From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To: "Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@osdl.org>
Cc: Andries Brouwer <aebr@win.tue.nl>, Kurt Garloff <kurt@garloff.de>,
Linux kernel list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo@conectiva.com.br>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] conditionally re-enable per-disk stats, convert to seq_file
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 01:18:14 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020808011814.A14850@lst.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33L2.0208071610150.13813-100000@dragon.pdx.osdl.net>; from rddunlap@osdl.org on Wed, Aug 07, 2002 at 04:10:48PM -0700
On Wed, Aug 07, 2002 at 04:10:48PM -0700, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> | It is really ugly to stuff a lot of garbage into a file just because
> | it happens to exist already. If you want disk statistics, why not
> | put it in /proc/diskstatistics?
>
> me too.
>
> I'd like to see the disk stats added, but not in /proc/partitions.
Feel free to implement it. This is the interface use by all major
vendors for ages and the -ac kernel series. It's supported by unpatched
upstream performace tools.
I'll keept this patch around for the few poort soul complaining that
they don't get that's anymore after upgrading to the latest kernel.org
source.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-08-07 23:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-08-06 14:08 [PATCH] conditionally re-enable per-disk stats, convert to seq_file Christoph Hellwig
2002-08-07 21:02 ` Kurt Garloff
2002-08-07 21:18 ` Andries Brouwer
2002-08-07 22:33 ` Christoph Hellwig
2002-08-07 22:59 ` Andries Brouwer
2002-08-07 23:10 ` Randy.Dunlap
2002-08-07 23:18 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
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