linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND][PATCH] Add /proc/mempool to display mempool usage

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Date:	Mon, 1 Dec 2008 10:12:45 -0800
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
	Remi Colinet <remi.colinet@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...l.org, torvalds@...l.org,
	linux-api@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RESEND][PATCH] Add /proc/mempool to display mempool usage

On Sat, 29 Nov 2008 15:49:07 -0800 Greg KH wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 12:42:07AM +0300, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> > On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 06:44:49PM +0100, Remi Colinet wrote:
> > > This patch add a new /proc/mempool file in order to display mempool usage.
> > > 
> > > The feature can be disabled with CONFIG_PROC_MEMPOOL=N during kernel
> > > configuration.
> > 
> > We're NOT adding config option per proc file.
> > 
> > And can we, please, freeze /proc for not per-process stuff and open debugfs
> > for random stuff, please?
> 
> debugfs has been open for random stuff since the day it was added to the
> tree :)
> 
> Feel free to put this kind of thing there instead of proc.

Do distros ship with debugfs enabled?
The problem with using debugfs is that it is very optional IMO.

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~Randy
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