From http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man5/proc.5.html:
(22) starttime %llu
The time the process started after system boot. In
kernels before Linux 2.6, this value was expressed
in jiffies. Since Linux 2.6, the value is expressed
in clock ticks (divide by sysconf(_SC_CLK_TCK)).
For many years, the comm length has been set to 16. Previously to that
it was 8. This means for things like kworkers they all have very cryptic
names. The kernel is now going to increase this size to 64, so the
procps library will follow this length increase.
System tools may also increase their default length to 64, or keep it at
16; there is only so much screen real estate.
References:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/5/17/16
For this release, what's likely to be our last oldlib,
we really no longer care when top or ps threads access
is made a little less efficient. This is especially so
when efficiency was gained at the expense of accuracy.
The newlib branch already has turned off QUICK_THREADS
so this patch just brings the master branch into line.
Reference(s):
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1284091
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
Since we're about to break the ABI/API anyway, why not
go ahead and add yet another field to our proc_t which
the newlib branch has had for awhile. This then allows
the top program to offer 'control group name' and will
also permit a few reductions in that ps program logic.
And let's also clean up some unrelated warnings below.
Clang warnings:
proc/readproc.c:1178:50: warning: address of array 'ent->d_name' will always evaluate to 'true' [-Wpointer-bool-conversion]
if(unlikely(unlikely(!ent) || unlikely(!ent->d_name))) return 0;
~~~~~~^~~~~~
proc/readproc.c:1205:50: warning: address of array 'ent->d_name' will always evaluate to 'true' [-Wpointer-bool-conversion]
if(unlikely(unlikely(!ent) || unlikely(!ent->d_name))) return 0;
~~~~~~^~~~~~
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
The former variable length structure created potential
problems for library users like that referenced below.
We will now parallel the same approach newlib uses for
the configure options --enable-oomem & --with-systemd.
Thus, the --enable-oomem and OOMEM_ENABLE #define have
been eliminated and the --with-systemd option (#define
WITH_SYSTEMD) will hereafter impact one function only.
The proc_t struct itself will now *never* be impacted.
Reference(s):
https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps/issues/31
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
Since support already exists in the newlib branch this
represents an equivalent master branch implementation,
and this commit message is shared with 2 more patches.
Beginning with linux-4.5, the following new fields are
being added under that /proc/<pid>/status pseudo file:
. RssAnon - size of resident anonymous memory
. RssFile - size of resident file mappings
. RssShmem - size of resident shared memory
p.s. Locked resident memory support was also added but
isn't directly related to the kernel 4.5 enhancements.
p.p.s. Archlinux, Debian-stretch and Fedora-23 already
are currently using a 4.5 linux kernel (as of 6/2/16).
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>
This commit adds a lxc container name to every proc_t.
If a process is not running in a container, then a '-'
will be provided, making such a field always sortable.
Unlike other proc_t character pointers, lxc containers
will find many duplicate shared values. So rather than
strdup 'em (with a later free required upon reuse), we
try to keep track of those already seen and share that
address among all tasks running within each container.
We rely on the lines in the task's cgroup subdirectory
which may initially seem somewhat unsophisticated. But
the lxc library itself uses a similar approach when it
is called to list active containers. In that case, the
/proc/net/unix directory is parsed for the '/lxc' eye-
catcher, with potential complications from hashed path
and names that are too long (something we don't face).
[ too bad docker abandoned lxc - our commit won't do ]
[ anything for the users of those kind of containers ]
Reference(s):
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1424253https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/procps/+bug/1424253
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
While 'invisible' thread subdirectories are accessible
under /proc/ with stat/opendir calls, they have always
been treated as non-existent, as is true with readdir.
This patch trades the /proc/#/ns access convention for
the more proper /proc/#/task/#/ns approach when thread
access is desired. In addition some namespace code has
been simplified and made slightly more efficient given
the calloc nature of proc_t acquisition and its reuse.
Reference(s):
commit a01ee3c0b3
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
Each process in Linux has a /proc/<pid>/ns directory which contains
symbolic links to pipes that identify which namespaces that process
belongs to. This patch adds support for ps to display that information
optionally.
Signed-off-by: Aristeu Rozanski <arozansk@redhat.com>
When the maj_delta and min_delta fields were added to
the proc_t, they necessitated some compiler generated
padding bytes.
With this slight reordering, those padding bytes are
no longer generated. And since the original commit
already broke the library ABI, now is an opportune
time to correct that misalignment.
Reference:
commit 7753bd1004
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
In preparation for top scrollable environment display,
the new flag PROC_EDITENVRCVT was added to mirror the
existing single vector string handling for cgroup and
cmdline.
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
procps automake defines restrict which means the binaries for procps
binaries compile. However external programs may not of defined
restrict which means they will not complie if they include files found
in /usr/include/proc.
Includes from libc6 use __restrict and if is good enough for
them, its good enough for us.
The devname.h requires readproc.h header which has dev_t. Unless
header is included the includes in program files must be in
correct order. I also added FIXME item to remind that for uid &
gid value int not correct data type but uid_t or gid_t from
pwd.h.
Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi>
ps
. added tgid support
. made process/task naming consistent
top
. added tgid support
. standardized pid related width logic
documents
. added tgid to ps & top man documents
library
. fixed OOMEM_ENABLE readtask bug
. corrected header typo for tgid
Library changes
readproc
. added readeither to more efficiently
fill both process and thread proc_t
. added readproctab3, uses readeither
. included task path support in:
fill_cgroup_cvt, fill_cmdline_cvt,
read_unvectored
. QUICK_THREADS #define allows copying
process info vs. repeatedly reading
. simple_nexttid no longer values ppid
. path var made non-static in readtask
. documented 'proc_data_t' in .h file
. tweaked some c comments & formatting
library.map
. added new readeither, readproctab3
Program changes
ps
. exploits readproctab3 where possible
. improved args/comm compliance
top
. exploits readeither
Library changes
readproc
. added support for supplementary groups
. eliminated 2 potential mem leak sources
. shortcut used for multi-threaded str
vectors & ptrs was obsoleted
. freeing of proc_t related dynamic
memory now rests with the library
. standardized/normalized many c comments
sysinfo
. corrected note regarding glibc & cpuinfo
library.map
. made the visible freeproc accessable
Program changes
pmap
. initialized buffer for new readproc i/f
. eliminated now obsolete free() call
ps
. added width aware supgrp support
. initialized buffers for new readproc i/f
. eliminated now obsolete free() calls
top
. added supgrp support as variable width
. eliminated now obsolete free() calls
. expoilted library freeproc function
. corrected -h|v args text & spacing
. updated some c comments
Documentation changes
ps.1
. added supgid and supgrp
top.1
. added supgid and supgrp
. addition of above required renumbering
many fields in section 3a. DESCRIPTIONS
Library Changes
. added PROC_EDITCMDLCVT flag
. added an internal (static) fill_cmdline_cvt function:
- reads and "escapes" /proc/#/cmdline
- returns result as a single string in a single vector
- callers are guaranteed a cmdline (no more NULL)
. added vectorize_this_str function, exploited by
fill_cgroup_cvt, fill_cmdline_cvt
. generalized read_cmdline function as read_unvectored, now
exploited by fill_cgroup_cvt, fill_cmdline_cvt, read_cmdline
( cgroup and cmdline no longer need be converted to string )
( vectors before being transformed to final representation )
. fixed bug regarding skipped group numbers (when enabled)
. escape_str made responsible for all single byte translation
with distinction between control chars + other unprintable
. added escaped_copy function for already escaped strings
. reorganized parts of proc_t to restore formatting standards
( displacement changes shouldn't matter with new version # )
. former ZAP_SUSEONLY #define now OOMEM_ENABLE
. added to library.map: escaped_copy; read_cmdline
Top Program Changes
. exploited the new PROC_EDITCMDLCVT provision
. eliminated now obsolete #include "proc/escape.h"
. changed the P_WCH display format if no kernel symbol table
. fixed very old bug in lflgs for out-of-view sort fields
. former ZAP_SUSEONLY #define now OOMEM_ENABLE
Ps Program Changes
. exploited the new PROC_EDITCMDLCVT provision
. exploited the new escaped_copy function
. consolidated pr_args and pr_comm into pr_argcom
Signed-off-by: Jan Görig <jgorig@redhat.com>
This source patchset addresses the following:
Library Extension (readproc)
. added PROC_EDITCGRPCVT flag
. added an internal (static) fill_cgroup_cvt function:
. reads AND parses /proc/#/cgroup
. returns result as a single string in a single vector
. thus no changes to proc_t structure or free memory logic
Program Enhancements (top)
. removed parse_cgroup logic in favor of libproc
. eliminated cgroup sort recurring overhead
. converted WCHAN field to variable width
. generalized variable width field logic in task_show
. real-time notation under P col more distinctive as 'rt'
Program Cosmetic (top)
. CGROUP now known as CGROUPS (plural)
. moved jan's attribution from top.c to 'Notes' in top.h
. numerous comments tweaked
Document Enhancements (top)
. documented CGROUPS field (required renumbering all fields)
. adapted narratives for the 3 current variable width fields
. expanded real-time scheduling notes, 'RT' now shown as 'rt'
Signed-off-by: Jan Görig <jgorig@redhat.com>
