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From: Joel Fernandes <joelaf@google.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Joel Fernandes <joelaf@google.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
	linux-doc@vger.kernel.org (open list:DOCUMENTATION)
Subject: [PATCH v3 3/3] trace: Update documentation for mono, mono_raw and boot clock
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2016 12:20:51 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1480018851-3796-4-git-send-email-joelaf@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1480018851-3796-1-git-send-email-joelaf@google.com>

Documentation was missing for mono and mono_raw, add them and also for
the boot clock introduced in this series.

Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes <joelaf@google.com>
---
 Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt
index 185c39f..5180b09 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt
+++ b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt
@@ -362,6 +362,26 @@ of ftrace. Here is a list of some of the key files:
 		  to correlate events across hypervisor/guest if
 		  tb_offset is known.
 
+	  mono: This uses the fast monotonic clock (CLOCK_MONOTONIC)
+		which is monotonic and is subject to NTP rate adjustments.
+
+	  mono_raw:
+		This is the raw monotonic clock (CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW)
+		which is montonic but is not subject to any rate adjustments
+		and ticks at the same rate as the hardware clocksource.
+
+	  boot: This is the boot clock (CLOCK_BOOTTIME) and is based on the
+		fast monotonic clock, but also accounts for time spent in
+		suspend. Since the clock access is designed for use in
+		tracing in the suspend path, some side effects are possible
+		if clock is accessed after the suspend time is accounted before
+		the fast mono clock is updated. In this case, the clock update
+		appears to happen slightly sooner than it normally would have.
+		Also on 32-bit systems, its possible that the 64-bit boot offset
+		sees a partial update. These effects are rare and post
+		processing should be able to handle them. See comments on
+		ktime_get_boot_fast_ns function for more information.
+
 	To set a clock, simply echo the clock name into this file.
 
 	  echo global > trace_clock
-- 
2.8.0.rc3.226.g39d4020

      parent reply	other threads:[~2016-11-24 20:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-11-24 20:20 [PATCH v3 0/3] timekeeping: Introduce a fast boot clock derived from fast monotonic clock Joel Fernandes
2016-11-24 20:20 ` [PATCH v3 1/3] timekeeping: Add a fast and NMI safe boot clock Joel Fernandes
2017-01-07  0:48   ` John Stultz
2017-01-07  2:39     ` Joel Fernandes
2017-01-07  4:02       ` John Stultz
2016-11-24 20:20 ` [PATCH v3 2/3] trace: Add an option for boot clock as trace clock Joel Fernandes
2016-11-24 20:20 ` Joel Fernandes [this message]

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