Edward Capriolo wrote:
> I can make a use case for always wanting a reset as a user feature.
>
> Enter busy NFS servers. I want to be able to graph clients and servers
> to see, who is using the most NFS ops. Enter a 32 bit OS level
> counter, a counter that has been 32 bit for over 6 years of bug
> reporting.
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=103682&cat=bin
>
> Eventually you hit a wrap around condition (this may not be the case
> with vserver). The only way to fix it is restart/reboot.
>
> That stinks! because you spend half your life bragging about high *nux
> uptime but then you need to reboot/restart for your counters, and you
> lose your bragging rights. With a 64 bit counter needed a reset is
> unlikely, but if they are 32 bit it does come into play. So yes reset
> is always useful for stat guru's like myself :)
>
ksplice...
Received on Thu Aug 6 17:25:42 2009