linux-kernel - Re: [patch 2/2] sched: allow cpuacct stats to be reset

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Message-ID: <20080229060230.GC3806@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:32:30 +0530
From:	Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	"Paul Menage" <menage@...gle.com>
Cc:	"Dhaval Giani" <dhaval@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, mingo@...e.hu,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, skumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [patch 2/2] sched: allow cpuacct stats to be reset

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 09:48:51PM -0800, Paul Menage wrote:
> Can I suggest, in order to be more generic, that this patch instead
> set each CPU's counter to the written value divided by the number of
> CPUs? (Either forgetting the remainder, or spreading it among the
> first few CPUs).

Paul,
	When would you want to reset the counters to non-zero value?
What would be its usecase?

-- 
Regards,
vatsa
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