is provided by a linked list
which, by default, grows from the bottom down so as to
maintain compatibility with the /proc/diskstats order.

Initially, I was tempted to use the GNU tsearch (tree)
provisions until I discovered the overhead of building
that tree plus costs of a subsequent 'twalk'. Besides,
walking such a tree means retrieval order would differ
from an order required/expected by the vmstat program.

* The '/sys/block' directory is no longer scanned with
every refresh cycle. Rather, it's only accessed when a
node is first encountered. Then, that node's 'type' is
persistent for its lifetime like several other fields.

* A sort provision was included, at virtually no cost,
even though such a provision was not currently needed.

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-07-26 20:46:08 +10:00
Jim Warner
8e5d5e44e9 library: rename 'diskstat' source as 'diskstats' files
Where possible, libprocps files convey the name of the
actual source pseudo file under the '/proc' directory.

This brings diskstats into line with such an approach.

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-07-26 07:59:52 +10:00
Jim Warner
338166df57 misc: just eliminate several 'unused' warning messages
[ plus we also play catch up on some earlier changes ]
[ that impacted skill.c, after using --enable-skill! ]

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-07-26 07:59:48 +10:00
Jim Warner
220236a9af library: some minor miscellaeous improvements, 3rd gen
A collection of miscellaneous code and comment tweaks.

[ such changes will stop when desk checking ends too ]

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-07-17 08:49:48 +10:00
Jim Warner
c546d9dd44 library: recycle the QUICK_THREADS #define, <PIDS> api
That #define QUICK_THREADS was impossible to implement
under the new <pids> interface. Plus it was also found
to distort some thread information (referenced below).

So, it's always been inactive under the newlib branch.

However, it will (with small changes) still serve some
useful purpose in our library. Now, when the redefined
FALSE_THREADS is active, those special strings showing
"[ duplicate ENUM ]" will appear for any child thread.

Note: the real reason for such strings appearing isn't
being exercised, only their mechanics. In actual usage
they are substituted when a user duplicates such items
in a results stack & only the 1st instance can own it.

With this patch, we are simply fooling the <pids> code
into thinking an item was duplicated via a NULL value.

Reference(s):
. from master branch
commit 25a6ecdbfb

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-07-17 08:49:48 +10:00
Jim Warner
9bea1b2def library: the overlooked twerks (oops, tweaks), 3rd gen
Yes, all of these changes are strictly cosmetic. It is
likely symptomatic of some deep-seated character flaw.

[ or, it might be because of a certain pride in this ]
[ new library and the desire to make it even better! ]

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-07-09 12:48:28 +10:00
Jim Warner
a6115bfff4 library: some tweaks to 2 file read functions, 3rd gen
Ever since their introduction, plus continuing through
several evolutions, both the meminfo and vmstat 'read'
functions employed a 'do while' loop for /proc access.

However, that loop construct was wrong since identical
tests were already done (twice!) within each loop body
itself, then accompanied by its own 'break' statement.

So, we will now transform them both into forever loops
which will help us to emphasize such break statements.

[ plus, let's return an error should nothing be read ]

[ lastly, eliminate 1 erroneous PROCPS_EXPORT prefix ]

Reference(s):
. original meminfo introduction
commit a20e88e4e7
. original vmstat introduction
commit a410e236ab

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-07-06 21:36:37 +10:00
Simon Tatham
f888a30d23 library: find tty device name of process quicker
The procps library attempts to work out the tty of a process
through several methods. For things like /dev/tty123 or
/dev/foo it works fine.

For tty devices that put the minor number in a directory
of the major name this fails. So then we have to fallback
to stating things like the processes STDERR and try again.

Considering a lot of processes sit on ttys such as
/dev/pts/3 this is a lot of wasted time. At the point of
entering driver_name we know "/dev/pts" and we know "3"
we just didn't join them up the right way as this is old
code.

This change now looks for /dev/pts/3 as well. It does it
after looking for /dev/pts3 so the behaviour is the same.

References:
 https://bugs.debian.org/770215

Signed-off-by: Craig Small <csmall@enc.com.au>
2016-07-03 10:47:25 +10:00
Jim Warner
80ad63dc31 library: refactor exposed pointers management, 3rd gen
This commit brings all of those 'fetch' type functions
(supporting some form of 'reap') into closer alignment
with one another. The biggest impact is to be found in
the <stat> module, which now provides for the separate
copy of stack pointers which will be exposed to users.

