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cac2491
Introduce per process GPU usage
stsdc Oct 31, 2025
d5f9686
Add some comments
stsdc Nov 2, 2025
7a38179
Fix lint
stsdc Nov 2, 2025
13b61ff
Merge branch 'main' into stsdc/process-gpu-usage
stsdc Nov 2, 2025
5243cfc
Get update_interval for the per process GPU usage calculation from th…
stsdc Nov 6, 2025
2ba0e9b
Merge branch 'main' into stsdc/process-gpu-usage
stsdc Nov 7, 2025
2d82102
Refactor get_usage_gpu()
stsdc Nov 16, 2025
6cf1db2
Merge branch 'main' into stsdc/process-gpu-usage
stsdc Nov 16, 2025
555949f
Merge branch 'main' into stsdc/process-gpu-usage
stsdc Nov 17, 2025
70e7325
Merge branch 'main' into stsdc/process-gpu-usage
stsdc Nov 18, 2025
d9677e7
Merge branch 'main' into stsdc/process-gpu-usage
stsdc Nov 25, 2025
35202a7
Refactor GPU usage handling by introducing ProcessDRM class
stsdc Nov 26, 2025
54b9a86
Refactor ProcessDRM
stsdc Nov 26, 2025
8bd4800
Remove leftovers
stsdc Nov 26, 2025
61666d8
Merge branch 'main' into stsdc/process-gpu-usage
stsdc Nov 26, 2025
ad32fec
Refactor Process and ProcessDRM
stsdc Jan 18, 2026
2ff77ec
Merge branch 'main' into stsdc/process-gpu-usage
stsdc Jan 18, 2026
bf609c3
Comment update
stsdc Jan 22, 2026
6ba1f60
Remove trailing whitespaces
stsdc Jan 22, 2026
cbb0746
Merge branch 'main' into stsdc/process-gpu-usage
ryonakano Jan 23, 2026
821c530
Make clear that percentage calculation is performed using nanoseconds
stsdc Jan 28, 2026
dc9b9ca
Make is_drm_fd private
stsdc Feb 17, 2026
8a33830
Remove explicit mode argument
stsdc Feb 17, 2026
b086c4a
Handle Posix.open returns -1
stsdc Feb 17, 2026
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27 changes: 19 additions & 8 deletions src/Managers/Process.vala
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ public class Monitor.Process : GLib.Object {

public string username = Utils.NO_DATA;


Icon _icon;
public Icon icon {
get {
Expand All @@ -42,6 +43,9 @@ public class Monitor.Process : GLib.Object {
// Contains info about io
public ProcessIO io;

// Contains info about GPU usage
private ProcessDRM drm;

// Contains status info
public ProcessStatus stat;

Expand All @@ -61,26 +65,29 @@ public class Monitor.Process : GLib.Object {
private uint64 cpu_last_used;

// Memory usage of the process, measured in KiB.

public uint64 mem_usage { get; private set; }
public double mem_percentage { get; private set; }

private uint64 last_total;
public double gpu_percentage { get; private set; }

private uint64 last_total; // @TODO: Obsolete?

const int HISTORY_BUFFER_SIZE = 30;
public Gee.ArrayList<double ? > cpu_percentage_history = new Gee.ArrayList<double ? > ();
public Gee.ArrayList<double ? > mem_percentage_history = new Gee.ArrayList<double ? > ();
public Gee.ArrayList<double ?> cpu_percentage_history = new Gee.ArrayList<double ?> ();
public Gee.ArrayList<double ?> mem_percentage_history = new Gee.ArrayList<double ?> ();



// Construct a new process
public Process (int _pid) {
public Process (int _pid, int update_interval) {
_icon = ProcessUtils.get_default_icon ();

open_files_paths = new Gee.HashSet<string> ();

last_total = 0;

drm = new ProcessDRM (_pid, update_interval);

io = {};
stat = {};
stat.pid = _pid;
Expand All @@ -101,15 +108,18 @@ public class Monitor.Process : GLib.Object {
exists = parse_stat () && read_cmdline ();
get_children_pids ();
get_usage (0, 1);
}

gpu_percentage = 0;
}

// Updates the process to get latest information
// Returns if the update was successful
public bool update (uint64 cpu_total, uint64 cpu_last_total) {
exists = parse_stat ();
if (exists) {
get_usage (cpu_total, cpu_last_total);
drm.update ();
gpu_percentage = drm.gpu_percentage;
parse_io ();
parse_statm ();
get_open_files ();
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -280,8 +290,8 @@ public class Monitor.Process : GLib.Object {
}

