Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030259AbWEKPWs (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 May 2006 11:22:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030260AbWEKPWs (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 May 2006 11:22:48 -0400 Received: from dtp.xs4all.nl ([80.126.206.180]:17750 "HELO abra2.bitwizard.nl") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1030259AbWEKPWr (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 May 2006 11:22:47 -0400 Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 17:22:46 +0200 From: Erik Mouw To: Mark Hedges Cc: David Rees , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: unknown io writes in 2.6.16 Message-ID: <20060511152245.GE3755@harddisk-recovery.com> References: <20060510135100.F26270@network.ucsd.edu> <72dbd3150605101442o52a62d79va730314bf96dcfdd@mail.gmail.com> <20060510225112.T31828@network.ucsd.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060510225112.T31828@network.ucsd.edu> Organization: Harddisk-recovery.com User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 828 Lines: 20 On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 10:54:43PM -0700, Mark Hedges wrote: > Just a wishlist that process IO could be monitored. I hate to > say it but ctl-alt-esc in W2K can monitor io by process, and > that's really useful. (I will never go back though.) IIRC this can be done with Jens Axboe's blktrace. It got merged in 2.6.17, enable CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE and get the blktrace userspace tools from git://brick.kernel.dk/data/git/blktrace.git . Erik -- +-- Erik Mouw -- www.harddisk-recovery.com -- +31 70 370 12 90 -- | Lab address: Delftechpark 26, 2628 XH, Delft, The Netherlands - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/