Re: meminfo or Rephrased helping the Programmer's help themselves...

[Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>]

On Fri, 6 Sep 2002, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:

> I've been looking at this sort of thing for a year and a half now. I've
> begged and pleaded on the main kernel list for documentation, meaningful
> performance statistics, control knobs, etc. Linux is not
> enterprise-ready until it has these. I've even made a proposal; see
>
> 	http://www.borasky-research.net/Cougar.htm

That's a _very_ high overview proposal.  A good start would be
defining what statistics are missing from the kernel and how
exactly you'd want to collect those.

> I *could* devote the rest of my life to building what *I* believe is
> necessary, but given the chaotic nature of the Linux development process
> relative to, say, SEI level 2, I'm reluctant to devote what little
> sanity I have left to jousting this particular windmill.

One step at a time.  It _is_ possible to put better statistics
into the Linux kernel, as long as they are sent in in manageable
chunks.

Speaking of which, I need to resubmit my iowait statistics patch.

regards,

Rik
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