On Wed, 16 Jul 2014 21:05:25 -0000
Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> wrote:

> Expose the new NMI safe accessor to clock monotonic to the tracer.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
> Cc: Steven Rostedt <[email protected]>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
> Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <[email protected]>
> ---
>  kernel/trace/trace.c |   11 ++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> Index: tip/kernel/trace/trace.c
> ===================================================================
> --- tip.orig/kernel/trace/trace.c
> +++ tip/kernel/trace/trace.c
> @@ -806,11 +806,12 @@ static struct {
>       const char *name;
>       int in_ns;              /* is this clock in nanoseconds? */
>  } trace_clocks[] = {
> -     { trace_clock_local,    "local",        1 },
> -     { trace_clock_global,   "global",       1 },
> -     { trace_clock_counter,  "counter",      0 },
> -     { trace_clock_jiffies,  "uptime",       1 },
> -     { trace_clock,          "perf",         1 },
> +     { trace_clock_local,            "local",        1 },
> +     { trace_clock_global,           "global",       1 },
> +     { trace_clock_counter,          "counter",      0 },
> +     { trace_clock_jiffies,          "uptime",       1 },
> +     { trace_clock,                  "perf",         1 },
> +     { ktime_get_mono_fast_ns,       "mono",         1 },

I'm not sure I like the name "mono" because all the clocks listed are
considered monolithic (with the view of tracing). What about calling it
"user" as I believe this clock is the one that will be used to
synchronize userspace times with the kernel. Right?

-- Steve

>       ARCH_TRACE_CLOCKS
>  };
>  
> 

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