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PMAF(3)                   Library Functions Manual                   PMAF(3)

NAME         top

       __pmAFsetup, __pmAFregister, __pmAFunregister, __pmAFblock, __pmAFun‐
       block, __pmAFisempty - event queue services for periodic asynchronous
       callbacks

C SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <pcp/pmapi.h>
       #include <pcp/impl.h>
       int __pmAFsetup(const struct timeval *start, const struct timeval
               *delta, void *data, void (*func)(int, void *));
       int __pmAFregister(const struct timeval *delta, void *data,
               void (*func)(int, void *));
       int __pmAFunregister(int afid);
       void __pmAFblock(void);
       void __pmAFunblock(void);
       int __pmAFisempty(void);
       cc ... -lpcp

DESCRIPTION         top

       The routines implement an event queue and callback framework that
       supports periodic evaluation of a series of events with varying
       frequencies for Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) applications.
       The pmlogger(1) application, the pmdatrace(1) PMDA and the
       pmdahotproc(1) PMDA are the principal users of these services.
       An event is created by calling __pmAFsetup or __pmAFregister and on
       success the return value is an event number greater than zero.  The
       event has associated event data identified by the opaque pointer
       data.  The event will occur with frequency delta and each time the
       event occurs the function func will be called with the event number
       and the event data as arguments.
       If __pmAFsetup is used then the first event is scheduled for the
       current time plus start, else if __pmAFregister is used then the
       first event is scheduled for the current time plus delta.
       func is called in a SIGALRM signal handler context and so the
       routines that may be safely called from func are restricted to the
       so-called async-signal-safe set.  In particular there must be no
       Standard I/O calls nor calls to any of the malloc(3) routines to
       modify the state of the heap.  Refer to the Pointer to a Function
       Section of the POSIX.1-2013 document at
       http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/V2_chap02.html
       for a fuller description.
       The safest and simplest class of func routines are those that do
       minimal processing, set some global state and return.  The real work
       associated with the event is done subsequently from the application's
       main loop when the global state change is detected.
       Once the event occurs and the callback has been executed, the event
       will be rescheduled for delta into the future, except if all the
       fields of delta are zero, in which case the event will not be
       rescheduled (a ``one trip'' event).
       Internally, events are processed serially so there is no possibility
       of nested callbacks or re-entrant callbacks from the event management
       routines.
       Given an event number afid, __pmAFunregister will permanently remove
       the corresponding entry from the event queue.
       To control the event queue processing, __pmAFblock and __pmAFunblock
       may be used to explicitly block and unblock the dispatch of events.
       This is most useful when the caller wishes to set up a number of
       events via __pmAFsetup or __pmAFregister and complete the
       registration phase before the first event callback occurs.
       A call to __pmAFisempty returns 1 or 0 depending on whether the event
       queue is empty or not.

SEE ALSO         top

       PMAPI(3)

DIAGNOSTICS         top

       __pmAFsetup, __pmAFregister and __pmAFunregister return values less
       than zero in the case of an error.  These values are PCP error codes,
       and may be used to produce error messages via pmErrStr(3).
       The routines support the standard PCP debug tracing, and the value
       DBG_TRACE_AF (or -D af on the command line) will produce diagnostics
       on standard error that trace the enqueuing and execution of events.

CAVEATS         top

       These routines rely on setitimer(2) and manipulate the handling of
       SIGALRM signals, and hence are probably ill-suited for applications
       that require direct and concurrent access to these services and
       resources.
       If the callback functions are slow, or delayed, it is possible that
       the event scheduling could fall behind and never catchup.  When this
       begins to happen, events are silently skipped and rescheduled at the
       earliest possible time in the future according to the fixed schedule
       defined by the time of the call to __pmAFsetup and the value of the
       start and delta arguments (or defined by the time of the call to
       __pmAFregister and the value of the delta argument).
       In addition, the semantics of the interval timer(s) and the global
       state needed to support these services demand that applications
       calling these routines must do so from a single thread.  This
       restriction is enforced at the PMAPI(3), where routines may return
       the error code PM_ERR_THREAD if the library detects calls from more
       than one thread.

COLOPHON         top

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