Re: [PATCH v14 clocksource 6/6] clocksource: Print deviation in nanoseconds for unstable case

[Feng Tang <feng.tang@intel.com>]

On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 04:34:55PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> From: Feng Tang <feng.tang@intel.com>
> 
> Currently when an unstable clocksource is detected, the raw counters
> of that clocksource and watchdog will be printed, which can only be
> understood after some math calculation.  So print the existing delta in
> nanoseconds to make it easier for humans to check the results.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Feng Tang <feng.tang@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
> ---
>  kernel/time/clocksource.c | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/time/clocksource.c b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
> index bbe1bcf44ffa..9c45b98e60e2 100644
> --- a/kernel/time/clocksource.c
> +++ b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
> @@ -406,10 +406,10 @@ static void clocksource_watchdog(struct timer_list *unused)
>  		if (abs(cs_nsec - wd_nsec) > md) {
>  			pr_warn("timekeeping watchdog on CPU%d: Marking clocksource '%s' as unstable because the skew is too large:\n",
>  				smp_processor_id(), cs->name);
> -			pr_warn("                      '%s' wd_now: %llx wd_last: %llx mask: %llx\n",
> -				watchdog->name, wdnow, wdlast, watchdog->mask);
> -			pr_warn("                      '%s' cs_now: %llx cs_last: %llx mask: %llx\n",
> -				cs->name, csnow, cslast, cs->mask);
> +			pr_warn("                      '%s' wd_nesc: %lld wd_now: %llx wd_last: %llx mask: %llx\n",

There is a typo in the message, 'wd_nesc' should be 'wd_nsec' , 
sorry for that.

Thanks,
Feng


> +				watchdog->name, wd_nsec, wdnow, wdlast, watchdog->mask);
> +			pr_warn("                      '%s' cs_nsec: %lld cs_now: %llx cs_last: %llx mask: %llx\n",
> +				cs->name, cs_nsec, csnow, cslast, cs->mask);
>  			if (curr_clocksource == cs)
>  				pr_warn("                      '%s' is current clocksource.\n", cs->name);
>  			else if (curr_clocksource)
> -- 
> 2.31.1.189.g2e36527f23