linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pktcdvd: added sysfs interface + bio write queue handling fix

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Message-ID: <4501E33B.50204@cfl.rr.com>
Date:	Fri, 08 Sep 2006 17:40:11 -0400
From:	Phillip Susi <psusi@....rr.com>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
CC:	Thomas Maier <balagi@...tmail.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"petero2@...ia.com" <petero2@...ia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pktcdvd: added sysfs interface + bio write queue handling
 fix

Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 07:55:08PM +0200, Thomas Maier wrote:
>> +/sys/block/pktcdvd/<pktdevname>/packet/
>> +    statistic         (r)  Show device statistic. One line with
>> +                           5 values in following order:
>> +                              packets-started
>> +                              packets-end
>> +                              written in kB
>> +                              read gather in kB
>> +                              read in kB
> 
> Please no.  One value per file is the sysfs rule.
> 

Except in cases like this where you want to read the status of the 
device at a given point in time, and you can't do that unless you grab 
all the values at once.


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