linux-kernel - [PATCH] documentation: Add desc of new cpu fields in /proc/stat

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Message-ID: <20080129084352.GA4221@zip.com.au>
Date:	Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:43:52 +1100
From:	AP <ap@....com.au>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Laurent.Vivier@...l.net, avi@...ranet.com, mingo@...e.hu
Subject: [PATCH] documentation: Add desc of new cpu fields in /proc/stat

Today I noticed that a new field cropped up in /proc/stat. The git patch
that made it is 5e84cfde51cf303d368fcb48f22059f37b3872de. I hope the
following description is adequately accurate. I tried to keep it short.

Signed-Off-By: Andrew P <ap@....com.au>

diff -aur linux/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt work/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
--- linux/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt	2008-01-29 11:27:18.000000000 +1100
+++ work/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt	2008-01-29 11:37:41.000000000 +1100
@@ -813,9 +813,9 @@
 since the system first booted.  For a quick look, simply cat the file:
 
   > cat /proc/stat
-  cpu  2255 34 2290 22625563 6290 127 456 0
-  cpu0 1132 34 1441 11311718 3675 127 438 0
-  cpu1 1123 0 849 11313845 2614 0 18 0
+  cpu  2255 34 2290 22625563 6290 127 456 0 0
+  cpu0 1132 34 1441 11311718 3675 127 438 0 0
+  cpu1 1123 0 849 11313845 2614 0 18 0 0
   intr 114930548 113199788 3 0 5 263 0 4 [... lots more numbers ...]
   ctxt 1990473
   btime 1062191376
@@ -836,6 +836,7 @@
 - irq: servicing interrupts
 - softirq: servicing softirqs
 - steal: involuntary wait
+- guest: time used to run a virtual CPU
 
 The "intr" line gives counts of interrupts  serviced since boot time, for each
 of the  possible system interrupts.   The first  column  is the  total of  all

-- 
Andrew
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