Michael Corcoran wrote:
>
> 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.
Thank you, that makes me happier. Are any of them willing to have their
names listed here?
-- Garrett
>
> --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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