diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cd11eeb..51f32cf 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -182,7 +182,8 @@ UPROGS=\
 	_wc\
 	_zombie\
 	_sysTest\
-	_getProcCount\
+	_getProcCountTest\
+	_getReadCountTest\
 
 fs.img: mkfs README $(UPROGS)
 	./mkfs fs.img README $(UPROGS)
@@ -256,7 +257,8 @@ EXTRA=\
 	README dot-bochsrc *.pl toc.* runoff runoff1 runoff.list\
 	.gdbinit.tmpl gdbutil\
 	sysTest.c\
-	getProcCount.c\
+	getProcCountTest.c\
+	getReadCountTest.c\
 
 dist:
 	rm -rf dist
diff --git a/defs.h b/defs.h
index fdc513d..94adcdd 100644
--- a/defs.h
+++ b/defs.h
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ void            wakeup(void*);
 void            yield(void);
 int             getHelloWorld(void);
 int             getProcCount(void);
-int             getReadCount(void);
+int             getReadCount(int);
 
 // swtch.S
 void            swtch(struct context**, struct context*);
diff --git a/getProcCountTest.c b/getProcCountTest.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c66ecf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/getProcCountTest.c
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#include "types.h"
+#include "stat.h"
+#include "user.h"
+#include "fcntl.h"
+
+int main(void)
+{
+    int result = getProcCount();
+    printf(1, "number of processes = %d\n", result);
+    exit();
+}
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diff --git a/getProcCount.c b/getReadCountTest.c
similarity index 57%
rename from getProcCount.c
rename to getReadCountTest.c
index 2a2121b..2797351 100644
--- a/getProcCount.c
+++ b/getReadCountTest.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 int main(void)
 {
-    printf(1, "Number of processes: %d", getProcCount);
+    int result = getReadCount();
+    printf(1, "Number of reads: %d", result);
     exit();
 }
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diff --git a/proc.c b/proc.c
index 94f2898..0a41867 100644
--- a/proc.c
+++ b/proc.c
@@ -546,12 +546,16 @@ getProcCount(void)
   struct proc *p;
   int counter=0;
 
-  acquire(&ptable.lock);
   for(p = ptable.proc; p < &ptable.proc[NPROC]; p++){
     if(p->state != UNUSED){
       counter = counter+1;
     }
   }
-  release(&ptable.lock);
   return counter;
+}
+
+int
+getReadCount(int readCount)
+{
+  return readCount;
 }
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diff --git a/sysfile.c b/sysfile.c
index 740b645..9a85bdd 100644
--- a/sysfile.c
+++ b/sysfile.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #include "file.h"
 #include "fcntl.h"
 
-readCount = 0;
+int readCount = 0;
 
 // Fetch the nth word-sized system call argument as a file descriptor
 // and return both the descriptor and the corresponding struct file.
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ sys_read(void)
   struct file *f;
   int n;
   char *p;
-  readCount = readCount + 1;
+  readCount ++;
 
   if(argfd(0, 0, &f) < 0 || argint(2, &n) < 0 || argptr(1, &p, n) < 0)
     return -1;
diff --git a/sysproc.c b/sysproc.c
index ade965b..31326f4 100644
--- a/sysproc.c
+++ b/sysproc.c
@@ -107,5 +107,5 @@ sys_getProcCount(void)
 int
 sys_getReadCount(void)
 {
-  return readCount;
+  return getReadCount(readCount);
 }
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