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> [...]
> I think this is a semantic corner case ... the PM_ERR_NAME error is
> probably the most appropriate (indeed if you did not set it in the PMDA,
> the libpcp_pmda routines would set it to that value when the PMNS at the
> dynamic node is NULL).
Yep, that's what is happening here.
> > I notice mmv always does this "pre-populate with a few fixed names"
> > for its dynamic namespace use, and the Linux kernel interrupt names
> > (also dynamic) will always have a starting set... hmmm.
>
> This approach allows the dynamic node to always have something as a
> descendent in the PMNS and avoids the problem I've seen, but it is not
> required.
OK. So, sounds like we'll need some QA output filtering?
> So, back to my original question, is there some easy way to force
> population of the cgroup.groups in the PMNS for QA purposes?
Sorry, I forgot this part - see qa/361 for several examples of how to
go about doing this.
cheers.
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Nathan
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