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Merge pull request #378 from prometheus/beorn7/doc 

Document that the process collector only works on Linux
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Björn Rabenstein 2018-02-08 15:03:59 +01:00 committed by GitHub
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prometheus/process_collector.go
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@ -26,8 +26,11 @@ type processCollector struct {
}
// NewProcessCollector returns a collector which exports the current state of
// process metrics including cpu, memory and file descriptor usage as well as
// the process start time for the given process id under the given namespace.
// process metrics including CPU, memory and file descriptor usage as well as
// the process start time for the given process ID under the given namespace.
//
// Currently, the collector depends on a Linux-style proc filesystem and
// therefore only exports metrics for Linux.
func NewProcessCollector(pid int, namespace string) Collector {
return NewProcessCollectorPIDFn(
func() (int, error) { return pid, nil },
@ -35,11 +38,8 @@ func NewProcessCollector(pid int, namespace string) Collector {
)
}
// NewProcessCollectorPIDFn returns a collector which exports the current state
// of process metrics including cpu, memory and file descriptor usage as well
// as the process start time under the given namespace. The given pidFn is
// called on each collect and is used to determine the process to export
// metrics for.
// NewProcessCollectorPIDFn works like NewProcessCollector but the process ID is
// determined on each collect anew by calling the given pidFn function.
func NewProcessCollectorPIDFn(
pidFn func() (int, error),
namespace string,

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prometheus/registry.go
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@ -37,13 +37,13 @@ const (
// DefaultRegisterer and DefaultGatherer are the implementations of the
// Registerer and Gatherer interface a number of convenience functions in this
// package act on. Initially, both variables point to the same Registry, which
// has a process collector (see NewProcessCollector) and a Go collector (see
// NewGoCollector) already registered. This approach to keep default instances
// as global state mirrors the approach of other packages in the Go standard
// library. Note that there are caveats. Change the variables with caution and
// only if you understand the consequences. Users who want to avoid global state
// altogether should not use the convenience function and act on custom
// instances instead.
// has a process collector (currently on Linux only, see NewProcessCollector)
// and a Go collector (see NewGoCollector) already registered. This approach to
// keep default instances as global state mirrors the approach of other packages
// in the Go standard library. Note that there are caveats. Change the variables
// with caution and only if you understand the consequences. Users who want to
// avoid global state altogether should not use the convenience functions and
// act on custom instances instead.
var (
defaultRegistry = NewRegistry()
DefaultRegisterer Registerer = defaultRegistry