linux-kernel - What is the unit of "nr

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Date:	Tue, 4 Dec 2007 04:58:52 -0800 (PST)
From:	Martin Knoblauch <spamtrap@...bisoft.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: What is the unit of "nr_writeback"?

Hi,

 forgive the stupid question. What is the unit of "nr_writeback"? One would usually assume a rate, but looking at the code I see it added together with nr_dirty and nr_unstable, somehow defeating the assumption.

Cheers
Martin
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Martin Knoblauch
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