Command line and full screen utilities for browsing procfs, a "pseudo" file system dynamically generated by Linux to provide information about the status of entries in its process table.
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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 ------------------------------------------------------ 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. ------------------------------------------------------ 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> |
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procps
procps is a set of command line and full-screen utilities that provide information out of the pseudo-filesystem most commonly located at /proc. This filesystem provides a simple interface to the kernel data structures. The programs of procps generally concentrate on the structures that describe the processess running on the system.
The following programs are found in procps:
- free - Report the amount of free and used memory in the system
- kill - Send a signal to a process based on PID
- pgrep - List processes based on name or other attributes
- pkill - Send a signal to a process based on name or other attributes
- pmap - Report memory map of a process
- ps - Report information of processes
- pwdx - Report current directory of a process
- skill - Obsolete version of pgrep/pkill
- slabtop - Display kernel slab cache information in real time
- snice - Renice a process
- sysctl - Read or Write kernel parameters at run-time
- tload - Graphical representation of system load average
- top - Dynamic real-time view of running processes
- uptime - Display how long the system has been running
- vmstat - Report virtual memory statistics
- w - Report logged in users and what they are doing
- watch - Execute a program periodically, showing output fullscreen
Reporting Bugs
There are a few ways of reporting bugs or feature requests:
- Your distributions bug reporter. If you are using a distribution your first port of call is their bug tracker. This is because each distribution has their own patches and way of dealing with bugs. Also bug reporting often does not need any subscription to websites.
- GitLab Issues - To the left of this page is the issue tracker. You can report bugs here.
- Email list - We have an email list (see below) where you can report bugs. The problem with this method is bug reports often get lost and cannot be tracked. This is especially a big problem when its something that will take time to resolve.
If you need to report bugs, there is more details on the Bug Reporting page.
Email List
The email list for the developers and users of procps is found at http://www.freelists.org/archive/procps/ This email list discusses the development of procps and is used by distributions to also forward or discuss bugs.