Collect child processes metrics

[s0undt3ch]

We have a project that starts a few child processes for which we run tests against.

Are there any plans to track child processes statistics?

Describe the solution you'd like
Include child processes stats on metrics.

Describe alternatives you've considered
Hack our own stats/metrics collector.

[js-dieu]

Hello @s0undt3ch

Thanks for your proposal. It might be interesting, but I need a few more insights:

We have a project that starts a few child processes for which we run tests against.

What do you mean precisely? Are each unit tests launching a process? Or is it done by any fixture of yours? Or is it external (global setup done prior to run tests) ?

Are there any plans to track child processes statistics?

From what I've seen, it can be feasible to extend the collects and get an aggregated view for all child processes, but having each child processes metrics is far more complex:

• the model needs to be reviewed in order to "link" child processes metrics to yours tests (might depend on your setup)
• collecting such metrics is not free (especially if we need to differentiate child processes): several system calls are involved and might corrupt measures collected for your tests suite. Are you ready to sacrifice the measure correctness in order to extend the collect to child processes ?

Hack our own stats/metrics collector.

I am already working on a centralized API. Maybe we can discuss about it in order to track specific external conditions to your tests (if this is what you are looking for) ?

[s0undt3ch]

What do you mean precisely? Are each unit tests launching a process? Or is it done by any fixture of yours? Or is it external (global setup done prior to run tests) ?

These are actually integration tests, and the daemons are started/stopped by a fixture.
The fixture currently has a session scope although we're switching it to a package scope.
To retain, we don't start the daemons on a per-test basis.

From what I've seen, it can be feasible to extend the collects and get an aggregated view for all child processes, but having each child processes metrics is far more complex

What we currently do, which is just log the stats is to report each process cpu/mem stats and a separate state where we calculate that process cpu and memory (including each of its child, aggregated, not differentiated)

collecting such metrics is not free

Yes, we know.

Are you ready to sacrifice the measure correctness in order to extend the collect to child processes ?

We are, although your plugin might not. If implemented, it should be clear on the docs the performance penalty

[js-dieu]

Ok, thanks for the information.

I'll check if I can do something about that and retain such behavior in a purely optional way. However, I am unlikely to code it in the next few days.

[s0undt3ch]

Thank You! And, of course, that's the nature of open-source :) Pedro Algarvio @ Phone A sexta, 13/03/2020, 17:27, Jean-Sebastien Dieu <notifications@github.com> escreveu:

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