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       met_ds_hist_stats(D3)                          met_ds_hist_stats(D3)


       NAME
             met_ds_hist_stats - update disk access and response time
             histograms when a request completes

       SYNOPSIS
             #include <sys/types.h>
             #include <sys/ddi.h>
             void
             met_ds_hist_stats(met_disk_stats_t *dsp, long cyl, ulong *start,
                ulong *end)

          Arguments
             dsp       Pointer to a met_disk_stats_t statistics structure.

             cyl       The start cylinder (or block number) for the
                       completed request.

             start     Pointer to timestamp recording when request was
                       queued.

             end       Pointer to timestamp recording when a request was
                       completed.

       DESCRIPTION
             met_ds_hist_stats updates disk access and response time
             histograms when a read or write request completes.

          Return Values
             None.

       USAGE
             When a read or write request completes, the driver calls two
             statistics routines, met_ds_iodone(D3) and
             met_ds_hist_stats(D3). The first is mandatory, but the second
             is optional, although if it is not called,
             met_ds_alloc_stats(D3) should be called with the flags
             MET_DS_NO_ACCESS_HIST and MET_DS_NO_RESP_HIST set.

             The driver calls met_ds_hist_stats on behalf of a completed
             read or write request, and it can be called either before or
             after sending another request.  This routine updates response
             time, seek distance, and cylinder (or block) access
             histograms, but only if a user requests that this information
             be kept.  If no users have requested histogram information,
             the routine returns without doing anything.



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      met_ds_hist_stats(D3)                          met_ds_hist_stats(D3)


            dsp is a pointer to a met_disk_stats_t statistics structure
            which was allocated through a call to met_ds_alloc_stats.

            cyl is the start cylinder (or block number) for the completed
            request.  If met_ds_alloc_stats was called with the flag
            MET_DS_CYL, cyl is the cylinder number; otherwise, cyl is the
            block number since met_ds_alloc_stats was called with the
            MET_DS_BLK flag.  (If the MET_DS_NO_ACCESS_HIST flag is given
            to met_ds_alloc_stats, cyl is not needed.)

            start and end are pointers to timestamps of when the request
            was enqueued and when it completed.  The driver is responsible
            for recording those times.  If the driver does not provide
            these times to met_ds_hist_stats, met_ds_alloc_stats should
            have been called with the MET_DS_NO_ACCESS_HIST flag set.

            met_ds_hist_stats should be protected from interrupts.

         Level
            Base or Interrupt.

         Synchronization Constraints
            Does not sleep.

            Driver-defined basic locks, read/write locks, and sleep locks
            may be held across calls to this function.

      REFERENCES
            met_ds_alloc_stats(D3), met_ds_dequeued(D3), met_ds_iodone(D3)

      NOTICES
         Portability
            All processors

         Applicability
            ddi: 5, 5mp, 6, 6mp, 7, 7mp












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