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eddyxu
Asked: 2011-10-11 12:17:39 +0800 CST

What's the time unit in /proc/lock_stat output

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What is the time unit in the lock stat output from /proc/lock_stat? microsecond or nanosecond?

class name    con-bounces    contentions   waittime-min   waittime-max waittime-total    acq-bounces   acquisitions   holdtime-min   holdtime-max holdtime-total
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&(&dentry->d_lock)->rlock:       2917691        3323806           0.10      157427.70  2221545741.66        8786458       19485395           0.00         235.65    38647798.25
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  1. Best Answer

    Buried in the documentation is the following line:

    The integer part of the time values is in us.

    So those values are in microseconds.

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