From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
To: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Cc: axboe@kernel.dk, ctalbott@google.com, rni@google.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH UPDATED 11/11] blkcg: unify blkg's for blkcg policies
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 14:28:18 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120203222818.GG14209@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120203222329.GG9683@redhat.com>
On Fri, Feb 03, 2012 at 05:23:29PM -0500, Vivek Goyal wrote:
> Personally I consider it to be a debugging aid. User space applications
> should do what you suggested and that is take delta between certain
> periods.
>
> Frankly speaking I have found it useful though. If I am debugging something,
> I don't have to reboot the system to reset the stats and calculating the
> difference from zero is easier for humans.
There are many things different people may find useful but we
shouldn't add userland visible interface with marginal usefulness like
this one. Seriously, you can write up a ten line python script to
achieve what you want. It's just sad. :(
--
tejun
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-02-03 22:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-02-01 21:19 [PATCHSET] blkcg: unify blkgs for different policies Tejun Heo
2012-02-01 21:19 ` [PATCH 01/11] blkcg: let blkio_group point to blkio_cgroup directly Tejun Heo
2012-02-02 20:03 ` Vivek Goyal
2012-02-02 20:33 ` Tejun Heo
2012-02-02 20:55 ` Vivek Goyal
2012-02-01 21:19 ` [PATCH 02/11] block: relocate elevator initialized test from blk_cleanup_queue() to blk_drain_queue() Tejun Heo
2012-02-02 20:20 ` Vivek Goyal
2012-02-02 20:35 ` Tejun Heo
2012-02-02 20:37 ` Vivek Goyal
2012-02-02 20:38 ` Tejun Heo
2012-02-01 21:19 ` [PATCH 03/11] blkcg: add blkcg_{init|drain|exit}_queue() Tejun Heo
2012-02-01 21:19 ` [PATCH 04/11] blkcg: clear all request_queues on blkcg policy [un]registrations Tejun Heo
2012-02-01 21:19 ` [PATCH 05/11] blkcg: let blkcg core handle policy private data allocation Tejun Heo
2012-02-01 21:19 ` [PATCH 06/11] blkcg: move refcnt to blkcg core Tejun Heo
2012-02-02 22:07 ` Vivek Goyal
2012-02-02 22:11 ` Tejun Heo
2012-02-01 21:19 ` [PATCH 07/11] blkcg: make blkg->pd an array and move configuration and stats into it Tejun Heo
2012-02-01 21:19 ` [PATCH 08/11] blkcg: don't use blkg->plid in stat related functions Tejun Heo
2012-02-01 21:19 ` [PATCH 09/11] blkcg: move per-queue blkg list heads and counters to queue and blkg Tejun Heo
2012-02-02 22:47 ` Vivek Goyal
2012-02-02 22:47 ` Tejun Heo
2012-02-01 21:19 ` [PATCH 10/11] blkcg: let blkcg core manage per-queue blkg list and counter Tejun Heo
2012-02-01 21:19 ` [PATCH 11/11] blkcg: unify blkg's for blkcg policies Tejun Heo
2012-02-02 0:37 ` [PATCH UPDATED " Tejun Heo
2012-02-03 19:41 ` Vivek Goyal
2012-02-03 20:59 ` Tejun Heo
2012-02-03 21:44 ` Vivek Goyal
2012-02-03 21:47 ` Tejun Heo
2012-02-03 21:53 ` Vivek Goyal
2012-02-03 22:14 ` Tejun Heo
2012-02-03 22:23 ` Vivek Goyal
2012-02-03 22:28 ` Tejun Heo [this message]
2012-02-03 21:06 ` Vivek Goyal
2012-02-03 21:09 ` Tejun Heo
2012-02-03 21:10 ` Tejun Heo
2012-02-14 1:33 ` [PATCH UPDATED2 " Tejun Heo
2012-02-15 17:02 ` Vivek Goyal
2012-02-16 22:42 ` Tejun Heo
2012-02-02 19:29 ` [PATCHSET] blkcg: unify blkgs for different policies Vivek Goyal
2012-02-02 20:36 ` Tejun Heo
2012-02-02 20:43 ` Vivek Goyal
2012-02-02 20:59 ` Tejun Heo
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