Re: [patch 2/2] sched: allow cpuacct stats to be reset

From: Dhaval Giani
Date: Fri Feb 29 2008 - 01:04:51 EST


On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 09:48:51PM -0800, Paul Menage wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 8:32 PM, Dhaval Giani <dhaval@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Can I suggest, in order to be more generic, that this patch instead
> set each CPU's counter to the written value divided by the number of
> CPUs? (Either forgetting the remainder, or spreading it among the
> first few CPUs).
>

This patch is only allowing a reset of the stats. In what sort of a
situation would one be looking for changing the usage value?

thanks,
--
regards,
Dhaval
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