Re: [PATCH 2/3] proc: Export statistics for softirq to /proc

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Fri Nov 21 2008 - 20:35:36 EST


On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:07:43 -0800 Keika Kobayashi <kobayashi.kk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > This uses for_each_online_cpu(), but below we use for_each_possible_cpu().
> >
> > Shouldn't we be consistent here so that at least the numbers will add
> > up to the same thing?
> >
> > Probably for_each_possible_cpu() is best - people might want to see how
> > many softirqs happened on a CPU which was recently offlined.
>
> I understand this point. I'll fix it later.
>
> There is same problem regarding /proc/interrupts.
> Should we change from for_each_online_cpu() to for_each_possible_cpu(),
> or is it too late?

I assume that /proc/interrupts has been that way for a very long time,
and nobody has noticed&complained. If we can find anyone who actually
uses cpu hotplug then perhaps they could help us out here. But such
people seem to be rare.

I dunno. I guess we can leave /proc/interrupts alone.
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