Highlight new and old processes (#74)

CRT.c

@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ int CRT_colorSchemes[LAST_COLORSCHEME][LAST_COLORELEMENT] = {
       [PROCESS_D_STATE] = A_BOLD | ColorPair(Red,Black),
       [PROCESS_HIGH_PRIORITY] = ColorPair(Red,Black),
       [PROCESS_LOW_PRIORITY] = ColorPair(Green,Black),
+      [PROCESS_NEW] = ColorPair(Black,Green),
+      [PROCESS_TOMB] = ColorPair(Black,Red),
       [PROCESS_THREAD] = ColorPair(Green,Black),
       [PROCESS_THREAD_BASENAME] = A_BOLD | ColorPair(Green,Black),
       [BAR_BORDER] = A_BOLD,
@@ -188,6 +190,8 @@ int CRT_colorSchemes[LAST_COLORSCHEME][LAST_COLORELEMENT] = {
       [PROCESS_D_STATE] = A_BOLD,
       [PROCESS_HIGH_PRIORITY] = A_BOLD,
       [PROCESS_LOW_PRIORITY] = A_DIM,
+      [PROCESS_NEW] = A_BOLD,
+      [PROCESS_TOMB] = A_DIM,
       [PROCESS_THREAD] = A_BOLD,
       [PROCESS_THREAD_BASENAME] = A_REVERSE,
       [BAR_BORDER] = A_BOLD,
@@ -265,6 +269,8 @@ int CRT_colorSchemes[LAST_COLORSCHEME][LAST_COLORELEMENT] = {
       [PROCESS_D_STATE] = A_BOLD | ColorPair(Red,White),
       [PROCESS_HIGH_PRIORITY] = ColorPair(Red,White),
       [PROCESS_LOW_PRIORITY] = ColorPair(Green,White),
+      [PROCESS_NEW] = ColorPair(White,Green),
+      [PROCESS_TOMB] = ColorPair(White,Red),
       [PROCESS_THREAD] = ColorPair(Blue,White),
       [PROCESS_THREAD_BASENAME] = A_BOLD | ColorPair(Blue,White),
       [BAR_BORDER] = ColorPair(Blue,White),
@@ -342,6 +348,8 @@ int CRT_colorSchemes[LAST_COLORSCHEME][LAST_COLORELEMENT] = {
       [PROCESS_D_STATE] = A_BOLD | ColorPair(Red,Black),
       [PROCESS_HIGH_PRIORITY] = ColorPair(Red,Black),
       [PROCESS_LOW_PRIORITY] = ColorPair(Green,Black),
+      [PROCESS_NEW] = ColorPair(Black,Green),
+      [PROCESS_TOMB] = ColorPair(Black,Red),
       [PROCESS_THREAD] = ColorPair(Blue,Black),
       [PROCESS_THREAD_BASENAME] = A_BOLD | ColorPair(Blue,Black),
       [BAR_BORDER] = ColorPair(Blue,Black),
@@ -419,6 +427,8 @@ int CRT_colorSchemes[LAST_COLORSCHEME][LAST_COLORELEMENT] = {
       [PROCESS_D_STATE] = A_BOLD | ColorPair(Red,Blue),
       [PROCESS_HIGH_PRIORITY] = ColorPair(Red,Blue),
       [PROCESS_LOW_PRIORITY] = ColorPair(Green,Blue),
+      [PROCESS_NEW] = ColorPair(Blue,Green),
+      [PROCESS_TOMB] = ColorPair(Blue,Red),
       [PROCESS_THREAD] = ColorPair(Green,Blue),
       [PROCESS_THREAD_BASENAME] = A_BOLD | ColorPair(Green,Blue),
       [BAR_BORDER] = A_BOLD | ColorPair(Yellow,Blue),
@@ -498,6 +508,8 @@ int CRT_colorSchemes[LAST_COLORSCHEME][LAST_COLORELEMENT] = {
       [PROCESS_D_STATE] = A_BOLD | ColorPair(Red,Black),
       [PROCESS_HIGH_PRIORITY] = ColorPair(Red,Black),
       [PROCESS_LOW_PRIORITY] = ColorPair(Green,Black),
+      [PROCESS_NEW] = ColorPair(Black,Green),
+      [PROCESS_TOMB] = ColorPair(Black,Red),
       [BAR_BORDER] = A_BOLD | ColorPair(Green,Black),
       [BAR_SHADOW] = ColorPair(Cyan,Black),
       [SWAP] = ColorPair(Red,Black),

