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| author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2021-02-07 11:45:55 +0000 |
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| committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2021-02-07 11:45:55 +0000 |
| commit | a8220ab2d293bb7f4b014b79d16b2fb05090fa93 (patch) | |
| tree | 77f0a30f016c0925cf7ee9292e644bba183c2774 /libnetdata/procfile/README.md | |
| parent | Adding upstream version 1.19.0. (diff) | |
| download | netdata-a8220ab2d293bb7f4b014b79d16b2fb05090fa93.tar.xz netdata-a8220ab2d293bb7f4b014b79d16b2fb05090fa93.zip | |
Adding upstream version 1.29.0.upstream/1.29.0
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/libnetdata/procfile/README.md b/libnetdata/procfile/README.md index 7487e6c63..3eeb1e205 100644 --- a/libnetdata/procfile/README.md +++ b/libnetdata/procfile/README.md @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +<!-- +title: "PROCFILE" +custom_edit_url: https://github.com/netdata/netdata/edit/master/libnetdata/procfile/README.md +--> + # PROCFILE procfile is a library for reading text data files (i.e `/proc` files) in the fastest possible way. @@ -23,9 +28,9 @@ For each iteration, the caller: - calls `procfile_readall()` to read updated contents. This call also rewinds (`lseek()` to 0) before reading it. - For every file, a [BUFFER](../buffer/) is used that is automatically adjusted to fit - the entire file contents of the file. So the file is read with a single `read()` call - (providing atomicity / consistency when the data are read from the kernel). + For every file, a [BUFFER](/libnetdata/buffer/README.md) is used that is automatically adjusted to fit the entire + file contents of the file. So the file is read with a single `read()` call (providing atomicity / consistency when + the data are read from the kernel). Once the data are read, 2 arrays of pointers are updated: |