/**
* Reads the /proc/%pid%/cmdline file and updates from the information contained therein.
*/
* Reads the /proc/%pid%/cmdline file and updates from the information contained therein.
*/
private bool read_cmdline () {
string ? cmdline = ProcessUtils.read_file ("/proc/%d/cmdline".printf (stat.pid));

Expand All @@ -301,6 +311,7 @@ public class Monitor.Process : GLib.Object {
return true;
}

// @TODO: Divide into get_usage_cpu and get_usage_mem and write some tests
private void get_usage (uint64 cpu_total, uint64 cpu_last_total) {
// Get CPU usage by process
GTop.ProcTime proc_time;
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117 changes: 117 additions & 0 deletions src/Managers/ProcessDRM.vala
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@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
/*
* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 elementary, Inc. (https://elementary.io)
*/

public class Monitor.ProcessDRM {
/** Time spent busy in nanoseconds by the render engine executing
* workloads from the last time it was read
*/
private uint64 last_engine_render;
private uint64 last_engine_gfx;


public double gpu_percentage { get; private set; }

private int pid;
private int update_interval;

public ProcessDRM (int pid, int update_interval) {
this.pid = pid;
this.update_interval = update_interval;

last_engine_render = 0;
last_engine_gfx = 0;
}

public void update () {
string path_fdinfo = "/proc/%d/fdinfo".printf (pid);
string path_fd = "/proc/%d/fd".printf (pid);


var drm_files = new Gee.ArrayList<GLib.File ?> ();

try {
Dir dir = Dir.open (path_fdinfo, 0);
string ? name = null;

while ((name = dir.read_name ()) != null) {

// skip standard fds
if (name == "0" || name == "1" || name == "2") {
continue;
}
string path = Path.build_filename (path_fdinfo, name);

int fd_dir_fd = Posix.open (path_fd, Posix.O_RDONLY | Posix.O_DIRECTORY);
if (fd_dir_fd == -1) {
warning ("Cannot open file descriptor: %s", path_fd);
continue;
}

bool is_drm = is_drm_fd (fd_dir_fd, name);
Posix.close (fd_dir_fd);

if (is_drm) {
var drm_file = File.new_for_path (path);
drm_files.add (drm_file);
}
}
} catch (FileError err) {
// prevent flooding logs with permission errors
if (!(err is FileError.ACCES)) {
warning (err.message);
}
}

foreach (var drm_file in drm_files) {
try {
var dis = new DataInputStream (drm_file.read ());
string ? line;

while ((line = dis.read_line ()) != null) {
var splitted_line = line.split (":");
switch (splitted_line[0]) {
case "drm-engine-gfx":
update_engine (splitted_line[1], ref last_engine_gfx);
break;
// for i915 there is only drm-engine-render to check
case "drm-engine-render":
update_engine (splitted_line[1], ref last_engine_render);
break;
default:
// Ignore other entries
break;
}
}
} catch (Error err) {
if (!(err is FileError.ACCES)) {
warning ("Can't read fdinfo: '%s' %d", err.message, err.code);
}
}
break;
}
}

private void update_engine (string line, ref uint64 last_engine) {
var engine = uint64.parse (line.strip ().split (" ")[0]);
if (last_engine != 0) {
gpu_percentage = calculate_percentage (engine, last_engine, update_interval);
}
last_engine = engine;
}

private static double calculate_percentage (uint64 engine, uint64 last_engine, int interval) {
// Since values in the files are in nanoseconds, it is also needed to convert interval to nanoseconds (10^9)
return 100 * ((double) (engine - last_engine)) / (interval * 1e9);
}

