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    SubjectRe: [patch] swapin rlimit
    Ingo wrote:
    > Seriously, while nr_swapped_in_pages ought to be OK, i think there is a
    > generic problem with /proc based stats.
    >
    > System instrumentation people are already complaining about how costly
    > /proc parsing is. If you have to get some nontrivial stat from all
    > threads in the system, and if Linux doesnt offer that counter or summary
    > by default, it gets pretty expensive.

    Agreed.

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