May be you can try vmstat, iostat or oprofile if you just want to have a look at data. Though if you want to collect data while in kernel - have a look at implementation of vmstat or iostat to see which system calls these are making. That should give u some idea about it. On 4/27/05, Monique Vaz <moniquevaz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello there, > > I need to compare different applications in terms of the number of > disk seeks they perform. Where should I go in the Kernel in order to > do that? I have an IDE disk and I'm using kernel 2.6.11. I checked a > couple of files but I'm still a little lost. The files are the > following: > > Linux/drivers/ide/ide.c > Linux/drivers/ide/legacy/hd.c > > If anyone could give me a tip it would be really helpfull. > Thanks in advance, > > Monique > > -- > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ > > -- ----------- S K T ----------- -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
