Re: [PATCH 0/4] workqueue_trace: Add max execution time mesurementfor per worklet

["Zhaolei" <zhaolei@cn.fujitsu.com>]

* From: "Frederic Weisbecker" <fweisbec@gmail.com>
> On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 12:06:16AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
>> What is the meaning of M_EXECus?  Mean execution time in microseconds,
>> I assume?  I wonder if that is sufficiently high resolution nowadays.
> 
> 
> It's the maximum execution time encountered for a given worklet.
> I also have a small patch, about ready, to get the average.
> 
> 
>> You'll note that all the functions are reported as "foo+0x0/0xN". 
>> There is a way of suppressing the unneeded and unuseful "+0x0/0xN",
>> but I forget what it is and the comments over lib/vsprintf.c:pointer()
>> didn't help.  I think it's %pS.
> 
> 
> I don't know any way to perform this.
> %pF and %pS will act pretty much the same, except:
> 
> Extract from lib/vsprintf.c:
> 
> * Note: The difference between 'S' and 'F' is that on ia64 and ppc64
> * function pointers are really function descriptors, which contain a
> * pointer to the real address.
> 
> But the output formatting is the same: address, offset, size, modname.
> 
> I found it a bit annoying, so I proposed the following patch recently:
> 
> http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/4/15/310
> 
> And someone came with a better idea, IMO:
> 
> http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/4/17/105
> 
> 
>> 
>> The patchset adds no user documentation for the feature and should not
>> (IMO) be merged in such a state.  Please.
>>
> 
> 
> Ok, I will try something today about the documentation.
> 
> Thanks!
Hello,

To Frederic
Thanks for reply this mail for me.
Your saying is better than me.

To Andrew:
Sorry for replay late, I was rest yesterday.
Frederic's answer is all I wish to say.

Thanks
Zhaolei


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