On Mon, 11 Jan 2016, Xishi Qiu wrote: > > On Mon 11-01-16 11:54:57, Xishi Qiu wrote: > >> Add ratio(active_objs/num_objs) in /proc/slabinfo, it is used to show > >> the availability factor in each slab. > > > > What is the reason to add such a new value when it can be trivially > > calculated from the userspace? > > > > Besides that such a change would break existing parsers no? > > Oh, maybe it is. > If you need the information internally, you could always create a library around slabinfo and export the information for users who are interested for your own use. Doing anything other than appending fields to each line is too dangerous, however, as a general rule. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>