CRT.h

@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ typedef enum ColorElements_ {
    PROCESS_BASENAME,
    PROCESS_HIGH_PRIORITY,
    PROCESS_LOW_PRIORITY,
+   PROCESS_NEW,
+   PROCESS_TOMB,
    PROCESS_THREAD,
    PROCESS_THREAD_BASENAME,
    BAR_BORDER,

DisplayOptionsPanel.c

@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ DisplayOptionsPanel* DisplayOptionsPanel_new(Settings* settings, ScreenManager*
    Panel_add(super, (Object*) CheckItem_newByRef(xStrdup("Also show CPU percentage numerically"), &(settings->showCPUUsage)));
    Panel_add(super, (Object*) CheckItem_newByRef(xStrdup("Also show CPU frequency"), &(settings->showCPUFrequency)));
    Panel_add(super, (Object*) CheckItem_newByRef(xStrdup("Enable the mouse"), &(settings->enableMouse)));
+   Panel_add(super, (Object*) CheckItem_newByRef(xStrdup("Highlight new and old processes"), &(settings->highlightChanges)));
    #ifdef HAVE_LIBHWLOC
    Panel_add(super, (Object*) CheckItem_newByRef(xStrdup("Show topology when selecting affinity by default"), &(settings->topologyAffinity)));
    #endif

Panel.c

@@ -266,16 +266,18 @@ void Panel_draw(Panel* this, bool focus) {
          Object_display(itemObj, &item);
          int itemLen = RichString_sizeVal(item);
          int amt = MINIMUM(itemLen - scrollH, this->w);
-         bool selected = (i == this->selected);
+         if (i == this->selected) {
-         if (selected) {
+            item.highlightAttr = selectionColor;
-            attrset(selectionColor);
+         }
-            RichString_setAttr(&item, selectionColor);
+         if (item.highlightAttr) {
+            attrset(item.highlightAttr);
+            RichString_setAttr(&item, item.highlightAttr);
             this->selectedLen = itemLen;
          }
          mvhline(y + line, x, ' ', this->w);
          if (amt > 0)
             RichString_printoffnVal(item, y + line, x, scrollH, amt);
-         if (selected)
+         if (item.highlightAttr)
             attrset(CRT_colors[RESET_COLOR]);
          RichString_end(item);
          line++;

Process.c

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Released under the GNU GPLv2, see the COPYING file
 in the source distribution for its full text.
 */
 
+
 #include "config.h" // IWYU pragma: keep
 
 #include "Process.h"
@@ -381,6 +382,12 @@ void Process_display(const Object* cast, RichString* out) {
       RichString_setAttr(out, CRT_colors[PROCESS_SHADOW]);
    if (this->tag == true)
       RichString_setAttr(out, CRT_colors[PROCESS_TAG]);
+   if (this->settings->highlightChanges) {
+      if (Process_isNew(this))
+         out->highlightAttr = CRT_colors[PROCESS_NEW];
+      if (Process_isTomb(this))
+         out->highlightAttr = CRT_colors[PROCESS_TOMB];
+   }
    assert(out->chlen > 0);
 }
 
@@ -413,6 +420,16 @@ void Process_toggleTag(Process* this) {
    this->tag = this->tag == true ? false : true;
 }
 
+bool Process_isNew(const Process* this) {
+   if (this->processList && this->processList->scanTs >= this->seenTs)
+      return (this->processList->scanTs - this->seenTs <= this->processList->settings->highlightDelaySecs);
+   return false;
+}
+
+bool Process_isTomb(const Process* this) {
+    return (this->tombTs > 0);
+}
+
 bool Process_setPriority(Process* this, int priority) {
    CRT_dropPrivileges();
    int old_prio = getpriority(PRIO_PROCESS, this->pid);

Process.h

@@ -10,17 +10,18 @@ in the source distribution for its full text.
 
