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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/procfs-diskstats b/Documentation/ABI/testing/procfs-diskstats new file mode 100644 index 000000000..abac31d21 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/procfs-diskstats @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +What: /proc/diskstats +Date: February 2008 +Contact: Jerome Marchand <jmarchan@redhat.com> +Description: + The /proc/diskstats file displays the I/O statistics + of block devices. Each line contains the following 14 + fields: + + 1 - major number + 2 - minor mumber + 3 - device name + 4 - reads completed successfully + 5 - reads merged + 6 - sectors read + 7 - time spent reading (ms) + 8 - writes completed + 9 - writes merged + 10 - sectors written + 11 - time spent writing (ms) + 12 - I/Os currently in progress + 13 - time spent doing I/Os (ms) + 14 - weighted time spent doing I/Os (ms) + + Kernel 4.18+ appends four more fields for discard + tracking putting the total at 18: + + 15 - discards completed successfully + 16 - discards merged + 17 - sectors discarded + 18 - time spent discarding + + For more details refer to Documentation/iostats.txt |