The reason such a copy was not employed initially with
<stat>, unlike those for <pids> and <slabinfo>, is due
to the fact that such stacks were never sortable. Thus
the original raw consolidated extent pointers wouldn't
have been disturbed. But that meant no NULL delimiter.

So with this commit, all reap/fetch operations now use
pointer copies when returning results to callers. And,
all such arrays are now NULL delimited meaning callers
can choose their own access fencepost: totals or NULL.

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-07-02 16:33:01 +10:00
Jim Warner
4fe52ccd44 library: reduce copies of items to minimum, <STAT> api
This commit will consolidate the three separate copies
of the item enumerators currently supporting that reap
function (summary, cpus & nodes) into one shared copy.

That select function will continue to maintain its own
dedicated items copy, albeit via a new item structure.

[ and while we're at it, we'll move the 'select' guy ]
[ to its proper alphabetical place, after our 'reap' ]

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-07-02 16:33:01 +10:00
Jim Warner
8cd1214aac library: stop treating lxcname differently, <PIDS> api
Unlike other cached string fields (such as USER name),
that lxcname field was defined as 'const char *'. This
required a custom 'set' function using a cast in order
to avoid a compiler warning regarding that assignment.

So this commit brings lxcname into line with all those
other cached string fields. And while we're at it, the
reason some string fields have no 'freefunc' will also
be explained with some new comments in the Item_table.

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-07-02 16:33:01 +10:00
Jim Warner
eff9fbc06e library: standardize extents_free_all() logic, 3rd gen
As those 3rd generation newlib APIs evolved so too did
the extents_free_all() function. Most versions of this
function required the callers to first verify that the
extents anchor wasn't empty, which was poor etiquette.

This simple function should have been much more robust
and forgiving. With this commit, it fnally becomes so.

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-07-02 16:33:01 +10:00
Craig Small
96e6600c84 library: Cater for 32 char device names
The new library has this boundary set in a define.
Also fixed the off-by-one problem with the buffer and scanf

References:
 commit 1794875ab6
2016-07-02 15:01:11 +10:00
Jim Warner
380253ff7f library: more pids_fetch struct opaqueness, <PIDS> api
With all our 3rd generation interfaces, we're now well
positioned to preserve binary compatibility should new
fields be added to any public structure (assuming that
the 'result' union already contains its largest type).

This remains true even for the <pids> interface, which
unlike the others, has one structure embedded within a
separate struct rather than declaring a pointer to it.

The counts struct was positioned after the stacks ptrs
array so as to preserve that ABI if ever new ints were
added. Logically, however, the counts (especially that
total) should precede the stacks array if we wished to
properly place a horse (total) before a cart (stacks).

So to enable relocating those counts we will no longer
embed that structure, but provide a pointer to it. And
this will make accessing syntax feel more natural too.

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-06-28 21:11:25 +10:00
Jim Warner
ddb4754b33 library: partial revert of that numa 'fix', <STAT> api
This patch represents the partial revert of the commit
referenced below. And, so that yours truly (the author
for goodness sake) doesn't shoot his tootsies again in
the future, a cautionary programmer comment was added.

Reference(s):
commit dea4033418

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-06-28 21:11:25 +10:00
Jim Warner
8444a6fe0b library: a couple of miscellaneous changes, <PIDS> api
This patch represents the following minor adjustments:

. old PROCTAB used with select & reap more descriptive

. reformatted PROCPS_PIDS_VAL macro like other 3rd gen

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-06-21 20:58:09 +10:00
Jim Warner
e41b40e6b0 library: <SLABINFO> api, change that 'get' return type
The following commit message is shared with 4 patches.
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Under the newlib interface most of our 'get' functions
represent a bit of a compromise in that the actual raw
values are coerced into one (probably ok) return type.

That approach creates the possibility of truncation at
best, and wouldn't serve future needs should something
other than numeric data be added to the 'get' results.

This commit trades the current compromise for a return
value guaranteed to satisfy all future needs, namely a
pointer to a particular api's specific results struct.

The impact on existing programs is minimal, especially
when using a new supplied macro. Otherwise, native 'C'
syntax could be used, but may feel somewhat unnatural.

[ as an aside, this new approach allows us to delete ]
[ all 'getsfunc' table entries & the supporting code ]

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-06-21 20:58:09 +10:00
Jim Warner
8f1fb67a78 library: <MEMINFO> api, changed that 'get' return type
The following commit message is shared with 4 patches.
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Under the newlib interface most of our 'get' functions
represent a bit of a compromise in that the actual raw
values are coerced into one (probably ok) return type.

