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Message-Id: <20061108175412.3c2be30c.holzheu@de.ibm.com> Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 17:54:12 +0100 From: Michael Holzheu <holzheu@...ibm.com> To: pavel@....cz Cc: Ingo Oeser <ioe-lkml@...eria.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mschwid2@...ibm.com Subject: Re: How to document dimension units for virtual files? Pavel, Ingo, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz> wrote on 10/28/2006 07:40:48 PM: > Hi! > > > > > 2. Encode dimension unit into filename (e.g. onlinetime_ms or > > memory_kb) > > > > > > This is the recommended one. > > > - simple to implement and understand on both sides > > > [snip] > > I also think that this is the best solution. It would be nice to have > > that documented somewhere. Maybe in the Documentation directory > > something like: > > > > Howto export data in virtual files > > ================================== > > > > If you want to export data to userspace via virtual filesystems > > like procfs, sysfs, debugfs etc., the following rules are recommended: > > ...yes please... such patch would be nice. What about the following ... Michael --- Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX | 2 + Documentation/filesystems/ExportData | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 49 insertions(+) diff -Naur linux-2.6.18/Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX linux-2.6.18-exp-data-doc/Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX --- linux-2.6.18/Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX 2006-09-20 10:50:34.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.18-exp-data-doc/Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX 2006-11-08 17:45:31.000000000 +0100 @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ 00-INDEX - this file (info on some of the filesystems supported by linux). +ExportData + - recommendation of how to export data via virtual File Systems. Exporting - explanation of how to make filesystems exportable. Locking diff -Naur linux-2.6.18/Documentation/filesystems/ExportData linux-2.6.18-exp-data-doc/Documentation/filesystems/ExportData --- linux-2.6.18/Documentation/filesystems/ExportData 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.18-exp-data-doc/Documentation/filesystems/ExportData 2006-11-08 17:44:59.000000000 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ + +Export data via virtual File Systems +==================================== + +If you want to export data to userspace via virtual filesystems +like procfs, sysfs, debugfs etc., the following rules are recommended: + +- Export only one value in one virtual file. +- Data format should be as simple as possible. +- Use ASCII formated strings, no binary data if possible. +- If data has dimension units, encode that in the filename. + +Please use the following prefixes, when dimension units are required (According +to IEC 60027-2 and SI/International System of Units): + +Storage size (SI prefixes) +-------------------------- +* kB: kilobyte (10^3 Byte) +* MB: megabyte (10^6 Byte) +* GB: gigabyte (10^9 Byte) +* TB: terabyte (10^12 Byte) +* PB: petabyte (10^15 Byte) + +Storage size (Binary prefixes) +------------------------------ +* KiB: kibibyte (2^10 Byte) +* MiB: mebibyte (2^20 Byte) +* GiB: gibibyte (2^30 Byte) +* TiB: tebibyte (2^40 Byte) +* PiB: pebibyte (2^50 Byte) + +Time (SI pefixes) +----------------- +* s: Second +* ms: Millisecond (10^-3 Seconds) +* us: Microsecond (10^-6 Seconds) +* ns: Nanosecond (10^-9 Seconds) + +Examples: +--------- +> ls /sys/kernel/debug/sysinfo +free_mem_KiB +online_time_ms +cpu_time_us + +> cat /sys/kernel/debug/free_mem_KiB +147536 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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