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Resource Management, Oracle Solaris Zones, and Oracle Solaris 10 Zones Developer's Guide Oracle Solaris 11.1 Information Library |
1. Resource Management in the Oracle Solaris Operating System
3. Using the C Interface to Extended Accounting
4. Using the Perl Interface to Extended Accounting
Benefits of Using the Perl Interface to libexacct
Sun::Solaris::Project Constants
Sun::Solaris::Project Functions, Class Methods, and Object Methods
Sun::Solaris::Task Functions, Class Methods, and Object Methods
Sun::Solaris::Exacct Constants
Sun::Solaris::Exacct Functions, Class Methods, and Object Methods
Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Catalog Module
Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Catalog Constants
Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Catalog Functions, Class Methods, and Object Methods
Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Catalog Exports
Sun::Solaris::Exacct::File Module
Sun::Solaris::Exacct::File Constants
Sun::Solaris::Exacct::File Functions, Class Methods, and Object Methods
Sun::Solaris::Exacct::File Exports
Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Object Module
Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Object Constants
Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Object Functions, Class Methods, and Object Methods
Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Object Exports
Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Object::Item Module
Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Object::Item Constants
Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Object::Item Functions, Class Methods, and Object Methods
Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Object::Item Exports
Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Object::Group Module
Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Object::Group Constants
Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Object::Group Functions, Class Methods, and Object Methods
Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Object::Group Exports
Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Object::_Array Module
Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Object::_Array Constants
Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Object::_Array Functions, Class Methods, and Object Methods
7. Design Considerations for Resource Management Applications in Oracle Solaris Zones
The various project, task and exacct-related functions have been separated into groups, and each group is placed in a separate Perl module. Each function has the standard Sun::Solaris:: Perl package prefix.
Table 4-1 Perl Modules
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The Sun::Solaris::Project module provides wrappers for the project-related system calls and the libproject(3LIB) library.
The Sun::Solaris::Project module uses constants from the project-related header files.
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The perl extensions to the libexacct(3LIB) API provide the following functions for projects.
The Sun::Solaris::Project module has no class methods.
The Sun::Solaris::Project module has no object methods.
By default, nothing is exported from this module. The following tags can be used to selectively import constants and functions defined in this module.
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The Sun::Solaris::Task module provides wrappers for the settaskid(2) and gettaskid(2) system calls.
The Sun::Solaris::Task module uses the following constants.
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The perl extensions to the libexacct(3LIB) API provides the following functions for tasks.
The Sun::Solaris::Task module has no class methods.
The Sun::Solaris::Task module has no object methods.
By default, nothing is exported from this module. The following tags can be used to selectively import constants and functions defined in this module.
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The Sun::Solaris::Exacct module provides wrappers for the ea_error(3EXACCT) function, and for all the exacct system calls.
The Sun::Solaris::Exacct module provides constants from the various exacct header files. The P_PID, P_TASKID, P_PROJID and all the EW_*, EP_*, EXR_* macros are extracted during the module build process. The macros are extracted from the exacct header files under /usr/include and provided as Perl constants. Constants passed to the Sun::Solaris::Exacct functions can either be an integer value such as. EW_FINAL or a string representation of the same variable such as. “EW_FINAL”.
The perl extensions to the libexacct(3LIB) API provide the following functions for the Sun::Solaris::Exacct module.
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Note - ea_error_str() is provided as a convenience, so that repeated blocks of code like the following can be avoided:
if (ea_error() == EXR_SYSCALL_FAIL) { print("error: $!\n"); } else { print("error: ", ea_error(), "\n"); }
The Sun::Solaris::Exacct module has no class methods.
The Sun::Solaris::Exacct module has no object methods.
By default, nothing is exported from this module. The following tags can be used to selectively import constants and functions defined in this module.
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The Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Catalog module provides a wrapper around the 32-bit integer used as a catalog tag. The catalog tag is represented as a Perl object blessed into the Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Catalog class. Methods can be used to manipulate fields in a catalog tag.
All the EXT_*, EXC_* and EXD_* macros are extracted during the module build process from the /usr/include/sys/exact_catalog.h file and are provided as constants. Constants passed to the Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Catalog methods can either be an integer value, such as EXT_UINT8, or the string representation of the same variable, such as “EXT_UINT8”.
The Perl extensions to the libexacct(3LIB) API provide the following class methods forSun::Solaris::Exacct::Catalog. Exacct(3PERL) andExacct::Catalog(3PERL)
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The Perl extensions to the libexacct(3LIB) API provide the following object methods for Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Catalog.
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By default, nothing is exported from this module. The following tags can be used to selectively import constants and functions defined in this module.
