+int uc_get_hits (const data_set_t *ds, const value_list_t *vl)
+{
+ char name[6 * DATA_MAX_NAME_LEN];
+ cache_entry_t *ce = NULL;
+ int ret = STATE_ERROR;
+
+ if (FORMAT_VL (name, sizeof (name), vl) != 0)
+ {
+ ERROR ("uc_get_state: FORMAT_VL failed.");
+ return (STATE_ERROR);
+ }
+
+ pthread_mutex_lock (&cache_lock);
+
+ if (c_avl_get (cache_tree, name, (void *) &ce) == 0)
+ {
+ assert (ce != NULL);
+ ret = ce->hits;
+ }
+
+ pthread_mutex_unlock (&cache_lock);
+
+ return (ret);
+} /* int uc_get_hits */
+
+int uc_set_hits (const data_set_t *ds, const value_list_t *vl, int hits)
+{
+ char name[6 * DATA_MAX_NAME_LEN];
+ cache_entry_t *ce = NULL;
+ int ret = -1;
+
+ if (FORMAT_VL (name, sizeof (name), vl) != 0)
+ {
+ ERROR ("uc_get_state: FORMAT_VL failed.");
+ return (STATE_ERROR);
+ }
+
+ pthread_mutex_lock (&cache_lock);
+
+ if (c_avl_get (cache_tree, name, (void *) &ce) == 0)
+ {
+ assert (ce != NULL);
+ ret = ce->hits;
+ ce->hits = hits;
+ }
+
+ pthread_mutex_unlock (&cache_lock);
+
+ return (ret);
+} /* int uc_set_hits */
+
+int uc_inc_hits (const data_set_t *ds, const value_list_t *vl, int step)
+{
+ char name[6 * DATA_MAX_NAME_LEN];
+ cache_entry_t *ce = NULL;
+ int ret = -1;
+
+ if (FORMAT_VL (name, sizeof (name), vl) != 0)
+ {
+ ERROR ("uc_get_state: FORMAT_VL failed.");
+ return (STATE_ERROR);
+ }
+
+ pthread_mutex_lock (&cache_lock);
+
+ if (c_avl_get (cache_tree, name, (void *) &ce) == 0)
+ {
+ assert (ce != NULL);
+ ret = ce->hits;
+ ce->hits = ret + step;
+ }
+
+ pthread_mutex_unlock (&cache_lock);
+
+ return (ret);
+} /* int uc_inc_hits */
+