From: Thomas Gleixner Add /proc/timer_stats support: debugging feature to profile timer expiration. Both the starting site, process/PID and the expiration function is captured. This allows the quick identification of timer event sources in a system. Sample output: # echo 1 > /proc/tstats # cat /proc/tstats Timerstats sample period: 3.888770 s 12, 0 swapper hrtimer_stop_sched_tick (hrtimer_sched_tick) 15, 1 swapper hcd_submit_urb (rh_timer_func) 4, 959 kedac schedule_timeout (process_timeout) 1, 0 swapper page_writeback_init (wb_timer_fn) 28, 0 swapper hrtimer_stop_sched_tick (hrtimer_sched_tick) 22, 2948 IRQ 4 tty_flip_buffer_push (delayed_work_timer_fn) 3, 3100 bash schedule_timeout (process_timeout) 1, 1 swapper queue_delayed_work_on (delayed_work_timer_fn) 1, 1 swapper queue_delayed_work_on (delayed_work_timer_fn) 1, 1 swapper neigh_table_init_no_netlink (neigh_periodic_timer) 1, 2292 ip __netdev_watchdog_up (dev_watchdog) 1, 23 events/1 do_cache_clean (delayed_work_timer_fn) 90 total events, 30.0 events/sec Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Index: linux-2.6.19-rc5-mm1/Documentation/hrtimer/timer_stats.txt =================================================================== --- /dev/null 1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000 +++ linux-2.6.19-rc5-mm1/Documentation/hrtimer/timer_stats.txt 2006-11-09 20:17:05.000000000 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ +timer_stats - timer usage statistics +------------------------------------ + +timer_stats is a debugging facility to make the timer (ab)usage in a Linux +system visible to kernel and userspace developers. It is not intended for +production usage as it adds significant overhead to the (hr)timer code and the +(hr)timer data structures. + +timer_stats should be used by kernel and userspace developers to verify that +their code does not make unduly use of timers. This helps to avoid unnecessary +wakeups, which should be avoided to optimize power consumption. + +It can be enabled by CONFIG_TIMER_STATS in the "Kernel hacking" configuration +section. + +timer_stats collects information about the timer events which are fired in a +Linux system over a sample period: + +- the pid of the task(process) which initialized the timer +- the name of the process which initialized the timer +- the function where the timer was intialized +- the callback function which is associated to the timer +- the number of events (callbacks) + +timer_stats adds an entry to /proc: /proc/timer_stats + +This entry is used to control the statistics functionality and to read out the +sampled information. + +The timer_stats functionality is inactive on bootup. + +To activate a sample period issue: +# echo 1 >/proc/timer_stats + +To stop a sample period issue: +# echo 0 >/proc/timer_stats + +The statistics can be retrieved by: +# cat /proc/timer_stats + +The readout of /proc/timer_stats automatically disables sampling. The sampled +information is kept until a new sample period is started. This allows multiple +readouts. + +Sample output of /proc/timer_stats: + +Timerstats sample period: 3.888770 s + 12, 0 swapper hrtimer_stop_sched_tick (hrtimer_sched_tick) + 15, 1 swapper hcd_submit_urb (rh_timer_func) + 4, 959 kedac schedule_timeout (process_timeout) + 1, 0 swapper page_writeback_init (wb_timer_fn) + 28, 0 swapper hrtimer_stop_sched_tick (hrtimer_sched_tick) + 22, 2948 IRQ 4 tty_flip_buffer_push (delayed_work_timer_fn) + 3, 3100 bash schedule_timeout (process_timeout) + 1, 1 swapper queue_delayed_work_on (delayed_work_timer_fn) + 1, 1 swapper queue_delayed_work_on (delayed_work_timer_fn) + 1, 1 swapper neigh_table_init_no_netlink (neigh_periodic_timer) + 1, 2292 ip __netdev_watchdog_up (dev_watchdog) + 1, 23 events/1 do_cache_clean (delayed_work_timer_fn) +90 total events, 30.0 events/sec + +The first column is the number of events, the second column the pid, the third +column is the name of the process. The forth column shows the function which +initialized the timer and in parantheses the callback function which was +executed on expiry. + + Thomas, Ingo + Index: linux-2.6.19-rc5-mm1/include/linux/hrtimer.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.19-rc5-mm1.orig/include/linux/hrtimer.h 2006-11-09 20:16:11.