From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 12 May 2002 15:05:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 12 May 2002 15:05:33 -0400 Received: from inje.iskon.hr ([213.191.128.16]:4260 "EHLO inje.iskon.hr") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 12 May 2002 15:05:33 -0400 To: Rik van Riel Cc: Bill Davidsen , linux-mm@kvack.org, Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] IO wait accounting In-Reply-To: Reply-To: zlatko.calusic@iskon.hr X-Face: s71Vs\G4I3mB$X2=P4h[aszUL\%"`1!YRYl[JGlC57kU-`kxADX}T/Bq)Q9.$fGh7lFNb.s i&L3xVb:q_Pr}>Eo(@kU,c:3:64cR]m@27>1tGl1):#(bs*Ip0c}N{:JGcgOXd9H'Nwm:}jLr\FZtZ pri/C@\,4lW<|jrq^<):Nk%Hp@G&F"r+n1@BoH From: Zlatko Calusic Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 21:05:03 +0200 Message-ID: <87bsbl9ogw.fsf@atlas.iskon.hr> User-Agent: Gnus/5.090005 (Oort Gnus v0.05) XEmacs/21.4 (Common Lisp, i386-debian-linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Rik van Riel writes: > > And should we measure read() waits as well as page faults or > just page faults ? > Definitely both. Somewhere on the web was a nice document explaining how Solaris measures iowait%, I read it few years ago and it was a great stuff (quite nice explanation). I'll try to find it, as it could be helpful. -- Zlatko