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#include <time.h>
 
 #include "Object.h"
 #include "RichString.h"
 
-
 #ifdef __ANDROID__
 #define SYS_ioprio_get __NR_ioprio_get
 #define SYS_ioprio_set __NR_ioprio_set
 #endif
 
 #define PROCESS_FLAG_IO 0x0001
+#define DEFAULT_HIGHLIGHT_SECS 5
 
 typedef enum ProcessFields {
    NULL_PROCESSFIELD = 0,
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ struct Settings_;
 typedef struct Process_ {
    Object super;
 
+   const struct ProcessList_* processList;
    const struct Settings_* settings;
 
    unsigned long long int time;
@@ -99,6 +101,9 @@ typedef struct Process_ {
 
    int exit_signal;
 
+   time_t seenTs;
+   time_t tombTs;
+
    unsigned long int minflt;
    unsigned long int majflt;
 } Process;
@@ -172,6 +177,10 @@ void Process_init(Process* this, const struct Settings_* settings);
 
 void Process_toggleTag(Process* this);
 
+bool Process_isNew(const Process* this);
+
+bool Process_isTomb(const Process* this);
+
 bool Process_setPriority(Process* this, int priority);
 
 bool Process_changePriorityBy(Process* this, Arg delta);

ProcessList.c

@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ in the source distribution for its full text.
 
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <time.h>
 
 #include "CRT.h"
 #include "XUtils.h"
 
-
 ProcessList* ProcessList_init(ProcessList* this, const ObjectClass* klass, UsersTable* usersTable, Hashtable* pidMatchList, uid_t userId) {
    this->processes = Vector_new(klass, true, DEFAULT_SIZE);
    this->processTable = Hashtable_new(140, false);
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ ProcessList* ProcessList_init(ProcessList* this, const ObjectClass* klass, Users
    // set later by platform-specific code
    this->cpuCount = 0;
 
+   this->scanTs = 0;
+   this->firstScanTs = 0;
+
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBHWLOC
    this->topologyOk = false;
    if (hwloc_topology_init(&this->topology) == 0) {
@@ -81,6 +84,14 @@ void ProcessList_printHeader(ProcessList* this, RichString* header) {
 void ProcessList_add(ProcessList* this, Process* p) {
    assert(Vector_indexOf(this->processes, p, Process_pidCompare) == -1);
    assert(Hashtable_get(this->processTable, p->pid) == NULL);
+   p->processList = this;
+
+   if (this->scanTs == this->firstScanTs) {
+      // prevent highlighting processes found in first scan
+      p->seenTs = this->firstScanTs - this->settings->highlightDelaySecs - 1;
+   } else {
+      p->seenTs = this->scanTs;
+   }
 
    Vector_add(this->processes, p);
    Hashtable_put(this->processTable, p->pid, p);
@@ -283,6 +294,7 @@ Process* ProcessList_getProcess(ProcessList* this, pid_t pid, bool* preExisting,
 }
 
 void ProcessList_scan(ProcessList* this, bool pauseProcessUpdate) {
+   struct timespec now;
 
    // in pause mode only gather global data for meters (CPU/memory/...)
    if (pauseProcessUpdate) {
@@ -302,13 +314,35 @@ void ProcessList_scan(ProcessList* this, bool pauseProcessUpdate) {
    this->kernelThreads = 0;
    this->runningTasks = 0;
 
