Re: multiple issues with devstat_*(9)

From: Alexander Best <arundel_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2011 12:00:40 +0000
On Sun Apr 10 11, Alexander Best wrote:
> On Thu Apr  7 11, Alexander Motin wrote:
> > Alexander Best wrote:
> > > On Fri Apr  1 11, John Baldwin wrote:
> > >> On Thursday, March 31, 2011 6:33:39 pm Alexander Best wrote:
> > >>> i think there are multiple issues with devstat. i found the following in
> > >>> devicestat.h:
> > 
> > ...
> > 
> > >>> funny thing is i found the following in scsi_pass.c:
> > >>>
> > >>>         softc->device_stats = devstat_new_entry("pass",
> > >>>                           periph->unit_number, 0,
> > >>>                           DEVSTAT_NO_BLOCKSIZE
> > >>>                           | (no_tags ? DEVSTAT_NO_ORDERED_TAGS : 0),
> > >>>                           softc->pd_type |
> > >>>                           DEVSTAT_TYPE_IF_SCSI |
> > >>>                           DEVSTAT_TYPE_PASS,
> > >>>                           DEVSTAT_PRIORITY_PASS);
> > >>>
> > >>> ...so pass* *should* show up under iostat -t scsi.
> > 
> > As I can see, this is a bug (or feature) of the libdevstat /
> > devstat_selectdevs(). If you specify any -t, then pass devices will be
> > reported only if you request "pass" specifically.
> > 
> > >> Hmm, pass devices for adaX should not be SCSI though, they should be ide I
> > >> think.
> > > 
> > > i think the situation with ATA_CAM should be discussed further. still besides
> > > this issue there are many more with devstat(3).
> > > 
> > > i'll try to track all the "devstat_new_entry()" occurrences and see if some
> > > issues can be fixed. maybe only the proper DEVSTAT_* args were forgotten.
> > 
> > Assuming that SCSI and IDE in -t option means transport type, and
> > assuming that we count everything except ATA and SATA as SCSI, I've made
> > following patch, that should fix issues from the CAM side:
> > http://people.freebsd.org/~mav/cam.devstat.patch
> 
> with your patch i get the following output:
> 
> otaku% iostat -t ide
>        tty            ada0             ada1             cpu
>  tin  tout  KB/t tps  MB/s   KB/t tps  MB/s  us ni sy in id
>    6   144 14.21   6  0.09  20.46  40  0.81   2  0  3  0 95
> otaku% iostat -t scsi
>        tty             cd0             cpu
>  tin  tout  KB/t tps  MB/s  us ni sy in id
>    6   146  2.32   0  0.00   2  0  3  0 95
> otaku% iostat -t pass
>        tty           pass0            pass1            pass2             cpu
>  tin  tout  KB/t tps  MB/s   KB/t tps  MB/s   KB/t tps  MB/s  us ni sy in id
>    6   147  0.36   0  0.00   0.36   0  0.00   0.00   0  0.00   2  0  3  0 95
> otaku% iostat -t da  
>        tty            ada0             ada1             cpu
>  tin  tout  KB/t tps  MB/s   KB/t tps  MB/s  us ni sy in id
>    6   147 14.21   6  0.08  20.46  37  0.75   1  0  3  0 95
> otaku% iostat -t cd
>        tty             cd0             cpu
>  tin  tout  KB/t tps  MB/s  us ni sy in id
>    7   147  2.32   0  0.00   1  0  3  0 95
> otaku% iostat -t other
>        tty            cpu
>  tin  tout us ni sy in id
>    7   149  1  0  3  0 95
> otaku% iostat -n 100  
>        tty            ada0             ada1              cd0            pass0            pass1            pass2             cpu
>  tin  tout  KB/t tps  MB/s   KB/t tps  MB/s   KB/t tps  MB/s   KB/t tps  MB/s   KB/t tps  MB/s   KB/t tps  MB/s  us ni sy in id
>    6   135 14.21   5  0.07  20.44  32  0.64   2.32   0  0.00   0.36   0  0.00   0.36   0  0.00   0.00   0  0.00   1  0  3  0 96
> 
> the the remaining issues imho are:
> 
> 1) ada* and cd* are SATA/ATA devices. so i think they should show up together
>    either under ide *or* scsi. i don't have any *real* scsi devices.
> 2) the pass* devices still don't show up under ide/scsi/other. that's ok, but
>    then the src comments and manual pages need to be changed accordingly.
> 3) md0 should show up under iostat -t other

sorry this was my fault. there was no md* configured at the time i ran the
test. md0 showx up under iostat -t da and iostat -t other, just like it's
supposd to. so please forget about point 3).

cheers.
alex

> 
> cheers.
> alex
> 
> > 
> > Any objections? Or SCSI/IDE there expected to mean command set?
> > 
> > -- 
> > Alexander Motin
> 
> -- 
> a13x

-- 
a13x
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