// Copyright 2014 The Prometheus Authors // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. // You may obtain a copy of the License at // // http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 // // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software // distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and // limitations under the License. package prometheus import ( "errors" "math" "sync/atomic" dto "github.com/prometheus/client_model/go" ) // Counter is a Metric that represents a single numerical value that only ever // goes up. That implies that it cannot be used to count items whose number can // also go down, e.g. the number of currently running goroutines. Those // "counters" are represented by Gauges. // // A Counter is typically used to count requests served, tasks completed, errors // occurred, etc. // // To create Counter instances, use NewCounter. type Counter interface { Metric Collector // Inc increments the counter by 1. Use Add to increment it by arbitrary // non-negative values. Inc() // Add adds the given value to the counter. It panics if the value is < // 0. Add(float64) } // CounterOpts is an alias for Opts. See there for doc comments. type CounterOpts Opts // NewCounter creates a new Counter based on the provided CounterOpts. // // The returned implementation tracks the counter value in two separate // variables, a float64 and a uint64. The latter is used to track calls of the // Inc method and calls of the Add method with a value that can be represented // as a uint64. This allows atomic increments of the counter with optimal // performance. (It is common to have an Inc call in very hot execution paths.) // Both internal tracking values are added up in the Write method. This has to // be taken into account when it comes to precision and overflow behavior. func NewCounter(opts CounterOpts) Counter { desc := NewDesc( BuildFQName(opts.Namespace, opts.Subsystem, opts.Name), opts.Help, nil, opts.ConstLabels, ) result := &counter{desc: desc, labelPairs: desc.constLabelPairs} result.init(result) // Init self-collection. return result } type counter struct { // valBits contains the bits of the represented float64 value, while // valInt stores values that are exact integers. Both have to go first // in the struct to guarantee alignment for atomic operations. // http://golang.org/pkg/sync/atomic/#pkg-note-BUG valBits uint64 valInt uint64 selfCollector desc *Desc labelPairs []*dto.LabelPair } func (c *counter) Desc() *Desc { return c.desc } func (c *counter) Add(v float64) { if v < 0 { panic(errors.New("counter cannot decrease in value")) } ival := uint64(v) if float64(ival) == v { atomic.AddUint64(&c.valInt, ival) return } for { oldBits := atomic.LoadUint64(&c.valBits) newBits := math.Float64bits(math.Float64frombits(oldBits) + v) if atomic.CompareAndSwapUint64(&c.valBits, oldBits, newBits) { return } } } func (c *counter) Inc() { atomic.AddUint64(&c.valInt, 1) } func (c *counter) Write(out *dto.Metric) error { fval := math.Float64frombits(atomic.LoadUint64(&c.valBits)) ival := atomic.LoadUint64(&c.valInt) val := fval + float64(ival) return populateMetric(CounterValue, val, c.labelPairs, out) } // CounterVec is a Collector that bundles a set of Counters that all share the // same Desc, but have different values for their variable labels. This is used // if you want to count the same thing partitioned by various dimensions // (e.g. number of HTTP requests, partitioned by response code and // method). Create instances with NewCounterVec. type CounterVec struct { *metricVec } // NewCounterVec creates a new CounterVec based on the provided CounterOpts and // partitioned by the given label names. func NewCounterVec(opts CounterOpts, labelNames []string) *CounterVec { desc := NewDesc( BuildFQName(opts.Namespace, opts.Subsystem, opts.Name), opts.Help, labelNames, opts.ConstLabels, ) return &CounterVec{ metricVec: newMetricVec(desc, func(lvs ...string) Metric { if len(lvs) != len(desc.variableLabels) { panic(errInconsistentCardinality) } result := &counter{desc: desc, labelPairs: makeLabelPairs(desc, lvs)} result.init(result) // Init self-collection. return result }), } } // GetMetricWithLabelValues returns the Counter for the given slice of label // values (same order as the VariableLabels in Desc). If that combination of // label values is accessed for the first time, a new Counter is created. // // It is possible to call this method without using the returned Counter to only // create the new Counter but leave it at its starting value 0. See also the // SummaryVec example. // // Keeping the Counter for later use is possible (and should be considered if // performance is critical), but keep in mind that Reset, DeleteLabelValues and // Delete can be used to delete