C Code Examples for Accessing exacct Files

This section provides code examples for accessing exacct files.

Example 3-1 Displaying exacct Data for a Designated pid

This example displays a specific pid's exacct data snapshot from the kernel.

...
  ea_object_t *scratch;
  int unpk_flag = EUP_ALLOC;  /* use the same allocation flag */
                              /* for unpack and free */

  /* Omit return value checking, to keep code samples short */

  bsize = getacct(P_PID, pid, NULL, 0);
  buf = malloc(bsize);

  /* Retrieve exacct object and unpack */
  getacct(P_PID, pid, buf, bsize);
  ea_unpack_object(&scratch, unpk_flag, buf, bsize);

  /* Display the exacct record */
  disp_obj(scratch);
  if (scratch->eo_type == EO_GROUP) {
         disp_group(scratch);
  }
  ea_free_object(scratch, unpk_flag);
        ...    

Example 3-2 Identifying Individual Tasks During a Kernel Build

This example evaluates kernel builds and displays a string that describes the portion of the source tree being built by this task make. Display the portion of the source being built to aid in the per-source-directory analysis.

The key points for this example include the following:

• To aggregate the time for a make, which could include many processes, each make is initiated as a task. Child make processes are created as different tasks. To aggregate across the makefile tree, the parent-child task relationship must be identified.

• Add a tag with this information to the task's exacct file. Add a current working directory string that describes the portion of the source tree being built by this task make.

  ea_set_item(&cwd, EXT_STRING | EXC_LOCAL | MY_CWD, 
                                 cwdbuf, strlen(cwdbuf));

  ...
/* Omit return value checking and error processing */
/* to keep code sample short */
ptid = gettaskid();    /* Save "parent" task-id */
tid = settaskid(getprojid(), TASK_NORMAL);    /* Create new task */

/* Set data for item objects ptskid and cwd */
ea_set_item(&ptskid, EXT_UINT32 | EXC_LOCAL | MY_PTID, &ptid, 0);
ea_set_item(&cwd, EXT_STRING | EXC_LOCAL | MY_CWD, cwdbuf, strlen(cwdbuf));

/* Set grp object and attach ptskid and cwd to grp */
ea_set_group(&grp, EXT_GROUP | EXC_LOCAL |  EXD_GROUP_HEADER);
ea_attach_to_group(&grp, &ptskid);
ea_attach_to_group(&grp, &cwd);

/* Pack the object and put it back into the accounting stream */
ea_buflen = ea_pack_object(&grp, ea_buf, sizeof(ea_buf));
putacct(P_TASKID, tid, ea_buf, ea_buflen, EP_EXACCT_OBJECT);

/* Memory management: free memory allocate in ea_set_item */
ea_free_item(&cwd, EUP_ALLOC);
  ...

Example 3-3 Reading and Displaying the Contents of a System exacct File

This example shows how to read and display a system exacct file for a process or a task.

The key points for this example include the following:

• Call ea_get_object() to get the next object in the file. Call ea_get_object() in a loop until EOF enables a complete traversal of the exacct file.

• catalog_name() uses the catalog_item structure to convert a Solaris catalog's type ID to a meaningful string that describes the content of the object's data. The type ID is obtained by masking the lowest 24 bits, or 3 bytes.

  switch(o->eo_catalog & EXT_TYPE_MASK) {
    case EXT_UINT8:
        printf(" 8: %u", o->eo_item.ei_uint8);
        break;
    case EXT_UINT16:
    ...
  }

• The upper 4 bits of TYPE_MASK are used to find out the data type to print the object's actual data.

• disp_group() takes a pointer to a group object and the number of objects in the group. For each object in the group, disp_group() calls disp_obj() and recursively calls disp_group() if the object is a group object.

/* Omit return value checking and error processing */
/* to keep code sample short */
main(int argc, char *argv)
{
  ea_file_t ef;
  ea_object_t scratch;
  char *fname;
        
  fname = argv[1];
  ea_open(&ef, fname, NULL,  EO_NO_VALID_HDR, O_RDONLY, 0);
  bzero(&scratch, sizeof (ea_object_t));
  while (ea_get_object(&ef, &scratch)  != -1) {
         disp_obj(&scratch);
         if (scratch.eo_type == EO_GROUP)
             disp_group(&ef, scratch.eo_group.eg_nobjs);
         bzero(&scratch, sizeof (ea_object_t));
  }
  ea_close(&ef);
}

struct catalog_item {   /* convert Solaris catalog's type ID */
                        /* to a meaningful string */
     int    type;
     char *name;
 } catalog[] = {
     { EXD_VERSION,     "version\t" },
     ...
     { EXD_PROC_PID,    "  pid\t" },
     ...
   };

 static char *
 catalog_name(int type)
 {
     int i = 0;
     while (catalog[i].type != EXD_NONE) {
         if (catalog[i].type == type)
             return (catalog[i].name);    
         else
             i++;
     }
     return ("unknown\t");
 }

 static void disp_obj(ea_object_t *o)
 {
     printf("%s\t", catalog_name(o->eo_catalog & 0xffffff));
     switch(o->eo_catalog & EXT_TYPE_MASK) {
     case EXT_UINT8:
         printf(" 8: %u", o->eo_item.ei_uint8);
         break;
     case EXT_UINT16:
     ...
 }
 static void disp_group(ea_file_t *ef, uint_t nobjs)
 {
     for (i = 0; i < nobjs; i++) {
         ea_get_object(ef, &scratch));
                  disp_obj(&scratch);
         if (scratch.eo_type == EO_GROUP)
                disp_group(ef, scratch.eo_group.eg_nobjs);
        }
 }