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docs: iostats: Rewrite intro, remove outdated formats
authorDavid Reaver <me@davidreaver.com>
Sat, 15 Feb 2025 18:01:13 +0000 (10:01 -0800)
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:28:30 +0000 (13:28 -0700)
commit85df12c59962eb1b7addf00837866954f8e5aafa
treec5daeb66a46c0a2bbd918c90e5397466ea49fc0f
parent15f738292b3427235967099e1aae54f041961294
docs: iostats: Rewrite intro, remove outdated formats

The introduction discussed stat file formats for very old kernel versions,
which obscured key information that readers may find useful. Additionally,
the example file contents and the reference to "15 fields" did not account
for the flush fields added in b6866318657 ("block: add iostat counters for
flush requests") [1].

Rewrite the introduction to focus only on the current kernel's disk I/O stat
file formats. Also, clean up wording for conciseness.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/157433282607.7928.5202409984272248322.stgit@buzz/T/
Signed-off-by: David Reaver <me@davidreaver.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250215180114.157948-1-me@davidreaver.com
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Documentation/admin-guide/iostats.rst