Re: [PATCH] pktcdvd: added sysfs interface + bio write queue handling fix

Phillip Susi
2006-09-08T21:40:00Z

Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 07:55:08PM +0200, Thomas Maier wrote:
>> +/sys/block/pktcdvd/<pktdevname>/packet/
>> + statistic (r) Show device statistic. One line with
>> + 5 values in following order:
>> + packets-started
>> + packets-end
>> + written in kB
>> + read gather in kB
>> + read in kB
>
> Please no. One value per file is the sysfs rule.
>

Except in cases like this where you want to read the status of the
device at a given point in time, and you can't do that unless you grab
all the values at once.