On Nov 3, 2009, at 3:52 PM, Jim Walker wrote:

> Garrett D'Amore wrote:
>> Jim Walker wrote:
>>> Garrett D'Amore wrote:
>>>> Can you add *which* kstats are being used?  Individual kstats are  
>>>> normally not documented, and some of them are more volatile than  
>>>> others.  If this case is going to use kstats, then I think we  
>>>> need to document which ones are used in case someone decides to  
>>>> change them in the future.
>>>
>>> Appendix A. in the proposal file has been updated to include the
>>> individual kstat information.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Jim
>> Thanks.  The stats you're using look reasonable to me, but I'd like  
>> to hear from someone more familiar with the VM subsystem -- the  
>> anoninfo and cpu_vminfo stats might be unreliable...
>
> Here are the anoninfo and cpu_vminfo stats being used.
>
> anoninfo.ani_max;
> anoninfo.ani_resv;
> cpu_vminfo.pgpgin;
> cpu_vminfo.pgpgout;
>
> Can someone knowledgeable give an idea of their reliability?

I ran these by a few VM people and we all agree that these should be  
relatively stable.

--Mike

>
> Currently, we are assuming they are as reliable as any
> other stat.
>
> I would like to wrap up this case.
>
> Here's the full proposal:
> http://arc.opensolaris.org/caselog/PSARC/2009/583/proposal.txt
>
> Cheers,
> Jim
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