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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