linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: fix protection column misplacing in /proc/zoneinfo

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Date:	Mon, 11 Jun 2012 09:02:56 -0500 (CDT)
From:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
To:	kosaki.motohiro@...il.com
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: fix protection column misplacing in /proc/zoneinfo

On Mon, 11 Jun 2012, kosaki.motohiro@...il.com wrote:

> From: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
>
> commit 2244b95a7b (zoned vm counters: basic ZVC (zoned vm counter)
> implementation) broke protection column. It is a part of "pages"
> attribute. but not it is showed after vmstats column.
>
> This patch restores the right position.

Well this reorders the output. vmstats are also counts of pages. I am not
sure what the difference is.

You are not worried about breaking something that may scan the zoneinfo
output with this change? Its been this way for 6 years and its likely that
tools expect the current layout.

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