From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754991Ab0I3Iib (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Sep 2010 04:38:31 -0400 Received: from one.firstfloor.org ([213.235.205.2]:35214 "EHLO one.firstfloor.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754912Ab0I3Ii3 (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Sep 2010 04:38:29 -0400 From: Andi Kleen To: holzheu@linux.vnet.ibm.com Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 00/10] taskstats: Enhancements for precise accounting References: <1285249681.1837.28.camel@holzheu-laptop> cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:38:26 +0200 In-Reply-To: <1285249681.1837.28.camel@holzheu-laptop> (Michael Holzheu's message of "Thu, 23 Sep 2010 15:48:01 +0200") Message-ID: <871v8bwrr1.fsf@basil.nowhere.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Michael Holzheu writes: > > Compared to the old top command that has to scan more than 1000 proc > directories the new ptop consumes much less CPU time (0.05% system time > on my s390 system). Sounds like a nice advantage (and in a way goes back to old kmem ps) Are there plans to make the standard top command use this new interface or will it be only something for specialized utilities? -Andi -- ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.