That approach creates the possibility of truncation at
best, and wouldn't serve future needs should something
other than numeric data be added to the 'get' results.

This commit trades the current compromise for a return
value guaranteed to satisfy all future needs, namely a
pointer to a particular api's specific results struct.

The impact on existing programs is minimal, especially
when using a new supplied macro. Otherwise, native 'C'
syntax could be used, but may feel somewhat unnatural.

[ as an aside, this new approach allows us to delete ]
[ all 'getsfunc' table entries & the supporting code ]

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-06-21 20:58:09 +10:00
Jim Warner
e8d7f869b5 library: <VMSTAT> api, change in the 'get' return type
The following commit message is shared with 4 patches.
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Under the newlib interface most of our 'get' functions
represent a bit of a compromise in that the actual raw
values are coerced into one (probably ok) return type.

That approach creates the possibility of truncation at
best, and wouldn't serve future needs should something
other than numeric data be added to the 'get' results.

This commit trades the current compromise for a return
value guaranteed to satisfy all future needs, namely a
pointer to a particular api's specific results struct.

The impact on existing programs is minimal, especially
when using a new supplied macro. Otherwise, native 'C'
syntax could be used, but may feel somewhat unnatural.

[ as an aside, this new approach allows us to delete ]
[ all 'getsfunc' table entries & the supporting code ]

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-06-21 20:58:09 +10:00
Jim Warner
8c7f89ad8d library: <STAT> api, change for that 'get' return type
The following commit message is shared with 4 patches.
------------------------------------------------------

Under the newlib interface most of our 'get' functions
represent a bit of a compromise in that the actual raw
values are coerced into one (probably ok) return type.

That approach creates the possibility of truncation at
best, and wouldn't serve future needs should something
other than numeric data be added to the 'get' results.

This commit trades the current compromise for a return
value guaranteed to satisfy all future needs, namely a
pointer to a particular api's specific results struct.

The impact on existing programs is minimal, especially
when using a new supplied macro. Otherwise, native 'C'
syntax could be used, but may feel somewhat unnatural.

[ as an aside, this new approach allows us to delete ]
[ all 'getsfunc' table entries & the supporting code ]

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-06-21 20:58:09 +10:00
Jim Warner
dea4033418 library: bug fix if libnuma.so unavailable, <STAT> api
All our numa logic was well encapsulated under #ifndef
NUMA_DISABLE (as ./configure --disable-numa), with the
exception of 1 case label. The reason it didn't create
any problems is because the sole consumer (top) itself
responded to the presence of #define NUMA_DISABLE too.

But if that option wasn't used, an oops still awaited.

When experimenting with a 32-bit library plus a 64-bit
kernel, a bug was revealed should the numa library not
have been found. Our 'reap' function must tolerate the
potential of a 0 return from that stacks_fetch_tics().

Now, if numa is desired but not possible, we'll be ok.

[ and, we'll build numa history from fresher sources ]

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-06-21 20:58:09 +10:00
Craig Small
5a244c1095 library: rename clashing pwcache functions
On MacOS the system already has user_from_uid and group_from_gid.
These are renamed pwcache_get_user and pwcache_get_group.

They were also exported but did not appear in the symbol file
or used by any of the procps binaries. They are no longer exported.

References:
 https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps/issues/34

Signed-off-by: Craig Small <csmall@enc.com.au>
2016-06-18 08:17:45 +10:00
Jim Warner
d7100d071d library: optional parms protection missing, <PIDS> api
When those items were made dynamic at 'new' time, some
other functions, previously assured of their presence,
failed to verify a 'reset' had acually been requested.

This commit just corrects that oversight and avoids an
attempt to 'assign_results' when no items are present.

Reference(s):
. when items/numitems became optional
commit 9ebadc1438

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-06-17 21:44:29 +10:00
Jim Warner
4a0e974b7f library: more tweaks for code and/or comments, 3rd gen
Following is a summary of significant changes (if any)
to each of these now upgraded 3rd gen library modules.