// Based on nvtop
// https://github.com/Syllo/nvtop/blob/4bf5db248d7aa7528f3a1ab7c94f504dff6834e4/src/extract_processinfo_fdinfo.c#L88
private static bool is_drm_fd (int fd_dir_fd, string name) {
Posix.Stat stat;
int ret = Posix.fstatat (fd_dir_fd, name, out stat, 0);
return ret == 0 && (stat.st_mode & Posix.S_IFMT) == Posix.S_IFCHR && Posix.major (stat.st_rdev) == 226;
}

}
3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion src/Managers/ProcessManager.vala
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Expand Up @@ -259,7 +259,8 @@ namespace Monitor {
*/
private Process ? add_process (int pid, bool lazy_signal = false) {
// create the process
var process = new Process (pid);
int update_interval = MonitorApp.settings.get_int ("update-time");
var process = new Process (pid, update_interval);

if (!process.exists) {
return null;
Expand Down
5 changes: 4 additions & 1 deletion src/Models/TreeViewModel.vala
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Expand Up @@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ public enum Monitor.Column {
NAME,
CPU,
MEMORY,
GPU,
PID,
CMD
CMD,
}

public class Monitor.TreeViewModel : Gtk.TreeStore {
Expand All @@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ public class Monitor.TreeViewModel : Gtk.TreeStore {
typeof (string),
typeof (double),
typeof (int64),
typeof (double),
typeof (int),
typeof (string),
});
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -79,6 +81,7 @@ public class Monitor.TreeViewModel : Gtk.TreeStore {
set (iter,
Column.CPU, process.cpu_percentage,
Column.MEMORY, process.mem_usage,
Column.GPU, process.gpu_percentage,
-1);
}
}
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26 changes: 26 additions & 0 deletions src/Views/ProcessView/ProcessTreeView/CPUProcessTreeView.vala
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Expand Up @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ public class Monitor.CPUProcessTreeView : Gtk.TreeView {
private Gtk.TreeViewColumn pid_column;
private Gtk.TreeViewColumn cpu_column;
private Gtk.TreeViewColumn memory_column;
private Gtk.TreeViewColumn gpu_column;

public signal void process_selected (Process process);

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -58,6 +59,17 @@ public class Monitor.CPUProcessTreeView : Gtk.TreeView {
memory_column.set_sort_column_id (Column.MEMORY);
insert_column (memory_column, -1);

// setup gpu column
var gpu_cell = new Gtk.CellRendererText ();
gpu_cell.xalign = 0.5f;

gpu_column = new Gtk.TreeViewColumn.with_attributes (_("GPU"), gpu_cell);
gpu_column.expand = false;
gpu_column.set_cell_data_func (gpu_cell, gpu_usage_cell_layout);
gpu_column.alignment = 0.5f;
gpu_column.set_sort_column_id (Column.GPU);
insert_column (gpu_column, -1);

// setup PID column
var pid_cell = new Gtk.CellRendererText ();
pid_cell.xalign = 0.5f;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -142,6 +154,20 @@ public class Monitor.CPUProcessTreeView : Gtk.TreeView {
((Gtk.CellRendererText)cell).text = "%.1f %s".printf (memory_usage_double, units);
}

public void gpu_usage_cell_layout (Gtk.CellLayout cell_layout, Gtk.CellRenderer cell, Gtk.TreeModel model, Gtk.TreeIter iter) {
// grab the value that was store in the model and convert it down to a usable format
Value gpu_usage_value;
model.get_value (iter, Column.GPU, out gpu_usage_value);
double gpu_usage = gpu_usage_value.get_double ();

// format the double into a string
if (gpu_usage < 0.0) {
((Gtk.CellRendererText)cell).text = Utils.NO_DATA;
} else {
((Gtk.CellRendererText)cell).text = "%.0f%%".printf (gpu_usage);
}
}

private void pid_cell_layout (Gtk.CellLayout cell_layout, Gtk.CellRenderer cell, Gtk.TreeModel model, Gtk.TreeIter iter) {
Value pid_value;
model.get_value (iter, Column.PID, out pid_value);
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions src/meson.build
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Expand Up @@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ source_app_files = [
'Managers/Process.vala',
'Managers/ProcessStructs.vala',
'Managers/ProcessUtils.vala',
'Managers/ProcessDRM.vala',

# Services
'Services/DBusServer.vala',
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