> Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 15:31:38 +0100 > From: Claudio Jeker <cje...@diehard.n-r-g.com> > > On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 02:57:56PM +0100, Jasper Lievisse Adriaanse wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Currently the 'mbufs' view of systat only shows the difference of livelocks, > > this diff also adds the actual total (or sum). This is info most people are > > actually looking for anyway (as noticed by kettenis and sthen yesterday). > > > > Why? The total number of livelocks is just a number it has no > meaningful value. I also wonder why yet another column needs to be added > for something that is just printed once. systat mbuf output may actually > need some rework.
The total number of livelocks tells me how badly my host has been affected by livelocks in the past. That is useful to know. Not sure whether it is systat's job to report it though. The sysctl is good enough for me.
