pmdaeventclient(3) — Linux manual page

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PMDAEVENTCLIENT(3)      Library Functions Manual      PMDAEVENTCLIENT(3)

NAME         top

       pmdaEventNewClient, pmdaEventEndClient, pmdaEventClients - client
       context tracking interfaces for event queues

C SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <pcp/pmapi.h>
       #include <pcp/pmda.h>

       int pmdaEventNewClient(int context);
       int pmdaEventEndClient(int context);
       int pmdaEventClients(pmAtomValue *avp);

       cc ... -lpcp_pmda -lpcp

DESCRIPTION         top

       A Performance Metrics Domain Agent (PMDA) that exports event
       records needs to track which clients are connected to it, in
       order that it can track which events have been sent to which
       clients so far.  Only once an event has been sent to all
       monitoring tools that registered an interest can the event be
       discarded and any memory reclaimed.

       The PMDA(3) library provides callback routines for PMDA
       developers to provide custom handling of client connections and
       disconnections.  If the PMDA is making use of the event queueing
       mechanism provided by pmdaEventNewQueue(3) and friends, client
       connections and disconnections must be tracked via calls to
       pmdaEventNewClient and pmdaEventEndClient respectively.  This
       allows the library to keep track of when events can be discarded
       from a queue, for example, for the context specified.  This
       parameter is passed into the e_endCallBack function directly, and
       for other callback functions is available via the e_context field
       of the pmdaExt structure.  Additionally, it can be queried at any
       time using pmdaGetContext(3).

       Sometimes it is useful for the PMDA to export a metric indicating
       the current count of attached clients - this is available using
       the pmdaEventClients routine, which will fill in the avp
       pmAtomValue structure on behalf of a PMDA fetch callback routine.

SEE ALSO         top

       pmdaEventNewArray(3), pmdaEventNewQueue(3), PMAPI(3), PMDA(3) and
       pmEventFlagsStr(3).

COLOPHON         top

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