METHODS FOR MANAGING PROCESS ACTIVITY DATA USING A SYSTEM-WIDE DAEMON
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- retrieving, by a power management daemon, process activity status data from a system monitoring file stored within a data processing system, in response to a request received from a session client via an application programming interface (API), the power management daemon being a system-wide component within the data processing system to provide the process activity status data to a plurality of session clients; and
returning, by the power management daemon, the retrieved process activity status data to the client via the API, wherein the system monitoring file requires a predetermined accessing privilege for accessing, and wherein the session client receives the process activity status data without having to satisfy the predetermined accessing privilege in order to access the process activity status data stored in the system monitoring file.
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Abstract
Techniques for managing process activity statistics using a system-wide daemon are described herein. A power management daemon retrieves process activity status data from a system monitoring file stored within a data processing system, in response to a request received from a session client via an application programming interface (API). The power management daemon is a single system-wide component within the data processing system to provide the process activity status data to a plurality of session clients. The retrieved process activity status data is returned to the client via the API, where the system monitoring file requires a predetermined accessing privilege for accessing. Thus, through the power management daemon, the session client does not have to satisfy the predetermined accessing privilege in order to access the process activity status data stored in the system monitoring file.
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18 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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retrieving, by a power management daemon, process activity status data from a system monitoring file stored within a data processing system, in response to a request received from a session client via an application programming interface (API), the power management daemon being a system-wide component within the data processing system to provide the process activity status data to a plurality of session clients; and returning, by the power management daemon, the retrieved process activity status data to the client via the API, wherein the system monitoring file requires a predetermined accessing privilege for accessing, and wherein the session client receives the process activity status data without having to satisfy the predetermined accessing privilege in order to access the process activity status data stored in the system monitoring file. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A computer readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a processing system, cause the processing system to perform a method comprising:
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retrieving, by a power management daemon, process activity status data from a system monitoring file stored within a data processing system, in response to a request received from a session client via an application programming interface (API), the power management daemon being a system-wide component within the data processing system to provide the process activity status data to a plurality of session clients; and returning, by the power management daemon, the retrieved process activity status data to the client via the API, wherein the system monitoring file requires a predetermined accessing privilege for accessing, and wherein the session client receives the process activity status data without having to satisfy the predetermined accessing privilege in order to access the process activity status data stored in the system monitoring file. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus for managing process activity status data, comprising:
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an application programming interface (API); and a data collector coupled to the API to retrieve process activity status data from a system monitoring file stored within a data processing system, in response to a request received from a session client via the API, the apparatus being a single system-wide component within the data processing system to provide the process activity status data to a plurality of session clients, wherein the data collector is configured to return the retrieved process activity status data to the client via the API, wherein the system monitoring file requires a predetermined accessing privilege for accessing, and wherein the session client receives the process activity status data without having to satisfy the predetermined accessing privilege in order to access the process activity status data stored in the system monitoring file. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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