From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Steve Dickson Subject: Re: interprtation of /proc/net/rpc/nfsd Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 05:05:44 -0400 Sender: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <416B9E68.40009@RedHat.com> References: <482A3FA0050D21419C269D13989C61130435E96A@lavender-fe.eng.netapp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Cc: nfs@lists.sourceforge.net Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.11] helo=sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1CHIck-0007sc-RS for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 12 Oct 2004 02:07:14 -0700 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]) by sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.41) id 1CHIbY-0006WX-TZ for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 12 Oct 2004 02:07:14 -0700 Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.12.11/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i9C95nvO022196 for ; Tue, 12 Oct 2004 05:05:49 -0400 Received: from RedHat.com (vpn83-137.boston.redhat.com [172.16.83.137]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i9C95hr14412 for ; Tue, 12 Oct 2004 05:05:44 -0400 In-Reply-To: <482A3FA0050D21419C269D13989C61130435E96A@lavender-fe.eng.netapp.com> Errors-To: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: Discussion of NFS under Linux development, interoperability, and testing. List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Lever, Charles wrote: >>Well... zeroing out the nfs stats was something I proposed a >>while ago but got shoot down both internally and externally >>since zero out stats is "not the Linux way".... so I've taken >>the patch out of both FC and RHEL kernels, but I guess I >>forgot to take it out of the nfs-utils.... >> >> > >for the record, the reason that zeroing the kernel stats is a bad idea >is that this should really be a user-space thing. otherwise, if process >A is sampling the stats and process B zeroes them, it will screw up >process A's samples. > > This make senses for stats that measure time based things like bit rate or latency.... but for stats that measure simple activity, sampling does not really come into play.... imho... SteveD. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IT Product Guide on ITManagersJournal Use IT products in your business? Tell us what you think of them. Give us Your Opinions, Get Free ThinkGeek Gift Certificates! Click to find out more http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/guidepromo.tmpl _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs