diff -uprN -X dontdiff linux-2.6.7-vanilla/drivers/block/ll_rw_blk.c linux-2.6.7/drivers/block/ll_rw_blk.c
--- linux-2.6.7-vanilla/drivers/block/ll_rw_blk.c	2004-06-16 07:18:58.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.7/drivers/block/ll_rw_blk.c	2004-07-02 10:40:46.499028784 +0200
@@ -1895,10 +1895,12 @@ void drive_stat_acct(struct request *rq,
 
 	if (rw == READ) {
 		disk_stat_add(rq->rq_disk, read_sectors, nr_sectors);
+		current->rblk += nr_sectors;
 		if (!new_io)
 			disk_stat_inc(rq->rq_disk, read_merges);
 	} else if (rw == WRITE) {
 		disk_stat_add(rq->rq_disk, write_sectors, nr_sectors);
+		current->wblk += nr_sectors;
 		if (!new_io)
 			disk_stat_inc(rq->rq_disk, write_merges);
 	}
diff -uprN -X dontdiff linux-2.6.7-vanilla/fs/read_write.c linux-2.6.7/fs/read_write.c
--- linux-2.6.7-vanilla/fs/read_write.c	2004-06-16 07:19:37.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.7/fs/read_write.c	2004-07-02 10:34:34.475584944 +0200
@@ -281,6 +281,9 @@ asmlinkage ssize_t sys_read(unsigned int
 		fput_light(file, fput_needed);
 	}
 
+	if (ret > 0) 
+		current->rchar++;
+
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sys_read);
@@ -297,6 +300,9 @@ asmlinkage ssize_t sys_write(unsigned in
 		fput_light(file, fput_needed);
 	}
 
+	if (ret > 0) 
+		current->wchar++;
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -519,6 +525,9 @@ sys_readv(unsigned long fd, const struct
 		fput_light(file, fput_needed);
 	}
 
+	if (ret > 0) 
+		current->rchar++;
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -535,6 +544,9 @@ sys_writev(unsigned long fd, const struc
 		fput_light(file, fput_needed);
 	}
 
+	if (ret > 0) 
+		current->wchar++;
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff -uprN -X dontdiff linux-2.6.7-vanilla/include/linux/sched.h linux-2.6.7/include/linux/sched.h
--- linux-2.6.7-vanilla/include/linux/sched.h	2004-06-16 07:18:57.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.7/include/linux/sched.h	2004-07-02 10:22:02.329928464 +0200
@@ -459,6 +459,8 @@ struct task_struct {
 	char comm[16];
 /* file system info */
 	int link_count, total_link_count;
+/* I/O info: chars read/written, blocks read/written */
+	unsigned long rchar, wchar, rblk, wblk;
 /* ipc stuff */
 	struct sysv_sem sysvsem;
 /* CPU-specific state of this task */
diff -uprN -X dontdiff linux-2.6.7-vanilla/kernel/acct.c linux-2.6.7/kernel/acct.c
--- linux-2.6.7-vanilla/kernel/acct.c	2004-06-16 07:19:35.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.7/kernel/acct.c	2004-07-02 10:42:45.136993072 +0200
@@ -376,8 +376,8 @@ static void do_acct_process(long exitcod
 	}
 	vsize = vsize / 1024;
 	ac.ac_mem = encode_comp_t(vsize);
-	ac.ac_io = encode_comp_t(0 /* current->io_usage */);	/* %% */
-	ac.ac_rw = encode_comp_t(ac.ac_io / 1024);
+	ac.ac_io = encode_comp_t(current->rchar + current->wchar);
+	ac.ac_rw = encode_comp_t(current->rblk + current->wblk);
 	ac.ac_minflt = encode_comp_t(current->min_flt);
 	ac.ac_majflt = encode_comp_t(current->maj_flt);
 	ac.ac_swaps = encode_comp_t(0);
diff -uprN -X dontdiff linux-2.6.7-vanilla/kernel/fork.c linux-2.6.7/kernel/fork.c
--- linux-2.6.7-vanilla/kernel/fork.c	2004-06-16 07:18:57.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.7/kernel/fork.c	2004-07-02 10:28:03.661997640 +0200
@@ -960,6 +960,7 @@ struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigne
 
 	p->utime = p->stime = 0;
 	p->cutime = p->cstime = 0;
+	p->rchar = p->wchar = p->rblk = p->wblk = 0;
 	p->lock_depth = -1;		/* -1 = no lock */
 	p->start_time = get_jiffies_64();
 	p->security = NULL;