Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756345AbYA2JOg (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:14:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753135AbYA2JOV (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:14:21 -0500 Received: from nessie.weebeastie.net ([220.233.7.36]:58290 "EHLO bunyip.lochness.weebeastie.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752296AbYA2JOU (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:14:20 -0500 X-Greylist: delayed 1677 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:14:19 EST Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:43:52 +1100 From: AP To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Laurent.Vivier@bull.net, avi@qumranet.com, mingo@elte.hu Subject: [PATCH] documentation: Add desc of new cpu fields in /proc/stat Message-ID: <20080129084352.GA4221@zip.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1561 Lines: 38 Today I noticed that a new field cropped up in /proc/stat. The git patch that made it is 5e84cfde51cf303d368fcb48f22059f37b3872de. I hope the following description is adequately accurate. I tried to keep it short. Signed-Off-By: Andrew P diff -aur linux/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt work/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt --- linux/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt 2008-01-29 11:27:18.000000000 +1100 +++ work/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt 2008-01-29 11:37:41.000000000 +1100 @@ -813,9 +813,9 @@ since the system first booted. For a quick look, simply cat the file: > cat /proc/stat - cpu 2255 34 2290 22625563 6290 127 456 0 - cpu0 1132 34 1441 11311718 3675 127 438 0 - cpu1 1123 0 849 11313845 2614 0 18 0 + cpu 2255 34 2290 22625563 6290 127 456 0 0 + cpu0 1132 34 1441 11311718 3675 127 438 0 0 + cpu1 1123 0 849 11313845 2614 0 18 0 0 intr 114930548 113199788 3 0 5 263 0 4 [... lots more numbers ...] ctxt 1990473 btime 1062191376 @@ -836,6 +836,7 @@ - irq: servicing interrupts - softirq: servicing softirqs - steal: involuntary wait +- guest: time used to run a virtual CPU The "intr" line gives counts of interrupts serviced since boot time, for each of the possible system interrupts. The first column is the total of all -- Andrew -- 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/