[linux-cifs-client] Re: mountstats

[Trond Myklebust]

On Mon, 2006-08-14 at 13:35 -0500, Steve French (smfltc) wrote:

> Namespaces are per process but superblocks are not.  It could be 
> confusing to some users. Locating
> these stats [only] in the perprocess information (alongside some truly 
> per-process stats) creates
> the impression that the stats are those I/Os for that per-process for 
> that mount while
> the stats displayed are the stats for the superblock (across all 
> processes that have the superblock
> in the namespace).  I realize that it would not really be possible to 
> show per-process/per-mount stats
> but it seems odd that the per-superblock mountstats show up only here, 
> rather in a more intuitive
> location(s) such as /proc/mountstats [as well].

I repeat: the stats are _NOT_ per superblock. They are per mountpoint.

Cheers,
  Trond