Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | From | Thomas Gleixner <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] tick-sched: Do not clear the iowait and idle times | Date | Thu, 24 Sep 2020 22:41:47 +0200 |
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On Tue, Sep 15 2020 at 13:36, Tom Hromatka wrote: > Prior to this commit, the cpu idle and iowait data in /proc/stat were > cleared when a CPU goes down. When the CPU came back online, both idle > and iowait times were restarted from 0.
Starting a commit message with 'Prior to this commit' is pointless. Describe the factual problem which made you come up with this change.
> > This commit preserves the CPU's idle and iowait values when a CPU goes > offline and comes back online.
'This commit does' is just a variation of 'This patch does'.
git grep 'This patch' Documentation/process/
Thanks,
tglx
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