processes plugin: Use the new "delay_rate" type for Delay Accounting.

diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.pod b/src/collectd.conf.pod
index dab723a..80842b1 100644 (file)
--- a/src/collectd.conf.pod
+++ b/src/collectd.conf.pod
@@ -6891,8 +6891,9 @@ Disabled by default.
 If enabled, collect Linux Delay Accounding information for matching processes.
 Delay Accounting provides the time processes wait for the CPU to become
 available, for I/O operations to finish, for pages to be swapped in and for
-freed pages to be reclaimed. The metrics are reported as a percentage, e.g.
-C<percent-delay-cpu>. Disabled by default.
+freed pages to be reclaimed. The metrics are reported as "seconds per second"
+using the C<delay_rate> type, e.g. C<delay_rate-delay-cpu>.
+Disabled by default.
 
 This option is only available on Linux, requires the C<libmnl> library and
 requires the C<CAP_NET_ADMIN> capability at runtime.

diff --git a/src/processes.c b/src/processes.c
index 1fcd7a6..738a6de 100644 (file)
--- a/src/processes.c
+++ b/src/processes.c
@@ -903,9 +903,9 @@ static void ps_submit_proc_list(procstat_t *ps) {
     plugin_dispatch_values(&vl);
   }
 
-  /* The ps->delay_* metrics are in nanoseconds per second. This factor converts
-   * them to a percentage. */
-  gauge_t const delay_factor = 100.0 / 1000000000.0;
+  /* The ps->delay_* metrics are in nanoseconds per second. Convert to seconds
+   * per second. */
+  gauge_t const delay_factor = 1000000000.0;
 
   struct {
     char *type_instance;
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ static void ps_submit_proc_list(procstat_t *ps) {
     if (isnan(delay_metrics[i].rate_ns)) {
       continue;
     }
-    sstrncpy(vl.type, "percent", sizeof(vl.type));
+    sstrncpy(vl.type, "delay_rate", sizeof(vl.type));
     sstrncpy(vl.type_instance, delay_metrics[i].type_instance,
              sizeof(vl.type_instance));
     vl.values[0].gauge = delay_metrics[i].rate_ns * delay_factor;

diff --git a/src/types.db b/src/types.db
index 4ca57aa..f27ba46 100644 (file)
--- a/src/types.db
+++ b/src/types.db
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ current                 value:GAUGE:U:U
 current_connections     value:GAUGE:0:U
 current_sessions        value:GAUGE:0:U
 delay                   value:GAUGE:-1000000:1000000
+delay_rate              value:GAUGE:0:U
 derive                  value:DERIVE:0:U
 df                      used:GAUGE:0:1125899906842623, free:GAUGE:0:1125899906842623
 df_complex              value:GAUGE:0:U