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| author | David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com> | 2011-11-10 11:43:04 +0000 |
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| committer | Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> | 2011-11-11 15:37:29 -0500 |
| commit | c267e6e0c8a1d0fefb2e7bada81d71fa35fc73e9 (patch) | |
| tree | 610331b3dd67227db31f8106cdc2c85c37d5b24f /Documentation | |
| parent | e0438b91ba4bfd23a5bb694d72af38ded433eb70 (diff) | |
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xen: document backend sysfs files
Add ABI documentation for the /sys/bus/xen-backend sysfs files,
including those specific to blkback devices.
Signed-off-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com>
Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-bus-xen-backend | 75 |
1 files changed, 75 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-bus-xen-backend b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-bus-xen-backend new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..3d5951c8bf5f --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-bus-xen-backend @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +What: /sys/bus/xen-backend/devices/*/devtype +Date: Feb 2009 +KernelVersion: 2.6.38 +Contact: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> +Description: + The type of the device. e.g., one of: 'vbd' (block), + 'vif' (network), or 'vfb' (framebuffer). + +What: /sys/bus/xen-backend/devices/*/nodename +Date: Feb 2009 +KernelVersion: 2.6.38 +Contact: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> +Description: + XenStore node (under /local/domain/NNN/) for this + backend device. + +What: /sys/bus/xen-backend/devices/vbd-*/physical_device +Date: April 2011 +KernelVersion: 3.0 +Contact: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> +Description: + The major:minor number (in hexidecimal) of the + physical device providing the storage for this backend + block device. + +What: /sys/bus/xen-backend/devices/vbd-*/mode +Date: April 2011 +KernelVersion: 3.0 +Contact: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> +Description: + Whether the block device is read-only ('r') or + read-write ('w'). + +What: /sys/bus/xen-backend/devices/vbd-*/statistics/f_req +Date: April 2011 +KernelVersion: 3.0 +Contact: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> +Description: + Number of flush requests from the frontend. + +What: /sys/bus/xen-backend/devices/vbd-*/statistics/oo_req +Date: April 2011 +KernelVersion: 3.0 +Contact: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> +Description: + Number of requests delayed because the backend was too + busy processing previous requests. + +What: /sys/bus/xen-backend/devices/vbd-*/statistics/rd_req +Date: April 2011 +KernelVersion: 3.0 +Contact: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> +Description: + Number of read requests from the frontend. + +What: /sys/bus/xen-backend/devices/vbd-*/statistics/rd_sect +Date: April 2011 +KernelVersion: 3.0 +Contact: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> +Description: + Number of sectors read by the frontend. + +What: /sys/bus/xen-backend/devices/vbd-*/statistics/wr_req +Date: April 2011 +KernelVersion: 3.0 +Contact: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> +Description: + Number of write requests from the frontend. + +What: /sys/bus/xen-backend/devices/vbd-*/statistics/wr_sect +Date: April 2011 +KernelVersion: 3.0 +Contact: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> +Description: + Number of sectors written by the frontend. |