[collectd] Patch: Support custom CPU interval v2

[Boian Berberov]

I am using the version Ubuntu provides, which at the moment seems to be
5.1.0.  I had no idea I was so far behind.  Thanks.



On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 4:06 PM, Manuel Luis Sanmartín Rozada <
manuel.luis at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello.
>
>
> What version are you using?
>
> You should use collectd >= 5.2
>
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 9:42 PM, Boian Berberov <bberberov at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I have this in my configuration file:
>>
>> <LoadPlugin cpu>
>>         Interval 5
>> </LoadPlugin>
>>
>> When I start collectd I get:
>>
>> Ignoring unknown LoadPlugin option "Interval" for plugin "cpu"
>>
>> Is this what you are trying to enable with this patch?
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 3:18 AM, Lee Hardy <lee at leeh.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Ah, I started with auto loading plugins and must've completely missed
>>> that when I dropped back to manually setting them.
>>>
>>> That's working thanks.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11 March 2014 08:03, Yves Mettier <ymettier at free.fr> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> Don't you mean this ?
>>>>
>>>> Interval 15
>>>> <LoadPlugin memory>
>>>>     Interval 10
>>>> </LoadPlugin>
>>>> <Plugin memory>
>>>> </Plugin>
>>>>
>>>> More here : http://collectd.org/documentation/manpages/
>>>> collectd.conf.5.shtml#global_options
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Yves
>>>>
>>>> Le 2014-03-11 08:43, Lee Hardy a écrit :
>>>>
>>>>  It doesn't work, if I try doing this for the memory plugin (which I
>>>>> haven't
>>>>> patched) with the following config:
>>>>>
>>>>> Interval 15
>>>>> LoadPlugin memory
>>>>> <Plugin "memory">
>>>>>       Interval 10
>>>>> </Plugin>
>>>>>
>>>>> This throws the following error:
>>>>> Mar 11 07:28:55 rpm-i386 collectd[1196]: Found a configuration for the
>>>>> `memory' plugin, but the plugin isn't loaded or didn't register a
>>>>> configuration callback.
>>>>>
>>>>> It then logs out at 15s intervals rather than the 10s.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there a different approach to the fix I should be taking?  I don't
>>>>> mind
>>>>> taking another look..
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Lee H
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 10 March 2014 23:58, Manuel Luis Sanmartín Rozada
>>>>> <manuel.luis at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>  Hello.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If I understand you problem correctly,  you can use a function that
>>>>>> collectd already have:
>>>>>> set a plugin-specific interval for collecting metrics:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             <LoadPlugin cpu>
>>>>>>               Interval 60
>>>>>>             </LoadPlugin>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Or am I missing something?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 6:47 PM, Lee Hardy <lee at leeh.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Hey,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've updated the CPU interval patch to make it more generic, by
>>>>>>> adding a
>>>>>>> plugin_update_interval() function called as part of the config
>>>>>>> function so
>>>>>>> I can update other plugins more easily.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> When the aggregation module is enabled for CPU information though, it
>>>>>>> seems to be throwing an error:
>>>>>>> Mar 9 17:22:36 rpm-i386 collectd[26640]: plugin_value_list_clone:
>>>>>>> Unable
>>>>>>> to determine interval from context for value list
>>>>>>> "rpm-i386.build.local/aggregation-cpu-average/cpu-idle". This
>>>>>>> indicates a
>>>>>>> broken plugin. Please report this problem to the collectd mailing
>>>>>>> list or
>>>>>>> at <http://collectd.org/bugs/>.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This seems to happen even when I specify the interval via
>>>>>>> plugin_register_complex_read() as well, so I'm not entirely sure if
>>>>>>> I've
>>>>>>> missed something or there is some issue with the aggregation module.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Anyone have any ideas?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>> Lee H
>>>>>>>
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