From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 19:58:48 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 19:58:39 -0500 Received: from io.frii.com ([216.17.128.3]:22794 "EHLO io.frii.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 19:58:32 -0500 Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 17:58:25 -0700 From: Nicholas Dronen To: Michael McLeod Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: monitoring I/O Message-ID: <20010123175825.A88907@frii.com> In-Reply-To: <8494866EDB1D3E4F9C7E6AC2F95C259B01DA1C@plat.platypus.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <8494866EDB1D3E4F9C7E6AC2F95C259B01DA1C@plat.platypus.net>; from michaelm@platypus.net on Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 11:52:36AM +1100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Check out the disk_io field in /proc/stat. On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 11:52:36AM +1100, Michael McLeod wrote: > Hello > > I am hoping someone can give me a little information or point me in the > right direction. I would like to write an application that monitors I/O > on a linux machine, but I need some help in determining where to get the > information I'm looking for. What I would like to do is 'hook' into the > kernel and record information such as volume name, type of request (read > or write), the amount of data being read or written, how long each > transaction takes.... > > Any help would be greatly appreciated, or if there is something like > this already available that would be even better. Thanx > > Mike - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/