On 2016/1/12 8:20, David Rientjes wrote: > 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. > > OK, I know. Thanks, Xishi Qiu -- 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>