opensolaris man page for kstat_io

kstat_io(9S)						    Data Structures for Drivers 					      kstat_io(9S)

NAME
       kstat_io - structure for I/O kstats

SYNOPSIS
       #include <sys/types.h>
       #include <sys/kstat.h>
       #include <sys/ddi.h>
       #include <sys/sunddi.h>

INTERFACE LEVEL
       Solaris DDI specific (Solaris DDI)

DESCRIPTION
       I/O kstat statistics are kept in a kstat_io structure. When kstat_create(9F) creates an I/O kstat, the ks_data field is a pointer to one of
       these structures. The macro KSTAT_IO_PTR() is provided to retrieve this field. It looks like this:

	 #define KSTAT_IO_PTR(kptr)    ((kstat_io_t *)(kptr)->ks_data)

STRUCTURE MEMBERS
	 u_longlong_t	   nread;      /* number of bytes read */
	 u_longlong_t	   nwritten;   /* number of bytes written *]/
	 ulong_t	   reads;      /* number of read operations */
	 ulong_t	   writes;     /* number of write operations */

       The nread field should be updated by the driver with the number of bytes successfully read upon completion.

       The nwritten field should be updated by the driver with the number of bytes successfully written upon completion.

       The reads field should be updated by the driver after each successful read operation.

       The writes field should be updated by the driver after each successful write operation.

       Other I/O statistics are updated through the use of the kstat_queue(9F) functions.

SEE ALSO
       kstat_create(9F),   kstat_named_init(9F),   kstat_queue(9F),   kstat_runq_back_to_waitq(9F),   kstat_runq_enter(9F),   kstat_runq_exit(9F),
       kstat_waitq_enter(9F), kstat_waitq_exit(9F), kstat_waitq_to_runq(9F)

       Writing Device Drivers

SunOS 5.11							    4 Apr 1994							      kstat_io(9S)