linux-kernel - Re: [patch] slub: allow stats to be cleared

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0910170154580.31277@chino.kir.corp.google.com>
Date:	Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:55:45 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] slub: allow stats to be cleared

On Fri, 16 Oct 2009, Christoph Lameter wrote:

> > No, it just clears that particular statistic.
> 
> Ahh. Yes I mis-scanned the loop there. Would it not be better to reset all
> counters using some trigger file? Its a bit difficult to reset them all
> with this patch.
> 

Pekka seems willing to look at a patch that moves all statistic files to 
/sys/kernel/slab/cache/stats, so it should make both collecting and now 
clearing stats very easy without the addition of another file.
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