linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.28 /proc/diskstats

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Date:	Mon, 13 Apr 2009 02:21:10 +0100
From:	Daniel Collins <solemnwarning@...emnwarning.net>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.28 /proc/diskstats

I've stepped through the commits in linux-2.6, the first revision with 
this behavior is 074a7aca7afa6f230104e8e65eba3420263714a5

Daniel Collins wrote:
> Hi
>
> Since 2.6.28, fd0 isn't visible in /proc/diskstats from boot, only 
> after access/mount. It is visible in /sys/block/ from boot, so there 
> are no issues detecting it. This may also affect other devices such as 
> hda but I haven't tested this yet, my test system and QEMU both only 
> have ram0-ram15 from boot. I have tested 2.6.30-rc1 and found the same 
> behavior. Is this a bug or a deliberate change?
>
> Thanks
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