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Date:      Fri, 18 Jun 2021 11:38:18 -0600
From:      Warner Losh <wlosh@bsdimp.com>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net>, Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>, "src-committers@freebsd.org" <src-committers@FreeBSD.org>, "dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org" <dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org>, "dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org" <dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: git: 4c0bc591466f - main - man9: add hz(9) and hardclock(9)
Message-ID:  <F06C8FE9-5DE0-461B-84BB-5E6FBE0F1FCB@bsdimp.com>
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> On Jun 18, 2021, at 10:49 AM, John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>=20
> On 6/18/21 8:32 AM, Eugene Grosbein wrote:
>> 18.06.2021 22:18, John Baldwin wrote:
>>> OTOH, it's
>>> also true that there's no real reason for anything outside of the =
actual timer
>>> code to use stathz (or even profhz) unlike 'hz' which is still used =
to set
>>> timeout tick values.
>> Not agreed: how do I get reliable per-CPU load stats in userland =
without sysctl kern.cp_times
>> that exports incrementing raw "stathz-tick" counters? I need them to =
draw per-CPU graphs.
>=20
> Hmm, I guess userland needs the resolution of the values in the =
sysctls, yes.
> To be clear, I was not at all saying that cp_times should be removed, =
only that
> very little code in the kernel needs to use the literal C symbol =
'stathz' compared
> to the C symbol 'hz=E2=80=99.

There is some code, so I=E2=80=99ll leave it in the man page, but remove =
the deprecated comment.

I=E2=80=99ve told jhb@ this  already, but I=E2=80=99ve started =
https://reviews.freebsd.org/D30815 to fix things.

Warner



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