Module: check_mk Branch: master Commit: 833cf55c0835aac3350440c430218b0ed0fb244c URL: http://git.mathias-kettner.de/git/?p=check_mk.git;a=commit;h=833cf55c0835aa… Author: Mathias Kettner <mk(a)mathias-kettner.de> Date: Mon Feb 23 15:08:08 2015 +0100 Added internal comment for future get_rate --- modules/check_mk_base.py | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/modules/check_mk_base.py b/modules/check_mk_base.py index 1051e85..f97061e 100644 --- a/modules/check_mk_base.py +++ b/modules/check_mk_base.py @@ -938,6 +938,11 @@ def clear_counters(pattern, older_than): del g_counters[name] +# Idea (1): We could keep global variables for the name of the checktype and item +# during a check and that way "countername" would need to be unique only +# within one checked item. So e.g. you could use "bcast" as name and not "if.%s.bcast" % item +# Idea (2): Check_MK should fetch a time stamp for each info. This should also be +# available as a global variable, so that this_time would be an optional argument. def get_rate(countername, this_time, this_val, allow_negative=False, onwrap=SKIP): try: timedif, rate = get_counter(countername, this_time, this_val, allow_negative)