Re: [PATCH 05/10] AXFS: axfs_profiling.c

Carsten Otte
2008-08-21T10:21:41Z

David Woodhouse wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-08-21 at 10:44 +0200, Carsten Otte wrote:
>> Jared Hulbert wrote:
>>> Profiling is a fault instrumentation and /proc formating system.
>>> This is used to get an accurate picture of what the pages are actually used.
>>> Using this info the image can be optimized for XIP
>
>> Exporting profiling data for a file system in another file system
>> (/proc) seems not very straigtforward to me. I think it is worth
>> considering to export this information via the same mount point.
>
> I would have said sysfs, rather than 'the same mount point'.
Well, filesystems are usually not represented in the device model.
It'd be possible to add a system device for it, but that does'nt feel
like the right solution to me.