I've just wanted to avoid the trick of fetching the counter's value and calling "set" with (value - 1). Extra decrementing method would not be harmful and can be used only when it's desired.
On Tue, 15 Sep 2020 at 16:02, <otr...@employees.org> wrote: > Hi Sergey, > > > In a nutshell - yes, gauges are something I am also currently using to > track the number of entries in a bihash table(for example), however gauge > update will be done each time when the stats segment performs processing. > Idea was to track value more rapidly w/o increasing stats update interval. > I thought it worth to have it in upstream code. > > There are two types of gauges. > The one where you register with the stats segment, where the stats process > periodically calls the registered function, inquiring the state of the > gauge. > The other where the client code itself manipulates the gauge directly, > just like it does for other counters. > > For the latter case, can you not use vlib_set_simple_counter() directly? > > Just wondering what a "decrementing" counter (or gauge) would mean?? > > Best regards, > Ole > > -- Sergey Matov -- t: +49 391 819099-0 ------------------------------- enabling your networks ----------------------------- Travelping GmbH Roentgenstraße 13 39108 Magdeburg Germany t: +49 391 819099-0 f: +49 391 819099-299 e: i...@travelping.com w: https://www.travelping.com/ Company registration: Amtsgericht Stendal Managing Director: Holger Winkelmann Reg. No.: HRB 10578 VAT ID: DE236673780
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