Block layer statistics in /sys/block/<dev>/stat
Name units description
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read I/Os requests number of read I/Os processed
read merges requests number of read I/Os merged with in-queue I/O
read sectors sectors number of sectors read
read ticks milliseconds total wait time for read requests
write I/Os requests number of write I/Os processed
write merges requests number of write I/Os merged with in-queue I/O
write sectors sectors number of sectors written
write ticks milliseconds total wait time for write requests
in_flight requests number of I/Os currently in flight
io_ticks milliseconds total time this block device has been active
time_in_queue milliseconds total wait time for all requests
discard I/Os requests number of discard I/Os processed
discard merges requests number of discard I/Os merged with in-queue I/O
discard sectors sectors number of sectors discarded
discard ticks milliseconds total wait time for discard requests