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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
Before this major redesign, the slabs interface likely
was our messiest 2nd generation attempt at opaqueness.
Beyond the standard 'new', 'ref' & 'unref', there were
a total of 12 exported functions. Now, there are four.
The 1st step was to remove several of those functions.
These were quick to go since they were not used (yet):
. procps_slabnode_count
. procps_slabnode_getname
. procps_slabnode_getstack
Then, the following were internalized so users needn't
be burdened with implementation details in the future:
. procps_slabinfo_read (renamed: read_slabinfo_failed)
. procps_slabnode_stacks_alloc (renamed: stacks_alloc)
Still others evolved into the minimal interface we had
strived for in the other upgraded 3rd generation APIs:
. procps_slabnode_get -----------> procps_slabinfo_get
. separate stack_alloc/fill --> procps_slabinfo_select
. separate stacks_alloc/fill ---> procps_slabinfo_reap
. procps_slabnode_stacks_sort --> procps_slabinfo_sort
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Beyond those reductions, the major modifications were:
. This API tries to be as forgiving as possible and as
such won't throw errors when a caller request makes no
sense. For example, if a 'get' or 'select' requested a
SLABNODE item (with no current means to id that node),
results will be zero. By the same token, should 'reap'
include a global SLABS item (meaning those values will
be duplicated in *every* node stack) it'll be allowed.
. If the above behavior is undesired, a new #define of
ENFORCE_LOGICAL can be used to restrict certain items.
. Permission problems will now be caught at 'new' time
thanks to a priming 'read' call. That read also serves
to make DELTA values potentially useful at 1st access.
. Separate slab/slabnode enumerators were consolidated
into one, simplifying validation & the results struct.
. Several internal parameter checks were relaxed since
they were already checked by the caller. Besides if we
cannot trust our own code we might as well hang it up.
. That sort provision was made more efficient and will
offer the ascending choice, in addition to descending.
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Lastly, some additional thoughts regarding the future:
. It would not be difficult to expand 'select' to also
accept a nodeid, or to clone it as 'select_node'. And,
should the same be extended to 'get', a results struct
could be returned instead of signed long accommodating
the extra data type(s) like a node name (string data).
. The 'get' function is not currently affected by that
define ENFORCE_LOGICAL. However, at some future point
perhaps -EINVAL would be more appropriate than a zero.
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
Where possible, libprocps files convey the name of the
actual source pseudo file under the '/proc' directory.
This patch brings slab into line with such a standard.
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
