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Google Code-in 2010 DragonFly BSD

doc/research: Describe all vm.stats.* sysctl's that lack a description

completed by: Taras Klaskovsky

mentors: Samuel J. Greear, Pratyush Kshirsagar

The vm.stats.* sysctl's that lack a description are as follows:

vm.stats.misc.zero_page_count:
vm.stats.vm.v_interrupt_free_min:
vm.stats.vm.v_pageout_free_min:
vm.stats.vm.v_cache_max:
vm.stats.vm.v_cache_min:
vm.stats.vm.v_cache_count:
vm.stats.vm.v_inactive_count:
vm.stats.vm.v_inactive_target:
vm.stats.vm.v_active_count:
vm.stats.vm.v_wire_count:
vm.stats.vm.v_free_count:
vm.stats.vm.v_free_min:
vm.stats.vm.v_free_target:
vm.stats.vm.v_free_reserved:
vm.stats.vm.v_page_count:
vm.stats.vm.v_page_size:
vm.stats.vm.v_tfree:
vm.stats.vm.v_pfree:
vm.stats.vm.v_dfree:
vm.stats.sys.v_forwarded_misses:
vm.stats.sys.v_forwarded_hits:
vm.stats.sys.v_forwarded_ints:
vm.stats.sys.v_intrans_wait:
vm.stats.sys.v_intrans_coll:

Research these sysctl's in the kernel code and document each with a descriptive but concise sentence (approximately 3-15 words).

 

Deliverables: A description of each sysctl listed above.

Bonus deliverables: The above descriptions in the form of a kernel patch