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@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Description:
The /proc/diskstats file displays the I/O statistics
of block devices. Each line contains the following 14
fields:
+
1 - major number
2 - minor mumber
3 - device name
@@ -19,4 +20,13 @@ Description:
12 - I/Os currently in progress
13 - time spent doing I/Os (ms)
14 - weighted time spent doing I/Os (ms)
+
+ Kernel 4.18+ appends four more fields for discard
+ tracking putting the total at 18:
+
+ 15 - discards completed successfully
+ 16 - discards merged
+ 17 - sectors discarded
+ 18 - time spent discarding
+
For more details refer to Documentation/iostats.txt