[collectd] Rare code in process.c?

[Florian Forster]

Hi Andrés,

On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 05:15:20PM +0200, Andrés J. Díaz wrote:
> We readed the ps_read_taks [1],  this function read the contents of
> directory /proc/<pid>/task and return a dynamic array with all pids
> which are threads.
> This function is called from ps_read_process but it's used only to
> count these pids, then free the array.

you're right, the (re-)allocation of the memory can probably be avoided
if the function is turned into one with the following prototype:
-- 8< --
 static int *ps_read_tasks (int pid,
     unsigned long *ret_num_proc,
     unsigned long *ret_num_lwp);
-- >8 --

> Has this function (ps_read_task) any other purpouse? (maybe in the
> future?).

Not that I'm aware of.

> P.S.: The good news: maybe in a couple of weeks we can publish a
> (minimal) collectd port to AIX :D

Great :) I've never worked with AIX myself, but after all I've heard it
I'm grateful about that ;)

Regards,
-octo
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