pmdaProfile(3)

pmdaProfile3

Update instance profile for pmda in preparation for the next fetch from pmcd

C synopsis

#include <pcp/pmapi.h>
#include <pcp/pmda.h>

int pmdaProfile(pmProfile *prof, pmdaExt *pmda);

cc ... -lpcp_pmda -lpcp

Overview

As part of the Performance Metrics Domain Agent (PMDA) API (see PMDA(3)), pmdaProfile is the default callback which handles the receipt of a pmProfile from pmcd(1). A profile describes the instances that pmcd requires in the pmResult structure returned by the next fetch. pmdaProfile simply stores the new profile.

Caveat

The PMDA must be using PMDA_INTERFACE_2 or later, as specified in the call to pmdaDSO(3) or pmdaDaemon(3).

Releases

8 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 6 times.

  1. 5.0
  2. 6.0
  3. 8
  4. 10
  5. 11–12
  6. 13
  7. Arch

From pcp 7.2.2-2 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.