+
+   // set scanTs
+   if (clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &now) == 0) {
+      if (this->firstScanTs == 0) {
+         this->firstScanTs = now.tv_sec;
+      }
+      this->scanTs = now.tv_sec;
+   }
+
    ProcessList_goThroughEntries(this, false);
 
    for (int i = Vector_size(this->processes) - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
       Process* p = (Process*) Vector_get(this->processes, i);
-      if (p->updated == false)
+      if (p->tombTs > 0) {
+         // remove tombed process
+         if (this->scanTs >= p->tombTs) {
             ProcessList_remove(this, p);
-      else
+         }
+      } else if (p->updated == false) {
+         // process no longer exists
+         if (this->settings->highlightChanges) {
+            // mark tombed
+            p->tombTs = this->scanTs + this->settings->highlightDelaySecs;
+         } else {
+            // immediately remove
+            ProcessList_remove(this, p);
+         }
+      } else {
          p->updated = false;
       }
    }
+}

ProcessList.h

@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ typedef struct ProcessList_ {
 
    int cpuCount;
 
+   time_t scanTs;
+   time_t firstScanTs;
 } ProcessList;
 
 ProcessList* ProcessList_new(UsersTable* usersTable, Hashtable* pidMatchList, uid_t userId);

RichString.h

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ typedef struct RichString_ {
    int chlen;
    CharType* chptr;
    CharType chstr[RICHSTRING_MAXLEN+1];
+   int highlightAttr;
 } RichString;
 
 void RichString_setAttrn(RichString* this, int attrs, int start, int finish);

ScreenManager.c

@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ static void checkRecalculation(ScreenManager* this, double* oldTime, int* sortTi
    struct timeval tv;
    gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
    double newTime = ((double)tv.tv_sec * 10) + ((double)tv.tv_usec / 100000);
+
    *timedOut = (newTime - *oldTime > this->settings->delay);
    *rescan = *rescan || *timedOut;
    if (newTime < *oldTime) *rescan = true; // clock was adjusted?

Settings.c

@@ -158,6 +158,10 @@ static bool Settings_read(Settings* this, const char* fileName, int initialCpuCo
          this->highlightMegabytes = atoi(option[1]);
       } else if (String_eq(option[0], "highlight_threads")) {
          this->highlightThreads = atoi(option[1]);
+      } else if (String_eq(option[0], "highlight_changes")) {
+         this->highlightChanges = atoi(option[1]);
+      } else if (String_eq(option[0], "highlight_changes_delay_secs")) {
+         this->highlightDelaySecs = atoi(option[1]);
       } else if (String_eq(option[0], "header_margin")) {
          this->headerMargin = atoi(option[1]);
       } else if (String_eq(option[0], "expand_system_time")) {
@@ -265,6 +269,8 @@ bool Settings_write(Settings* this) {
    fprintf(fd, "highlight_base_name=%d\n", (int) this->highlightBaseName);
    fprintf(fd, "highlight_megabytes=%d\n", (int) this->highlightMegabytes);
    fprintf(fd, "highlight_threads=%d\n", (int) this->highlightThreads);
+   fprintf(fd, "highlight_changes=%d\n", (int) this->highlightChanges);
+   fprintf(fd, "highlight_changes_delay_secs=%d\n", (int) this->highlightDelaySecs);
    fprintf(fd, "tree_view=%d\n", (int) this->treeView);
    fprintf(fd, "header_margin=%d\n", (int) this->headerMargin);
    fprintf(fd, "detailed_cpu_time=%d\n", (int) this->detailedCPUTime);
@@ -307,6 +313,7 @@ Settings* Settings_new(int initialCpuCount) {
    this->updateProcessNames = false;
    this->showProgramPath = true;
    this->highlightThreads = true;
+   this->highlightDelaySecs = DEFAULT_HIGHLIGHT_SECS;
    #ifdef HAVE_LIBHWLOC
    this->topologyAffinity = false;
    #endif

