Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 29 Oct 2018 13:38:18 -0700 | From | Davidlohr Bueso <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] fs/proc: introduce /proc/stat2 file |
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On Mon, 29 Oct 2018, Waiman Long wrote:
>BTW, since you are making stat2 compatible with stat, will that be >easier from the user API perspective if we use a sysctl parameter to >turn on and off IRQs reporting for /proc/stat, for example?
For one /proc/stat is also common for debugging envs (ie: performance) and I fear that if a tunnable modifies the behavior of the output, we it might never be usable again (at least not without having users also now consider the systctl parameter). Making it dynamic I think is not worth it.
Thanks, Davidlohr
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