From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 28 Sep 2001 18:01:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 28 Sep 2001 18:01:09 -0400 Received: from smtp.mailbox.co.uk ([195.82.125.32]:55182 "EHLO smtp.mailbox.net.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 28 Sep 2001 18:00:08 -0400 Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 23:00:34 +0100 From: Russell King To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Tools better than vmstat [was: 2.4.9-ac16 good perfomer?] Message-ID: <20010928230034.F15457@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <200109281826.f8SIQLP06585@deathstar.prodigy.com> <20010928123455.B8222@mikef-linux.matchmail.com> <20010928210453.B15457@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <20010928145324.A14801@mikef-linux.matchmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010928145324.A14801@mikef-linux.matchmail.com>; from mfedyk@matchmail.com on Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 02:53:24PM -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 02:53:24PM -0700, Mike Fedyk wrote: > Is there any possibility of using Russell's patch for this user space tool? There is one property the kernel space method has over any user space tool on a UP machine (and conceivably a SMP machine with more code) - you get a complete atomic snapshot of the VM state. Might be useful and important, but might not be. It would be pretty easy to change my kernel patch to produce what you're requesting, from another sysrq key combination. -- Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk) The developer of ARM Linux http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html