<meminfo> ............................................
. eliminated duplicate decl of 'struct procps_meminfo'
. standardized/normalized results struct union members
. added 'std' & 'var' dividers in .c file, like <pids>
. how did i miss relocating all these friggin' #undefs
. cleanup 'get' return logic (remove a redundant 'if')

<pids> ...............................................
. repositioned the procps_pidsinfo structure in header
. removed the extra trailing comma from enum pids_item
. standardized/normalized results struct union members

<slabinfo> ...........................................
. corrected comment typo (jeeze, in an 'aligned' para)
. standardized/normalized results struct union members
. added 'std' & 'var' dividers in .c file, like <pids>
. removed an obsolete #undef from procps_slabinfo_sort
. cleanup 'get' return logic (remove a redundant 'if')

<stat> ...............................................
. how did i miss relocating all these friggin' #undefs
. corrected an initialization fencepost used with numa <=== see Craig, here's a bug fix
. removed the extra trailing comma from enum stat_item
. standardized/normalized results struct union members
. added 'std' & 'var' dividers in .c file, like <pids>
. strengthen those parm checks in procps_stat_get func
. cleanup 'get' return logic (remove a redundant 'if')

<vmstat> .............................................
. standardized/normalized results struct union members
. added 'std' & 'var' dividers in .c file, like <pids>
. cleanup 'get' return logic (remove a redundant 'if')

[ virtually all of these tweaks reflect the author's ]
[ continuing pursuit of an unreasonable goal -- that ]
[ of a 'perfect' (plus 'pretty') C language program! ]

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-06-17 21:44:29 +10:00
Jim Warner
92c72166db library: file now parsed with 'hsearch', <MEMINFO> api
After reviewing the hsearch code in glibc, performance
will almost certainly benefit from abandoning a strcmp
approach in favor of hashing, just like that <vmstat>.

[ As an aside, now having struggled toward that goal ]
[ of opaqueness & making our API as user friendly as ]
[ possible, haven't we earned the rights to evaluate ]
[ other implementations? For example, GNU's hsearch? ]

[ We expose none of our 'info' struct details to the ]
[ users, but GNU exposes their 'hsearch_data' thingy ]
[ right there in <search.h>. But worse, they require ]
[ the user to zero it out before 1st use. Jeeze, you ]
[ mean that a function called hcreate_r could not do ]
[ its own memset? Aw, come on GNU! What's with that? ]

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-06-13 10:33:37 +10:00
Jim Warner
876ec555c3 library: final tweaks to code and/or comments, 3rd gen
With the dust now settling on all those 3rd generation
upgrades, this patch tries to provide some consistency
among the separate modules involved. Someday we should
consider a 4th generation where all redundant code has
been removed and isolated in a new shared source file.

Following is a summary of significant changes (if any)
to each of these now upgraded 3rd gen library modules.

<meminfo> ............................................
. strictly formatting/comment changes, code unaffected

<pids> ...............................................
. replaced a local mkSTR macro with existing STRINGIFY
. added fetch narrative explaining duplicate addresses

<slabinfo> ...........................................
. rearranged some free logic for procps_slabinfo_unref
. added fetch narrative explaining duplicate addresses

<stat> ...............................................
. added #define ENFORCE_LOGICAL, just as in <slabinfo>
. replaced a local mkSTR macro with existing STRINGIFY
. alphabetized the function declarations in the header

<vmstat> .............................................
. made one coverity concession with read_vmstat_failed

[ several of these changes may reflect this author's ]
[ continuing pursuit of an unreasonable goal -- that ]
[ of a 'perfect' (plus 'pretty') C language program! ]

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-06-13 10:33:37 +10:00
Jim Warner
adfa2bc75a library: please keep procps-private.h free of #include
The 'procps.h' header includes all other headers which
contain exported (public) functions, while this header
has some (private) macros required for implementation.

If we mix the two, by including procps.h in this file,
we'll lose all hope of the compiler catching the kinds
of errors corrected in an immediately preceding patch.

[ we must be diligent, always constantly striving to ]
[ protect jimmy from ill effects due to copy & paste ]

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-06-11 11:50:37 +10:00
Jim Warner
6a70466ae5 library: overcome effect of copy/paste, <SLABINFO> api
Needless to say, when one copies and then pastes, it's
always better when those results are refined somewhat.

The qsort callback declarations used the wrong results
type and 2 of their 3 input parameters were wrong too.

So this patch will fix that & generalize declarations.

[ plus add comment guidance about noop & extra enums ]
[ & provide for 'noop' sorting, as is done in <PIDS> ]

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-06-11 11:50:37 +10:00
Jim Warner
f897a495ee library: adjust 'noop' callback definition, <PIDS> api
Though all those callback's parameters are ignored and
qsort treats them as pointers to void, it's wrong when
3rd parm is 'enum pids_item', not 'struct sort_parms'.

So we will fix it in a way that lessens the likelihood
of another such a mistake when some new type is added.

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-06-11 11:50:37 +10:00