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Additionally, any constants defined with the register() function can optionally be exported into the caller's package.
The Sun::Solaris::Exacct::File module provides wrappers for the exacct functions that manipulate accounting files. The interface is object-oriented, and allows the creation and reading of exacct files. The C library calls that are wrapped by this module are:
The file read and write methods operate on Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Object objects. These methods perform all the necessary memory management, packing, unpacking and structure conversions that are required.
Sun::Solaris::Exacct::File provides the EO_HEAD, EO_TAIL, EO_NO_VALID_HDR, EO_POSN_MSK and EO_VALIDATE_MSK constants. Other constants that are needed by the new() method are in the standard Perl Fcntl module. Table 4-2 describes the action of new() for various values of $oflags and $aflags.
The Sun::Solaris::Exacct::File module has no functions.
The Perl extensions to the libexacct(3LIB) API provide the following class method forSun::Solaris::Exacct::File.
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The following table describes the new() action for combinations of the $oflags and $aflags parameters.
Table 4-2 $oflags and $aflags Parameters
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Note - The only valid values for $oflags are the combinations of O_RDONLY, O_WRONLY, O_RDWR or O_CREAT. $aflags describes the required positioning in the file for O_RDONLY. Either EO_HEAD or EO_TAIL are allowed. If absent, EO_HEAD is assumed.
The perl extensions to the libexacct(3LIB) API provide the following object methods forSun::Solaris::Exacct::File.
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Note - Close a Sun::Solaris::Exacct::File. There is no explicit close() method for a Sun::Solaris::Exacct::File. The file is closed when the filehandle object is undefined or reassigned.
By default, nothing is exported from this module. The following tags can be used to selectively import constants that are defined in this module.
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The Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Object module serves as a parent of the two possible types of exacct objects: Items and Groups. An exacct Item is a single data value, an embedded exacct object, or a block of raw data. An example of a single data value is the number of seconds of user CPU time consumed by a process. An exacct Group is an ordered collection of exacct Items such as all of the resource usage values for a particular process or task. If Groups need to be nested within each other, the inner Groups can be stored as embedded exacct objects inside the enclosing Group.
The Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Object module contains methods that are common to both exacct Items and Groups. Note that the attributes of Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Object and all classes derived from it are read-only after initial creation via new(). The attributes made read-only prevents the inadvertent modification of the attributes which could give rise to inconsistent catalog tags and data values. The only exception to the read-only attributes is the array used to store the Items inside a Group object. This array can be modified using the normal perl array operators.
Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Object provides the EO_ERROR, EO_NONE, EO_ITEM and EO_GROUP constants.
The Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Object module has no functions.
The Perl extensions to the libexacct(3LIB) API provide the following class method forSun::Solaris::Exacct::Object.
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The Perl extensions to the libexacct(3LIB) API provide the following object methods forSun::Solaris::Exacct::Object.
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By default, nothing is exported from this module. The following tags can be used to selectively import constants and functions defined in this module.
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The Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Object::Item module is used for exacct data Items. An exacct data Item is represented as an opaque reference, blessed into the Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Object::Item class, which is a subclass of the Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Object class. The underlying exacct data types are mapped onto Perl types as follows.
Table 4-3 exacct Data Types Mapped to Perl Data Types
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Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Object::Item has no constants.
Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Object::Item has no functions.
Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Object::Item inherits all class methods from the Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Object base class, plus the new() class method.
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Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Object::Item inherits all object methods from the Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Object base class.
Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Object::Item has no exports.
The Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Object::Group module is used for exacct Group objects. An exacct Group object is represented as an opaque reference, blessed into the Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Object::Group class, which is a subclass of the Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Object class. The Items within a Group are stored inside a Perl array, and a reference to the array can be accessed via the inherited value() method. This means that the individual Items within a Group can be manipulated with the normal Perl array syntax and operators. All data elements of the array must be derived from the Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Object class. Group objects can also be nested inside each other merely by adding an existing Group as a data Item.
Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Object::Group has no constants.
Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Object::Group has no functions.
Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Object::Group inherits all class methods from the Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Object base class, plus the new() class method.
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Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Object::Group inherits all object methods from the Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Object base class, plus the new() class method.
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Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Object::Group has no exports.
The Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Object::_Array class is used internally for enforcing type checking of the data Items that are placed in an exacct Group. Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Object::_Array should not be created directly by the user.
Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Object::_Array has no constants.
Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Object::_Array has no functions.
Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Object::_Array has internal-use class methods.
Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Object::_Array uses perl TIEARRAY methods.
Sun::Solaris::Exacct::Object::_Array has no exports.