Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933558AbXIJO4l (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:56:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1760769AbXIJOxx (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:53:53 -0400 Received: from ecfrec.frec.bull.fr ([129.183.4.8]:57665 "EHLO ecfrec.frec.bull.fr" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1760771AbXIJOxv (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:53:51 -0400 Message-ID: <46E55A6C.6070106@bull.net> Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:53:32 +0200 From: Laurent Vivier Organization: Bull S.A.S. User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (X11/20060420) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rik van Riel Cc: Ingo Molnar , linux-kernel Subject: Re: [RESEND][PATCH 1/4] Introduce a new field "guest" in cpustat References: <46E53267.3010305@bull.net> <46E55996.8050009@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <46E55996.8050009@redhat.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on ECN002/FR/BULL(Release 5.0.12 |February 13, 2003) at 10/09/2007 16:59:30, Serialize by Router on ECN002/FR/BULL(Release 5.0.12 |February 13, 2003) at 10/09/2007 16:59:31, Serialize complete at 10/09/2007 16:59:31 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig12D0C24DE32420F7B0F5D537" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1698 Lines: 51 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig12D0C24DE32420F7B0F5D537 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Rik van Riel wrote: > Laurent Vivier wrote: >> [PATCH 1/4] as recent CPUs introduce a third running state, after >> "user" and >> "system", we need a new field, "guest", in cpustat to store the time >> used by >> the CPU to run virtual CPU. Modify /proc/stat to display this new fiel= d. >=20 > I think it would be good to always print out that number, even if > it is zero without the CONFIG option set. >=20 > Changing the format of /proc/stat depending on config options is > probably worse than changing it when moving kernel versions. >=20 > I guess reusing the "steal" field is not a good idea, since your > new "guest time" has different semantics than the steal time field. >=20 I agree with all. Laurent --=20 ------------- Laurent.Vivier@bull.net -------------- "Software is hard" - Donald Knuth --------------enig12D0C24DE32420F7B0F5D537 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFG5Vpw9Kffa9pFVzwRArCsAJ4rfbdF40s6U3lRcvwmCtWCv1knzwCaA7V+ uomkHAaNoy5Hwpe6aiT1jsY= =DvuM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig12D0C24DE32420F7B0F5D537-- - 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/