Module: monitoring-plugins
Branch: master
Commit: 897e4a840929285b0a29237e12f4aa9b702f41ce
Author: Sven Hartge <s...@svenhartge.de>
Date: Tue Nov 28 13:21:05 2023 +0100
URL:
https://www.monitoring-plugins.org/repositories/monitoring-plugins/commit/?id=897e4a8
check_procs: ignore our own children
On systems with higher core counts check_procs will occasionally see
its own "ps" child process with a high CPU percentage and raise a
false alarm.
Ignoring the child processes of check_procs prevents this from happening.
---
plugins/check_procs.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/plugins/check_procs.c b/plugins/check_procs.c
index 6e3feae..3c98866 100644
--- a/plugins/check_procs.c
+++ b/plugins/check_procs.c
@@ -255,6 +255,13 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
continue;
}
+ /* Ignore our own children */
+ if (procppid == mypid) {
+ if (verbose >= 3)
+ printf("not considering - is our
child\n");
+ continue;
+ }
+
/* Ignore excluded processes by name */
if(options & EXCLUDE_PROGS) {
int found = 0;
