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Date:   Mon, 10 May 2021 18:48:35 +1000
From:   Balbir Singh <bsingharora@gmail.com>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] delayacct: add a proc file to dump the delay info
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On Sun, May 09, 2021 at 08:58:53PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Apr 2021 22:37:07 +0800 brookxu <brookxu.cn@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Many distributions do not install the getdelay tool by
> > default, similar to task_io_accounting, adding a proc
> > file to make access easier.
> 
> Well, we developed and maintain getdelays.c for a reason.  Why should
> we add (and maintain) kernel code because some people are too
> lame to install the tool we provided?

+1

I think we should find a way to repackage the tool into distributions again.

Balbir Singh