Re: [PATCH 2/2] zram: gather statistics in a unique file

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Mon Feb 11 2013 - 13:16:33 EST


On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 10:07:45AM -0800, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:
> On Sun, 2013-02-10 at 21:41 -0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 08:29:06PM -0800, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:
> > > Instead of having one sysfs file per zram statistic, group them all
> > > in a single, reader-friendly, 'statistics' file. This not only reduces
> > > code but is also makes it easier to visualize. The new file looks like:
> > >
> > > Number of reads: 24
> > > Number of writes: 1055
> > > Invalid IO: 0
> > > Notify free: 0
> > > Zero pages: 1042
> > > Orig data size: 49152 bytes
> > > Compressed data: 838 bytes
> > > Total memory used: 53248 bytes
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr.bueso@xxxxxx>
> >
> > No, please, the rule for sysfs is "one value per file", not files with
> > lots of data that you need to parse.
>
> Ok.
>
> >
> > If you want to do something like this, then do it in debugfs, but NEVER
> > in sysfs.
>
> So, you would you be open to having the statistics file in debugfs and
> removing the individual files sysfs?

If these are merely debugging information, they should go to debugfs.
If they are something that all users need/want, they should stay in
sysfs as-is.

thanks,

greg k-h
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