Settings.h

@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ typedef struct Settings_ {
    bool highlightBaseName;
    bool highlightMegabytes;
    bool highlightThreads;
+   bool highlightChanges;
+   int highlightDelaySecs;
    bool updateProcessNames;
    bool accountGuestInCPUMeter;
    bool headerMargin;

htop.1.in

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ htop \- interactive process viewer
 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
 .LP
 .B htop
-.RB [ \-dCFhpustv ]
+.RB [ \-dCFhpustvH ]
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
 .LP
 .B htop
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ Output version information and exit
 .TP
 \fB\-t \-\-tree
 Show processes in tree view
+.TP
+\fB\-H \-\-highlight-changes=DELAY\fR
+Highlight new and old processes
 .SH "INTERACTIVE COMMANDS"
 .LP
 The following commands are supported while in

htop.c

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ static void printHelpFlag(void) {
          "-u --user[=USERNAME]            Show only processes for a given user (or $USER)\n"
          "-U --no-unicode                 Do not use unicode but plain ASCII\n"
          "-V --version                    Print version info\n"
+         "-H --highlight-changes[=DELAY]  Highlight new and old processes\n"
          "\n"
          "Long options may be passed with a single dash.\n\n"
          "Press F1 inside htop for online help.\n"
@@ -76,6 +77,8 @@ typedef struct CommandLineSettings_ {
    bool enableMouse;
    bool treeView;
    bool allowUnicode;
+   bool highlightChanges;
+   int highlightDelaySecs;
 } CommandLineSettings;
 
 static CommandLineSettings parseArguments(int argc, char** argv) {
@@ -90,6 +93,8 @@ static CommandLineSettings parseArguments(int argc, char** argv) {
       .enableMouse = true,
       .treeView = false,
       .allowUnicode = true,
+      .highlightChanges = false,
+      .highlightDelaySecs = -1,
    };
 
    static struct option long_opts[] =
@@ -106,12 +111,13 @@ static CommandLineSettings parseArguments(int argc, char** argv) {
       {"tree",              no_argument,       0, 't'},
       {"pid",               required_argument, 0, 'p'},
       {"filter",            required_argument, 0, 'F'},
+      {"highlight-changes", optional_argument, 0, 'H'},
       {0,0,0,0}
    };
 
    int opt, opti=0;
    /* Parse arguments */
-   while ((opt = getopt_long(argc, argv, "hVMCs:td:u::Up:F:", long_opts, &opti))) {
+   while ((opt = getopt_long(argc, argv, "hVMCs:td:u::Up:F:H::", long_opts, &opti))) {
       if (opt == EOF) break;
       switch (opt) {
          case 'h':
@@ -198,6 +204,23 @@ static CommandLineSettings parseArguments(int argc, char** argv) {
 
             break;
          }
+         case 'H': {
+            const char *delay = optarg;
+            if (!delay && optind < argc && argv[optind] != NULL &&
+                (argv[optind][0] != '\0' && argv[optind][0] != '-')) {
+                delay = argv[optind++];
+            }
+            if (delay) {
+                if (sscanf(delay, "%16d", &(flags.highlightDelaySecs)) == 1) {
+                   if (flags.highlightDelaySecs < 1) flags.highlightDelaySecs = 1;
+                } else {
+                   fprintf(stderr, "Error: invalid highlight delay value \"%s\".\n", delay);
+                   exit(1);
+                }
+            }
+            flags.highlightChanges = true;
+            break;
+         }
          default:
             exit(1);
       }
@@ -271,6 +294,10 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
       settings->enableMouse = false;
    if (flags.treeView)
       settings->treeView = true;
+   if (flags.highlightChanges)
+      settings->highlightChanges = true;
+   if (flags.highlightDelaySecs != -1)
+      settings->highlightDelaySecs = flags.highlightDelaySecs;
 
    CRT_init(settings->delay, settings->colorScheme, flags.allowUnicode);