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PMDANAME(3) Library Functions Manual PMDANAME(3)
pmdaName - translate a PMID to a set of dynamic performance metric
names
#include <pcp/pmapi.h>
#include <pcp/impl.h>
#include <pcp/pmda.h>
int pmdaName(pmID pmid, char ***nameset, pmdaExt *pmda);
cc ... -lpcp_pmda -lpcp
As part of the Performance Metrics Domain Agent (PMDA) API (see
PMDA(3)), pmdaName is the generic callback for translating a pmid
into one or more dynamic metric names (nameset).
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), pmdaName is
a skeleton implementation that returns PM_ERR_NAME.
A PMDA that supports dynamic performance metrics will provide a
private callback that replaces pmdaName (by assignment to
version.four.name of the pmdaInterface structure) and implements the
translation from a pmid to a set of dynamic performance metric names
returned via nameset. The behaviour, return values and memory
allocation rules for nameset are the same as for pmNameAll(3).
pmdaName returns PM_ERR_PMID if the name is not recognized or cannot
be translated, otherwise the number of metric names found (most
commonly 1).
The PMDA must be using PMDA_PROTOCOL_4 or later, as specified in the
call to pmdaDSO(3) or pmdaDaemon(3).
PMAPI(3), PMDA(3), pmdaDaemon(3), pmdaDSO(3), pmdaMain(3),
pmNameAll(3) and pmNameID(3).
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