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PMDAEVENTQUEUE(3) Library Functions Manual PMDAEVENTQUEUE(3)
NAME top
**pmdaEventNewQueue**, **pmdaEventNewActiveQueue**, **pmdaEventQueueHandle**,
**pmdaEventQueueAppend**, **pmdaEventQueueShutdown**,
**pmdaEventQueueRecords**, **pmdaEventQueueClients**,
**pmdaEventQueueCounter**, **pmdaEventQueueBytes**, **pmdaEventQueueMemory** -
utilities for PMDAs managing event queuesC SYNOPSIS top
**#include <pcp/pmapi.h>**
**#include <pcp/pmda.h>**
**int pmdaEventNewQueue(const char ***_name_**, size_t** _maxmem_**);**
**int pmdaEventNewActiveQueue(const char ***_name_**, size_t** _maxmem_**, int**
_nclients_**);**
**int pmdaEventQueueHandle(const char ***_name_**);**
**int pmdaEventQueueAppend(int** _handle_**, void ***_buffer_**, size_t** _bytes_**,**
**struct timeval ***_tv_**);**
**int pmdaEventQueueShutdown(int** _handle_**);**
**typedef int (*pmdaEventDecodeCallBack)(int, void *, int, struct**
**timeval *, void *);**
**int pmdaEventQueueRecords(int** _handle_**, pmAtomValue ***_avp_**, int** _con‐_
_text_**, pmdaEventDecodeCallBack** _decoder_**, void ***_data_**);**
**int pmdaEventQueueClients(int** _handle_**, pmAtomValue ***_avp_**);**
**int pmdaEventQueueCounter(int** _handle_**, pmAtomValue ***_avp_**);**
**int pmdaEventQueueBytes(int** _handle_**, pmAtomValue ***_avp_**);**
**int pmdaEventQueueMemory(int** _handle_**, pmAtomValue ***_avp_**);**
**cc ... -lpcp_pmda -lpcp**DESCRIPTION top
A Performance Metrics Domain Agent (PMDA) that exports event
records must effectively act an event multiplexer. Events con‐
sumed by the PMDA may have to be forwarded on to any number of
monitoring tools (or "client contexts"). These tools may be re‐
questing events at different sampling intervals, and are very un‐
likely to request an event at the exact moment it arrives at the
PMDA, making some form of event buffering and queuing scheme a ne‐
cessity. Events must be held by the PMDA until either all regis‐
tered clients have been sent them, or until a memory limit has
been reached by the PMDA at which point it must discard older
events as new ones arrive.
The routines described here are designed to assist the PMDA devel‐
oper in managing both client contexts and queues of events at a
high level. These fit logically above lower level primitives,
such as those described in [pmdaEventNewArray(3)](../man3/pmdaEventNewArray.3.html), and shield the
average PMDA from the details of directly building event record
arrays for individual client contexts.
The PMDA registers a new queue of events using either **pmdaEvent‐**
**NewQueue** or **pmdaEventNewActiveQueue**. These are passed an identi‐
fying _name_ (for diagnostic purposes, and for subsequent lookup by
**pmdaEventQueueHandle**) and _maxmem_, an upper bound on the memory (in
bytes) that can be consumed by events in this queue, before begin‐
ning to discard them (resulting in "missed" events for any client
that has not kept up). If a queue is dynamically allocated (such
that the PMDA may already have clients connected) the **pmdaEvent‐**
**NewActiveQueue** interface should be used, with the additional
_nclients_ parameter indicating the count of active client connec‐
tions. The return is a negative error code on failure, suitable
for decoding by the [pmErrStr(3)](../man3/pmErrStr.3.html) routine. Any non-negative value
indicates success, and provides a _handle_ suitable for passing into
the other API routines.
For each new event received by the PMDA, the **pmdaEventQueueAppend**
routine should be called, placing that event into the queue iden‐
tified by _handle_. The event itself must be contained in the
passed in _buffer_, having _bytes_ length. The timestamp associated
with the event (time at which the event occurred) is passed in via
the final _tv_ parameter.
In the PMDAs specific implementation of its fetch callback, when
values for an event metric have been requested, the **pmdaEven‐**
**tQueueRecords** routine should be used. It is passed the queue _han‐_
_dle_ and the _avp_ pmAtomValue structure to fill with event records,
for the client making that fetch request (identified by the _con‐_
_text_ parameter). Finally, the PMDA must also pass in an event de‐
coding routine, which is responsible for decoding the fields of a
single event into the individual event parameters of that event.
The _data_ parameter is an opaque cookie that can be used to pass
situation-specific information into each _decoder_ invocation.
Under some situations it is useful for the PMDA to export state
about the queues under its control. The accessor routines - **pm‐**
**daEventQueueClients**, **pmdaEventQueueCounter**, **pmdaEventQueueBytes**
and **pmdaEventQueueMemory** provide a mechanism for querying a queue
by its _handle_ and filling in a **pmAtomValue** structure that the
**pmdaFetchCallBack** method should return.SEE ALSO top
[PMAPI(3)](../man3/PMAPI.3.html), [PMDA(3)](../man3/PMDA.3.html), [pmdaEventNewClient(3)](../man3/pmdaEventNewClient.3.html) and [pmdaEventNewArray(3)](../man3/pmdaEventNewArray.3.html).COLOPHON top
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