Re: [RFC] use of /sys versus /proc

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To: Cliff Wickman <cpw@...>

Cc: <linux-kernel@...>

Subject: Re: [RFC] use of /sys versus /proc

Date: Friday, May 23, 2008 - 1:19 pm

On Fri, 23 May 2008 08:12:55 CDT, Cliff Wickman said:
quoted text> 
> I have a need to display TLB shootdown statistics.  (I'm working
> on a patch to implement this on a new machine at SGI.)
> 
> I had planned to display these statistics through /proc
> as in arch/ia64/sn/kernel/sn2/sn2_smp.c (/proc/sgi_sn/ptc_statistics).
> 
> However, considering the general move to reserve /proc for
> process-related things, I thought the community might prefer the
> interface to be in /sys.

Is debugfs an option?

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[RFC] use of /sys versus /proc, Cliff Wickman, (Fri May 23, 9:12 am)

Re: [RFC] use of /sys versus /proc, Alexey Dobriyan, (Fri May 23, 4:47 pm)

Re: [RFC] use of /sys versus /proc, Robin Holt, (Fri May 23, 4:08 pm)

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Re: [RFC] use of /sys versus /proc, Cliff Wickman, (Fri May 23, 4:48 pm)

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