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authorJeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>2006-08-03 23:20:37 +0200
committerJeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>2006-08-03 23:20:37 +0200
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@@ -64,11 +64,13 @@ Compile the kernel with
CONFIG_TASK_DELAY_ACCT=y
CONFIG_TASKSTATS=y
-Enable the accounting at boot time by adding
-the following to the kernel boot options
- delayacct
+Delay accounting is enabled by default at boot up.
+To disable, add
+ nodelayacct
+to the kernel boot options. The rest of the instructions
+below assume this has not been done.
-and after the system has booted up, use a utility
+After the system has booted up, use a utility
similar to getdelays.c to access the delays
seen by a given task or a task group (tgid).
The utility also allows a given command to be