Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] delayacct: add a proc file to dump the delay info

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Mon May 10 2021 - 00:10:33 EST


On Mon, 19 Apr 2021 22:37:07 +0800 brookxu <brookxu.cn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Many distributions do not install the getdelay tool by
> default, similar to task_io_accounting, adding a proc
> file to make access easier.

Well, we developed and maintain getdelays.c for a reason. Why should
we add (and maintain) kernel code because some people are too
lame to install the tool we provided?