linux-kernel - Re: [Patch 0/6] Enhanced partition statistics

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Date:	Fri, 1 Feb 2008 14:33:17 -0800
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Jerome Marchand <jmarchan@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, axboe@...nel.dk,
	"Ed L. Cashin" <ecashin@...aid.com>
Subject: Re: [Patch 0/6] Enhanced partition statistics

On Fri, Feb 01, 2008 at 07:14:07PM +0100, Jerome Marchand wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This patchset is the corrected version of the patchset I posted
> here weeks ago and which brings back the I/O statistics concerning
> partitions which were lost between 2.4 and 2.6 kernels.
> 
> This version still breaks the /sys/block/_disk_/_part_/stat and
> /proc/diskstats interfaces. Incidentally iostat is already able to
> deal correctly with the new format and both 'iostat -x' and
> 'iostat -p' already display the enhanced partition statistics.

As you are changing a userspace ABI, please document it properly in
Documentation/ABI/ when you change it.

thanks,

greg k-h
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