[PATCH v5 2/2] mem: telemetry support for system memory information

[David Marchand]

On Thu, Sep 29, 2022 at 1:44 PM Amit Prakash Shukla
<amitprakashs at marvell.com> wrote:
>
> Changes adds telemetry support to display system memory information,
> allocated using calls malloc, calloc, mmap, etc. This patch
> is based on malloc_info. This patch adds following endpoints:

malloc_info is a GNU extension.
It is not available in musl and it breaks compilation in Alpine Linux.
So I can't take this patch.


>
> 1. /sysmem/sys_heap_list
> The commands displays the arenas currently in use.
> Example:
> --> /sysmem/sys_heap_list
> {"/sysmem/sys_heap_list": [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]}
>

I am unsure about the command names.

Those commands are really low level and tied to glibc malloc.
It is unlikely we will have an unified naming with other libc/OS.

I would prefer another pair of eyes, especially on this patch.
Dmitry, Anatoly?


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David Marchand