Re: patch so cciss stats are collected in /proc/stat

Neil Horman
2004-09-29T19:09:44Z

mike.miller@hp.com wrote:
> Currently cciss statistics are not collected in /proc/stat. This patch
> bumps DK_MAX_MAJOR to 111 to fix that. This has been a common complaint
> by customers wishing to gather info about cciss devices.
> Please consider this for inclusion. Applies to 2.4.28-pre3.
>
> Thanks,
> mikem
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> diff -burNp lx2428-pre1.orig/include/linux/kernel_stat.h lx2428-pre1/include/linux/kernel_stat.h
> --- lx2428-pre1.orig/include/linux/kernel_stat.h 2004-08-23 15:41:43.640300000 -0500
> +++ lx2428-pre1/include/linux/kernel_stat.h 2004-08-23 15:43:07.097613064 -0500
> @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
> * used by rstatd/perfmeter
> */
>
> -#define DK_MAX_MAJOR 16
> +#define DK_MAX_MAJOR 111
> #define DK_MAX_DISK 16
>
> struct kernel_stat {
> -
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The answer to this is to use the latest sysstat tools. the latest
version of iostat, sar, etc draw information out of /proc/partitions
rather than out of /proc/stat. Or are you using some other home rolled
tool in this case?

Neil

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