[torqueusers] pbs_mom logging loads of Success(0) get_proc_stat

There already was a discussion about this subject in July, but judging 
from the mailing list archive, it seems to have died off without a 
solution. Since we have the exact same problem, I tried to track it down 
a little.
Mom logs stuff like that:
> 12/07/2007 00:04:10;0001;   pbs_mom;Svr;pbs_mom;Success (0) in cput_sum, 7058: 
> get_proc_stat
> 12/07/2007 00:04:10;0001;   pbs_mom;Svr;pbs_mom;Inappropriate ioctl for device 
> (25) in mem_sum, 7058: get_proc_stat
> 12/07/2007 00:04:10;0001;   pbs_mom;Svr;pbs_mom;Inappropriate ioctl for device 
> (25) in resi_sum, 7058: get_proc_stat
> 12/07/2007 00:04:18;0001;   pbs_mom;Svr;pbs_mom;Success (0) in sessions, 7058: 
> get_proc_stat
> 12/07/2007 00:04:18;0001;   pbs_mom;Svr;pbs_mom;Success (0) in sessions, 7058: 
> get_proc_stat
> 12/07/2007 00:04:18;0001;   pbs_mom;Svr;pbs_mom;Success (0) in nusers, 7058: 
> get_proc_stat
PID 7058 is the following process from the IB stack:
> # cat /proc/7058/stat
> 7058 (ib_fmr(mthca0)) S 11 0 0 0 -1 32832 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 -10 1 0 5112 0 0 
> 18446744073709551615 0 0 0 0 0 0 2147483647 65536 0 18446744071563457653 0 0 17 
> 1 0 0
the mom tries to parse that line in the following way (from 
torque-2.3.0-snap.200712061242/src/resmom/linux/mom_mach.c):
fscanf(fd,"%d (%[^)]) %c %d %d %d
That will probably brake on parsing the '(ib_fmr(mthca0))', because it 
will assume the first ')' is the closing bracket. Which is just not true.
'man 5 proc' suggests to use '%s', but that will be even worse than the 
current '%[^)]', breaking on every executable name that contains a 
space. And what if someone wants run a monster like the following:
6849 (te (s)( ))t)) S 25614 6849 25614 34838 6849 4194304 161 0 0 0 0 0 
0 0 20 0 1 0 36168980 2564096 77 18446744073709551615 4194304 4195956 
140736421683184 18446744073709551615 47252866936498 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0
The only proper fix would probably be to look for the last ')' in the 
whole string.
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Michael Meier, HPC Services
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