pmdaDaemon - initialize the PMDA to run as a daemon
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C Synopsis
#include<pcp/pmapi.h>#include<pcp/pmda.h>voidpmdaDaemon(pmdaInterface*dispatch,intinterface,constchar*name,intdomain,constchar*logfile,constchar*helptext);cc...-lpcp_pmda-lpcp
Caveat
The PMDA must be using PMDA_INTERFACE_2 or later.
Once pmdaDaemon has been called, it is expected that the pmdaInterface structure pointed to by dispatch
will remain accessible to the routines in libpcp_pmda (not reclaimed off the stack, not freed or other‐
wise released, etc.). If the caller needs to move or relocate the pmdaInterface structure for any rea‐
son, then after the move pmdaInterfaceMoved(3) must be called to re-establish the internal integrity of
the pmdaInterface structure at the new location before any other routine in libpcp_pmda is called.
Description
pmdaDaemon initializes the pmdaInterface structure to use the interface extensions assuming the PMDA(3) is to be run as a daemon. The pmdaInterface structure is initialized with: name The name of the agent. domain The default domain number of the agent which uniquely identifies this PMDA from other run‐ ning PMDAs. This may be subsequently changed by a command line option -d (see pmdaGe‐tOpt(3)). logfile The default path to the log file. This may be replaced by the -l command line option if using pmdaGetOpt. logfile will be copied with strdup(3), so the storage associated with logfile may be released after the call to pmdaDaemon. helptext The default path to the help text (see pmdaText(3). This may be replaced by the -h com‐ mand line option if using pmdaGetOpt(3). If no help text is installed, or you are not us‐ ing pmdaText(3), then this should be set to NULL, otherwise helptext will be copied with strdup(3), so the storage associated with helptext may be released after the call to pm‐daDaemon. The callbacks are initialized to pmdaProfile(3), pmdaFetch(3), pmdaDesc(3), pmdaText(3), pmdaInstance(3) and pmdaStore(3).
Diagnostics
UnabletoallocatememoryforpmdaExtstructure
In addition, the dispatch->status field is set to a value less than zero.
PMDAinterfaceversioninterfacenotsupported
The interface version is not supported by pmdaDaemon.
Name
pmdaDaemon - initialize the PMDA to run as a daemon
See Also
PMAPI(3), PMDA(3), pmdaDSO(3), pmdaGetOpt(3), pmdaInterfaceMoved(3) and pmdaText(3). Performance Co-Pilot PCP PMDADAEMON(3)
