From: Steven Rostedt If a partial ring_buffer_page_read happens, then some of the incremental timestamps may be lost. This patch writes the recent timestamp into the page that is passed back to the caller. A partial ring_buffer_page_read is where the full page would not be written back to the user, and instead, just part of the page is copied to the user. A full page would be a page swap with the ring buffer and the timestamps would be correct. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 6 +++++- 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c index f2a163d..f747364 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c +++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c @@ -2461,6 +2461,7 @@ int ring_buffer_read_page(struct ring_buffer *buffer, unsigned long flags; unsigned int commit; unsigned int read; + u64 save_timestamp; int ret = -1; /* @@ -2515,6 +2516,9 @@ int ring_buffer_read_page(struct ring_buffer *buffer, if (len < size) goto out; + /* save the current timestamp, since the user will need it */ + save_timestamp = cpu_buffer->read_stamp; + /* Need to copy one event at a time */ do { memcpy(bpage->data + pos, rpage->data + rpos, size); @@ -2531,7 +2535,7 @@ int ring_buffer_read_page(struct ring_buffer *buffer, /* update bpage */ local_set(&bpage->commit, pos); - bpage->time_stamp = rpage->time_stamp; + bpage->time_stamp = save_timestamp; /* we copied everything to the beginning */ read = 0; -- 1.6.1.3 -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/