Monique, your investigation is very interesting. However, I doubt if you will be able to find out which process invoked the seek. How is it going? Tomas > 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/ -- "No Software Patents!" -- Allowing patents over software ideas will seriously affect the Creativity, Productivity and Freedom of all. Link: http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ -- Defend your freedom by signing a petition. Link: http://petition.eurolinux.org/index_html?LANG=en -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
