linux/Documentation/accounting/taskstats-struct.rst
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   2The struct taskstats
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   4
   5This document contains an explanation of the struct taskstats fields.
   6
   7There are three different groups of fields in the struct taskstats:
   8
   91) Common and basic accounting fields
  10    If CONFIG_TASKSTATS is set, the taskstats interface is enabled and
  11    the common fields and basic accounting fields are collected for
  12    delivery at do_exit() of a task.
  132) Delay accounting fields
  14    These fields are placed between::
  15
  16        /* Delay accounting fields start */
  17
  18    and::
  19
  20        /* Delay accounting fields end */
  21
  22    Their values are collected if CONFIG_TASK_DELAY_ACCT is set.
  233) Extended accounting fields
  24    These fields are placed between::
  25
  26        /* Extended accounting fields start */
  27
  28    and::
  29
  30        /* Extended accounting fields end */
  31
  32    Their values are collected if CONFIG_TASK_XACCT is set.
  33
  344) Per-task and per-thread context switch count statistics
  35
  365) Time accounting for SMT machines
  37
  386) Extended delay accounting fields for memory reclaim
  39
  40Future extension should add fields to the end of the taskstats struct, and
  41should not change the relative position of each field within the struct.
  42
  43::
  44
  45  struct taskstats {
  46
  471) Common and basic accounting fields::
  48
  49        /* The version number of this struct. This field is always set to
  50         * TAKSTATS_VERSION, which is defined in <linux/taskstats.h>.
  51         * Each time the struct is changed, the value should be incremented.
  52         */
  53        __u16   version;
  54
  55        /* The exit code of a task. */
  56        __u32   ac_exitcode;            /* Exit status */
  57
  58        /* The accounting flags of a task as defined in <linux/acct.h>
  59         * Defined values are AFORK, ASU, ACOMPAT, ACORE, and AXSIG.
  60         */
  61        __u8    ac_flag;                /* Record flags */
  62
  63        /* The value of task_nice() of a task. */
  64        __u8    ac_nice;                /* task_nice */
  65
  66        /* The name of the command that started this task. */
  67        char    ac_comm[TS_COMM_LEN];   /* Command name */
  68
  69        /* The scheduling discipline as set in task->policy field. */
  70        __u8    ac_sched;               /* Scheduling discipline */
  71
  72        __u8    ac_pad[3];
  73        __u32   ac_uid;                 /* User ID */
  74        __u32   ac_gid;                 /* Group ID */
  75        __u32   ac_pid;                 /* Process ID */
  76        __u32   ac_ppid;                /* Parent process ID */
  77
  78        /* The time when a task begins, in [secs] since 1970. */
  79        __u32   ac_btime;               /* Begin time [sec since 1970] */
  80
  81        /* The elapsed time of a task, in [usec]. */
  82        __u64   ac_etime;               /* Elapsed time [usec] */
  83
  84        /* The user CPU time of a task, in [usec]. */
  85        __u64   ac_utime;               /* User CPU time [usec] */
  86
  87        /* The system CPU time of a task, in [usec]. */
  88        __u64   ac_stime;               /* System CPU time [usec] */
  89
  90        /* The minor page fault count of a task, as set in task->min_flt. */
  91        __u64   ac_minflt;              /* Minor Page Fault Count */
  92
  93        /* The major page fault count of a task, as set in task->maj_flt. */
  94        __u64   ac_majflt;              /* Major Page Fault Count */
  95
  96
  972) Delay accounting fields::
  98
  99        /* Delay accounting fields start
 100         *
 101         * All values, until the comment "Delay accounting fields end" are
 102         * available only if delay accounting is enabled, even though the last
 103         * few fields are not delays
 104         *
 105         * xxx_count is the number of delay values recorded
 106         * xxx_delay_total is the corresponding cumulative delay in nanoseconds
 107         *
 108         * xxx_delay_total wraps around to zero on overflow
 109         * xxx_count incremented regardless of overflow
 110         */
 111
 112        /* Delay waiting for cpu, while runnable
 113         * count, delay_total NOT updated atomically
 114         */
 115        __u64   cpu_count;
 116        __u64   cpu_delay_total;
 117
 118        /* Following four fields atomically updated using task->delays->lock */
 119
 120        /* Delay waiting for synchronous block I/O to complete
 121         * does not account for delays in I/O submission
 122         */
 123        __u64   blkio_count;
 124        __u64   blkio_delay_total;
 125
 126        /* Delay waiting for page fault I/O (swap in only) */
 127        __u64   swapin_count;
 128        __u64   swapin_delay_total;
 129
 130        /* cpu "wall-clock" running time
 131         * On some architectures, value will adjust for cpu time stolen
 132         * from the kernel in involuntary waits due to virtualization.
 133         * Value is cumulative, in nanoseconds, without a corresponding count
 134         * and wraps around to zero silently on overflow
 135         */
 136        __u64   cpu_run_real_total;
 137
 138        /* cpu "virtual" running time
 139         * Uses time intervals seen by the kernel i.e. no adjustment
 140         * for kernel's involuntary waits due to virtualization.
 141         * Value is cumulative, in nanoseconds, without a corresponding count
 142         * and wraps around to zero silently on overflow
 143         */
 144        __u64   cpu_run_virtual_total;
 145        /* Delay accounting fields end */
 146        /* version 1 ends here */
 147
 148
 1493) Extended accounting fields::
 150
 151        /* Extended accounting fields start */
 152
 153        /* Accumulated RSS usage in duration of a task, in MBytes-usecs.
 154         * The current rss usage is added to this counter every time
 155         * a tick is charged to a task's system time. So, at the end we
 156         * will have memory usage multiplied by system time. Thus an
 157         * average usage per system time unit can be calculated.
 158         */
 159        __u64   coremem;                /* accumulated RSS usage in MB-usec */
 160
 161        /* Accumulated virtual memory usage in duration of a task.
 162         * Same as acct_rss_mem1 above except that we keep track of VM usage.
 163         */
 164        __u64   virtmem;                /* accumulated VM usage in MB-usec */
 165
 166        /* High watermark of RSS usage in duration of a task, in KBytes. */
 167        __u64   hiwater_rss;            /* High-watermark of RSS usage */
 168
 169        /* High watermark of VM  usage in duration of a task, in KBytes. */
 170        __u64   hiwater_vm;             /* High-water virtual memory usage */
 171
 172        /* The following four fields are I/O statistics of a task. */
 173        __u64   read_char;              /* bytes read */
 174        __u64   write_char;             /* bytes written */
 175        __u64   read_syscalls;          /* read syscalls */
 176        __u64   write_syscalls;         /* write syscalls */
 177
 178        /* Extended accounting fields end */
 179
 1804) Per-task and per-thread statistics::
 181
 182        __u64   nvcsw;                  /* Context voluntary switch counter */
 183        __u64   nivcsw;                 /* Context involuntary switch counter */
 184
 1855) Time accounting for SMT machines::
 186
 187        __u64   ac_utimescaled;         /* utime scaled on frequency etc */
 188        __u64   ac_stimescaled;         /* stime scaled on frequency etc */
 189        __u64   cpu_scaled_run_real_total; /* scaled cpu_run_real_total */
 190
 1916) Extended delay accounting fields for memory reclaim::
 192
 193        /* Delay waiting for memory reclaim */
 194        __u64   freepages_count;
 195        __u64   freepages_delay_total;
 196
 197::
 198
 199  }
 200