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@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ system: Time spent by tasks of the cgroup in kernel mode.
user and system are in USER_HZ unit.
+cpuacct.cpufreq file gives CPU time (in nanoseconds) spent at each CPU
+frequency. Platform hooks must be implemented inorder to properly track
+time at each CPU frequency.
+
cpuacct controller uses percpu_counter interface to collect user and
system times. This has two side effects: