+
+static unsigned long read_fork_rate ()
+{
+ FILE *proc_stat;
+ char buf[1024];
+ unsigned long result = 0;
+ int numfields;
+ char *fields[3];
+
+ proc_stat = fopen("/proc/stat", "r");
+ if (proc_stat == NULL) {
+ char errbuf[1024];
+ ERROR ("processes plugin: fopen (/proc/stat) failed: %s",
+ sstrerror (errno, errbuf, sizeof (errbuf)));
+ return ULONG_MAX;
+ }
+
+ while (fgets (buf, sizeof(buf), proc_stat) != NULL)
+ {
+ char *endptr;
+
+ numfields = strsplit(buf, fields, STATIC_ARRAY_SIZE (fields));
+ if (numfields != 2)
+ continue;
+
+ if (strcmp ("processes", fields[0]) != 0)
+ continue;
+
+ errno = 0;
+ endptr = NULL;
+ result = strtoul(fields[1], &endptr, 10);
+ if ((endptr == fields[1]) || (errno != 0)) {
+ ERROR ("processes plugin: Cannot parse fork rate: %s",
+ fields[1]);
+ result = ULONG_MAX;
+ break;
+ }
+
+ break;
+ }
+
+ fclose(proc_stat);
+
+ return result;
+}
+
+static void ps_submit_fork_rate (unsigned long value)
+{
+ value_t values[1];
+ value_list_t vl = VALUE_LIST_INIT;
+
+ values[0].derive = (derive_t) value;
+
+ vl.values = values;
+ vl.values_len = 1;
+ sstrncpy (vl.host, hostname_g, sizeof (vl.host));
+ sstrncpy (vl.plugin, "processes", sizeof (vl.plugin));
+ sstrncpy (vl.plugin_instance, "", sizeof (vl.plugin_instance));
+ sstrncpy (vl.type, "fork_rate", sizeof (vl.type));
+ sstrncpy (vl.type_instance, "", sizeof (vl.type_instance));
+
+ plugin_dispatch_values (&vl);
+}
+