[PATCH v2 0/5] Statsfs: a new ram-based file sytem for Linux kernel statistics

[Jim Mattson]

On Tue, May 5, 2020 at 2:18 AM Emanuele Giuseppe Esposito
<eesposit at redhat.com> wrote:
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> On 5/4/20 11:37 PM, David Rientjes wrote:
> > Since this is becoming a generic API (good!!), maybe we can discuss
> > possible ways to optimize gathering of stats in mass?
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> Sure, the idea of a binary format was considered from the beginning in
> [1], and it can be done either together with the current filesystem, or
> as a replacement via different mount options.

ASCII stats are not scalable. A binary format is definitely the way to go.