the Counter from the CounterVec. In that case, // the Counter will still exist, but it will not be exported anymore, even if a // Counter with the same label values is created later. // // An error is returned if the number of label values is not the same as the // number of VariableLabels in Desc (minus any curried labels). // // Note that for more than one label value, this method is prone to mistakes // caused by an incorrect order of arguments. Consider GetMetricWith(Labels) as // an alternative to avoid that type of mistake. For higher label numbers, the // latter has a much more readable (albeit more verbose) syntax, but it comes // with a performance overhead (for creating and processing the Labels map). // See also the GaugeVec example. func (v *CounterVec) GetMetricWithLabelValues(lvs ...string) (Counter, error) { metric, err := v.metricVec.getMetricWithLabelValues(lvs...) if metric != nil { return metric.(Counter), err } return nil, err } // GetMetricWith returns the Counter for the given Labels map (the label names // must match those of the VariableLabels in Desc). If that label map is // accessed for the first time, a new Counter is created. Implications of // creating a Counter without using it and keeping the Counter for later use are // the same as for GetMetricWithLabelValues. // // An error is returned if the number and names of the Labels are inconsistent // with those of the VariableLabels in Desc (minus any curried labels). // // This method is used for the same purpose as // GetMetricWithLabelValues(...string). See there for pros and cons of the two // methods. func (v *CounterVec) GetMetricWith(labels Labels) (Counter, error) { metric, err := v.metricVec.getMetricWith(labels) if metric != nil { return metric.(Counter), err } return nil, err } // WithLabelValues works as GetMetricWithLabelValues, but panics where // GetMetricWithLabelValues would have returned an error. Not returning an // error allows shortcuts like // myVec.WithLabelValues("404", "GET").Add(42) func (v *CounterVec) WithLabelValues(lvs ...string) Counter { c, err := v.GetMetricWithLabelValues(lvs...) if err != nil { panic(err) } return c } // With works as GetMetricWith, but panics where GetMetricWithLabels would have // returned an error. Not returning an error allows shortcuts like // myVec.With(prometheus.Labels{"code": "404", "method": "GET"}).Add(42) func (v *CounterVec) With(labels Labels) Counter { c, err := v.GetMetricWith(labels) if err != nil { panic(err) } return c } // CurryWith returns a vector curried with the provided labels, i.e. the // returned vector has those labels pre-set for all labeled operations performed // on it. The cardinality of the curried vector is reduced accordingly. The // order of the remaining labels stays the same (just with the curried labels // taken out of the sequence – which is relevant for the // (GetMetric)WithLabelValues methods). It is possible to curry a curried // vector, but only with labels not yet used for currying before. // // The metrics contained in the CounterVec are shared between the curried and // uncurried vectors. They are just accessed differently. Curried and uncurried // vectors behave identically in terms of collection. Only one must be // registered with a given registry (usually the uncurried version). The Reset // method deletes all metrics, even if called on a curried vector. func (v *CounterVec) CurryWith(labels Labels) (*CounterVec, error) { vec, err := v.curryWith(labels) if vec != nil { return &CounterVec{vec}, err } return nil, err } // MustCurryWith works as CurryWith but panics where CurryWith would have // returned an error. func (v *CounterVec) MustCurryWith(labels Labels) *CounterVec { vec, err := v.CurryWith(labels) if err != nil { panic(err) } return vec } // CounterFunc is a Counter whose value is determined at collect time by calling a // provided function. // // To create CounterFunc instances, use NewCounterFunc. type CounterFunc interface { Metric Collector } // NewCounterFunc creates a new CounterFunc based on the provided // CounterOpts. The value reported is determined by calling the given function // from within the Write method. Take into account that metric collection may // happen concurrently. If that results in concurrent calls to Write, like in // the case where a CounterFunc is directly registered with Prometheus, the // provided function must be concurrency-safe. The function should also honor // the contract for a Counter (values only go up, not down), but compliance will // not be checked. func NewCounterFunc(opts CounterOpts, function func() float64) CounterFunc { return newValueFunc(NewDesc( BuildFQName(opts.Namespace, opts.Subsystem, opts.Name), opts.Help, nil, opts.ConstLabels, ), CounterValue, function) }