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

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Message-ID: <20080307085941.GB24047@elte.hu>
Date:	Fri, 7 Mar 2008 09:59:41 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Dhaval Giani <dhaval@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	vatsa@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, menage@...gle.com,
	balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, 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


* Dhaval Giani <dhaval@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> Currently the schedstats implementation does not allow the statistics 
> to be reset. This patch aims to allow that.
> 
> echo 0 > cpuacct.usage
> 
> resets the usage. Any other value is not allowed and returns -EINVAL.

i've applied this for now, please send any updates that might come out 
of the interface discussions.

	Ingo
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