Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:11:33 -0400 | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/3] writeback: kernel visibility |
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On 08/19/2010 04:57 PM, Michael Rubin wrote: > Patch #1 sets up some helper functions for accounting. > > Patch #2 adds writeback visibility in /proc/sys/vm. > > To help developers and applications gain visibility into writeback > behaviour adding two read-only sysctl files into /proc/sys/vm. > These files allow user apps to understand writeback behaviour over time > and learn how it is impacting their performance. > > # cat /proc/sys/vm/pages_dirtied > 3747 > # cat /proc/sys/vm/pages_entered_writeback > 3618
Would it be better to have these values in /proc/vmstat and /proc/zoneinfo ?
I don't really see why they need to be in /proc/sys at all...
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