GArLIC: GolAng LInux Connector

GARLIC is a simple proc connector interface for golang.

It's dead simple, and built on top of @mdlayher's gloang netlink library

The Proc Connector interface is mildly obscure, and you can read more here

Tutorial

//Open a connection to the local Proc connector instance
//This requires root.
cn, err := DialPCN()
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("%s", err)
	}

//Read in events
for {
    data, err := cn.ReadPCN()

	if err != nil {
		log.Errorf("Read fail: %s", err)
    }
	fmt.Printf("%#v\n", data)
}

//You can also filter by a list of events
cn, err := DialPCNWithEvents([]EventType{ProcEventGID, ProcEventExit})
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("%s", err)
	}

Why?

Because it's fun. Also, garlic is my favorite seasoning.

What's next?

• A CLI implementation is in the works.
• Find a non-root way to run the tests.
• Start looking at perf data
• add new interfaces
• Expand tests