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NAME top

   **pmdaChildren** - translate a PMID to a set of dynamic performance
   metric names

C SYNOPSIS top

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

   **int pmdaChildren(char ***_name_**, int** _traverse_**, char ***_offspring_**,**
           **int** _status_**, pmdaExt ***_pmda_**);**

   **cc ... -lpcp_pmda -lpcp**

DESCRIPTION top

   As  part  of  the Performance Metrics Domain Agent (PMDA) API (see
   [PMDA(3)](../man3/PMDA.3.html)), **pmdaChildren** is the generic callback for  returning  dy‐
   namic  metric  names  (and  their  status) that are descendants of
   _name_.

   Because implementing dynamic performance metrics requires specific
   PMDA support, and the facility is an optional component of a  PMDA
   (most PMDAs do **not** support dynamic performance metrics), **pmdaChil‐**
   **dren** is a skeleton implementation that returns **PM_ERR_NAME**.

   A  PMDA  that  supports dynamic performance metrics will provide a
   private callback that replaces **pmdaChildren** (by assignment to _ver‐_
   _sion.four.children_ of the _pmdaInterface_ structure) and  takes  the
   initial metric _name_ and returns names via _offspring_[] and the leaf
   or non-leaf status of each via _status_[].

   If  _traverse_  is 0, then the behaviour is akin to [pmGetChildren(3)](../man3/pmGetChildren.3.html)
   and _offspring_[] contains the relative name component for the imme‐
   diate descendants of _name._

   If _traverse_ is 1, then the behaviour is akin to  [pmTraversePMNS(3)](../man3/pmTraversePMNS.3.html)
   and _offspring_[] contains the absolute names of all dynamic metrics
   that are decedents of _name_.

   The  resulting  list  of  pointers _offspring_ **and** the string values
   (the names) that the pointers reference will have  been  allocated
   by **pmdaChildren** with a single call to [malloc(3)](../man3/malloc.3.html), and the caller of
   **pmdaChildren** will  call **free**(_offspring_) to release the space when
   it is no longer required.  The same holds true for the _status_  ar‐
   ray,  namely  the caller of **pmdaChildren** will call **free**(_status_) to
   release the space when it is no longer required.

CAVEAT top

   The PMDA must be using **PMDA_INTERFACE_4** or later, as specified  in
   the call to [pmdaDSO(3)](../man3/pmdaDSO.3.html) or [pmdaDaemon(3)](../man3/pmdaDaemon.3.html).

DIAGNOSTICS top

   **pmdaChildren** returns **PM_ERR_NAME** if the name is not recognized or
   cannot be translated, otherwise the number  of  descendent  metric
   names found.

SEE ALSO top

   [PMAPI(3)](../man3/PMAPI.3.html),   [PMDA(3)](../man3/PMDA.3.html),   [pmdaDaemon(3)](../man3/pmdaDaemon.3.html),   [pmdaDSO(3)](../man3/pmdaDSO.3.html),   [pmdaMain(3)](../man3/pmdaMain.3.html),
   [pmGetChildren(3)](../man3/pmGetChildren.3.html) and [pmTraversePMNS(3)](../man3/pmTraversePMNS.3.html).

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