извлечь значение метрики производительности из структуры pmResult (extract a performance metric value from a pmResult structure)
Имя (Name)
pmExtractValue
- extract a performance metric value from a
pmResult structure
Синопсис C (C Synopsis)
#include <pcp/pmapi.h>
int pmExtractValue(int
valfmt, const pmValue *
ival, int
itype,
pmAtomValue *
oval, int
otype);
cc ... -lpcp
Описание (Description)
The pmValue structure is embedded within the pmResult structure
that is used to return one or more performance metrics; see
pmFetch(3).
All performance metric values may be encoded in a pmAtomValue
union, defined as follows;
typedef union {
__int32_t l; /* 32-bit signed */
__uint32_t ul; /* 32-bit unsigned */
__int64_t ll; /* 64-bit signed */
__uint64_t ull; /* 64-bit unsigned */
float f; /* 32-bit floating point */
double d; /* 64-bit floating point */
char *cp; /* char ptr */
pmValueBlock *vbp; /* pmValueBlock ptr */
} pmAtomValue;
The routine pmExtractValue
provides a convenient mechanism for
extracting values from the pmValue part of a pmResult structure,
optionally converting the data type, and making the result
available to the application programmer.
itype defines the data type of the input value held in ival
according to the storage format defined by valfmt (see
pmFetch(3)). otype defines the data type of the result to be
placed in oval.
The value for itype is typically extracted from a pmDesc
structure, following a call to pmLookupDesc(3) for a particular
performance metric.
The otype value should be one of the defined PM_TYPE_
... values,
that have a 1:1 correspondence with the fields in the pmAtomValue
union.
Normally the valfmt parameter would be plucked from the same
pmResult structure that provides the ival parameter, and if
valfmt specifies PM_VAL_INSITU
, then the following types are not
allowed, as these cannot be encoded in 32-bits; __int64_t
,
__uint64_t
, double
, char *
and void *
(the corresponding itype
values are PM_TYPE_64
, PM_TYPE_U64
, PM_TYPE_DOUBLE
,
PM_TYPE_STRING
, PM_TYPE_AGGREGATE
and PM_TYPE_EVENT
respectively). If valfmt specifies PM_VAL_PTR
, then the value
will be extracted from the associated pmValueBlock structure, and
the __int32_t
, __uint32_t
and float
options (itype being
PM_TYPE_32
, PM_TYPE_U32
and PM_TYPE_FLOAT
respectively) are not
allowed, as PM_VAL_INSITU
is the appropriate encoding for these.
The following table defines the various possibilities for the
type conversion -- the input type (itype) is shown vertically,
and the output type (otype) is shown horizontally. Y means the
conversion is always acceptable, N means the conversion can never
be performed (the function returns PM_ERR_CONV
), P means the
conversion may lose accuracy (but no error status is returned), T
means the result may be subject to high-order truncation (in
which case the function returns PM_ERR_TRUNC
) and S means the
conversion may be impossible due to the sign of the input value
(in which case the function returns PM_ERR_SIGN
). If an error
occurs, the value represented by oval will be zero (or NULL
).
Note that although some of the conversions involving the types
PM_TYPE_STRING
and PM_TYPE_AGGREGATE
are indeed possible, but are
marked N - the rationale is that pmExtractValue
should not be
attempting to duplicate functionality already available in the C
library via sscanf(3) and sprintf(3).
No conversion involving the type PM_TYPE_EVENT
is supported.
| 32 | U32 | 64 | U64 | FLOAT | DBLE | STRNG | AGGR | EVENT
======|=====|=======|=====|=======|=======|======|=======|======|=======
32 | Y | S | Y | S | P | P | N | N | N
U32 | T | Y | Y | Y | P | P | N | N | N
64 | T | T,S | Y | S | P | P | N | N | N
U64 | T | T | T | Y | P | P | N | N | N
FLOAT | P,T | P,T,S | P,T | P,T,S | Y | Y | N | N | N
DBLE | P,T | P,T,S | P,T | P,T,S | P | Y | N | N | N
STRNG | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N
AGGR | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N
EVENT | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N
In the cases where multiple conversion errors could occur, the
first encountered error will be notified, and the order of
checking is not defined.
If the output conversion is to one of the pointer types, i.e.
otype is PM_TYPE_STRING
or PM_TYPE_AGGREGATE
, then the value
buffer will have been allocated by pmExtractValue(3) using
malloc(3), and it is the caller's responsibility to free the
space when it is no longer required.
Although this function appears rather complex, it has been
constructed to assist the development of performance tools that
wish to convert values, whose type is only known via the type
field in a pmDesc structure, into a canonical type for local
processing. See the pmFetchGroup
functions for a simpler
alternative.
Диагностика (Diagnostic)
PM_ERR_CONV
Impossible conversion, marked by N in above table
PM_ERR_TRUNC
High-order truncation occurred
PM_ERR_SIGN
Conversion of negative value to unsigned type attempted
Смотри также (See also)
PMAPI(3), pmAtomStr(3), pmConvScale(3), pmFetch(3),
pmFetchGroup(3), pmLookupDesc(3), pmPrintValue(3), pmTypeStr(3),
pmUnitsStr(3) and pmUnpackEventRecords(3).