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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/procfs-diskstats b/Documentation/ABI/testing/procfs-diskstats new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..6a719cf207 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/procfs-diskstats @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +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 number + 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 + == =================================== + + Kernel 5.5+ appends two more fields for flush requests: + + == ===================================== + 19 flush requests completed successfully + 20 time spent flushing + == ===================================== + + For more details refer to Documentation/admin-guide/iostats.rst |