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.19-rc5-mm1/include/linux/hrtimer.h 2006-11-09 20:17:05.000000000 +0100 @@ -101,8 +101,14 @@ enum hrtimer_cb_mode { * @cb_mode: high resolution timer feature to select the callback execution * mode * @cb_entry: list head to enqueue an expired timer into the callback list + * @start_site: timer statistics field to store the site where the timer + * was started + * @start_comm: timer statistics field to store the name of the process which + * started the timer + * @start_pid: timer statistics field to store the pid of the task which + * started the timer * - * The hrtimer structure must be initialized by init_hrtimer_#CLOCKTYPE() + * The hrtimer structure must be initialized by hrtimer_init() */ struct hrtimer { struct rb_node node; @@ -114,6 +120,11 @@ struct hrtimer { enum hrtimer_cb_mode cb_mode; struct list_head cb_entry; #endif +#ifdef CONFIG_TIMER_STATS + void *start_site; + char start_comm[16]; + int start_pid; +#endif }; /** @@ -332,4 +343,44 @@ static inline void show_no_hz_stats(stru /* Bootup initialization: */ extern void __init hrtimers_init(void); +/* + * Timer-statistics info: + */ +#ifdef CONFIG_TIMER_STATS + +extern void timer_stats_update_stats(void *timer, pid_t pid, void *startf, + void *timerf, char * comm); + +static inline void timer_stats_account_hrtimer(struct hrtimer *timer) +{ + timer_stats_update_stats(timer, timer->start_pid, timer->start_site, + timer->function, timer->start_comm); +} + +extern void __timer_stats_hrtimer_set_start_info(struct hrtimer *timer, + void *addr); + +static inline void timer_stats_hrtimer_set_start_info(struct hrtimer *timer) +{ + __timer_stats_hrtimer_set_start_info(timer, __builtin_return_address(0)); +} + +static inline void timer_stats_hrtimer_clear_start_info(struct hrtimer *timer) +{ + timer->start_site = NULL; +} +#else +static inline void timer_stats_account_hrtimer(struct hrtimer *timer) +{ +} + +static inline void timer_stats_hrtimer_set_start_info(struct hrtimer *timer) +{ +} + +static inline void timer_stats_hrtimer_clear_start_info(struct hrtimer *timer) +{ +} +#endif + #endif Index: linux-2.6.19-rc5-mm1/include/linux/timer.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.19-rc5-mm1.orig/include/linux/timer.h 2006-11-09 17:47:59.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.19-rc5-mm1/include/linux/timer.h 2006-11-09 20:17:05.000000000 +0100 @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ #define _LINUX_TIMER_H #include +#include #include #include @@ -15,6 +16,11 @@ struct timer_list { unsigned long data; struct tvec_t_base_s *base; +#ifdef CONFIG_TIMER_STATS + void *start_site; + char start_comm[16]; + int start_pid; +#endif }; extern struct tvec_t_base_s boot_tvec_bases; @@ -73,6 +79,49 @@ extern unsigned long next_timer_interrup */ extern unsigned long get_next_timer_interrupt(unsigned long now); +/* + * Timer-statistics info: + */ +#ifdef CONFIG_TIMER_STATS + +extern void timer_stats_update_stats(void *timer, pid_t pid, void *startf, + void *timerf, char * comm); + +static inline void timer_stats_account_timer(struct timer_list *timer) +{ + timer_stats_update_stats(timer, timer->start_pid, timer->start_site, + timer->function, timer->start_comm); +} + +extern void __timer_stats_timer_set_start_info(struct timer_list *timer, + void *addr); + +static inline void timer_stats_timer_set_start_info(struct timer_list *timer) +{ + __timer_stats_timer_set_start_info(timer, __builtin_return_address(0)); +} + +static inline void timer_stats_timer_clear_start_info(struct timer_list *timer) +{ + timer->start_site = NULL; +} +#else +static inline void timer_stats_account_timer(struct timer_list *timer) +{ +} + +static inline void timer_stats_timer_set_start_info(struct timer_list *timer) +{ +} + +static inline void timer_stats_timer_clear_start_info(struct timer_list *timer) +{ +} +#endif + +extern void delayed_work_timer_fn(unsigned long __data); + + /*** * add_timer - start a timer * @timer: the timer to be added Index: linux-2.6.19-rc5-mm1/kernel/hrtimer.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.19-rc5-mm1.orig/kernel/hrtimer.c 2006-11-09 20:16:11.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.19-rc5-mm1/kernel/hrtimer.c 2006-11-09 20:17:05.000000000 +0100 @@ -972,6 +972,18 @@ static inline void hrtimer_resume_jiffy_ #endif /* CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS */ +#ifdef CONFIG_TIMER_STATS +void __timer_stats_hrtimer_set_start_info(struct hrtimer *timer, void *addr) +{ + if (timer->start_site) + return; + + timer->start_site = addr; + memcpy(timer->start_comm, current->comm, TASK_COMM_LEN); + timer->start_pid = current->pid; +} +#endif + /* * Timekeeping resumed notification */ @@ -1140,6 +1152,7 @@ remove_hrtimer(struct hrtimer *timer, st * reprogramming happens in the interrupt handler. This is a * rare case and less expensive than a smp call. */ + timer_stats_hrtimer_clear_start_info(timer); reprogram = base->cpu_base == &__get_cpu_var(hrtimer_bases); __remove_hrtimer(timer, base, HRTIMER_STATE_INACTIVE, reprogram); @@ -1188,6 +1201,8 @@ hrtimer_start(struct hrtimer *timer, kti } timer->expires = tim; + timer_stats_hrtimer_set_start_info(timer); + enqueue_hrtimer(timer, new_base, base == new_base); unlock_hrtimer_base(timer, &flags); @@ -1320,6 +1335,12 @@ void hrtimer_init(struct hrtimer *timer, timer->base = &cpu_base->clock_base[clock_id]; hrtimer_init_timer_hres(timer); + +#ifdef CONFIG_TIMER_STATS + timer->start_site = NULL; + timer->start_pid = -1; + memset(timer->start_comm, 0, TASK_COMM_LEN); +#endif } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hrtimer_init); @@ -1400,6 +1421,7 @@ void hrtimer_interrupt(struct pt_regs *r __remove_hrtimer(timer, base, HRTIMER_STATE_CALLBACK, 0); + timer_stats_account_hrtimer(timer); if (timer->function(timer) != HRTIMER_NORESTART) { BUG_ON(timer->state != HRTIMER_STATE_CALLBACK); @@ -1442,6 +1464,8 @@ static void run_hrtimer_softirq(struct s timer = list_entry(cpu_base->cb_pending.next, struct hrtimer, cb_entry); + timer_stats_account_hrtimer(timer); + fn = timer->function; __remove_hrtimer(timer, timer->base, HRTIMER_STATE_CALLBACK, 0); spin_unlock_irq(&cpu_base->lock); @@ -1498,6 +1522,8 @@ static inline void run_hrtimer_queue(str if (base->softirq_time.tv64 <= timer->expires.tv64) break; + timer_stats_account_hrtimer(timer); + fn = timer->function; __remove_hrtimer(timer, base, HRTIMER_STATE_CALLBACK, 0); spin_unlock_irq(&cpu_base->lock); Index: linux-2.6.19-rc5-mm1/kernel/time/Makefile =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.19-rc5-mm1.orig/kernel/time/Makefile 2006-11-09 17:52:38.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.19-rc5-mm1/kernel/time/Makefile 2006-11-09 20:17:05.000000000 +0100 @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ obj-y += ntp.o clocksource.o jiffies.o -obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS) += clockevents.o +obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS) += clockevents.o +obj-$(CONFIG_TIMER_STATS) += timer_stats.o Index: linux-2.6.19-rc5-mm1/kernel/time/timer_stats.c =================================================================== --- /dev/null 1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000 +++ linux-2.6.19-rc5-mm1/kernel/time/timer_stats.c 2006-11-09 20:17:05.000000000 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1,244 @@ +/* + * kernel/time/timer_stats.c + * + * Collect timer usage statistics. + * + * Copyright(C) 2006, Red Hat, Inc., Ingo Molnar + * Copyright(C) 2006 Timesys Corp., Thomas Gleixner + * + * timer_stats is based on timer_top, a similar functionality which was part of + * Con Kolivas dyntick patch set. It was developed by Daniel Petrini at the + * Instituto Nokia de Tecnologia - INdT - Manaus. timer_top's design was based + * on dynamic allocation of the statistics entries rather than the static array + * which is used by timer_stats. It was written for the pre hrtimer kernel code + * and therefor did not take hrtimers into account. Nevertheless it provided + * the base for the timer_stats implementation and was a helpful source of + * inspiration in the first place. Kudos to Daniel and the Nokia folks for this + * effort. + * + * timer_top.c is + * Copyright (C) 2005 Instituto Nokia de Tecnologia - INdT - Manaus + * Written by Daniel Petrini + * timer_top.c was released under the GNU General Public License version 2 + * + * We export the addresses and counting of timer functions being called, + * the pid and cmdline from the owner process if applicable. + * + * Start/stop data collection: + * # echo 1[0] >/proc/timer_stats + * + * Display the collected information: + * # cat /proc/timer_stats + * + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify + * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as + * published by the Free Software Foundation. + */ + +#include +#include +#include +#include +#include +#include +#include + +#include + +enum tstats_stat { + TSTATS_INACTIVE, + TSTATS_ACTIVE, + TSTATS_READOUT, + TSTATS_RESET, +}; + +struct tstats_entry { + void *timer; + void *start_func; + void *expire_func; + unsigned long counter; + pid_t pid; + char comm[TASK_COMM_LEN + 1]; +}; + +#define TSTATS_MAX_ENTRIES 1024 + +static struct tstats_entry tstats[TSTATS_MAX_ENTRIES]; +static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(tstats_lock); +static enum tstats_stat tstats_status; +static ktime_t tstats_time; + +/** + * timer_stats_update_stats - Update the statistics for a timer. + * @timer: pointer to either a timer_list or a hrtimer + * @pid: the pid of the task which set up the timer + * @startf: pointer to the function which did the timer setup + * @timerf: pointer to the timer callback function of the timer + * @comm: name of the process which set up the timer + * + * When the timer is already registered, then the event counter is + * incremented. Otherwise the timer is registered in a free slot. + */ +void timer_stats_update_stats(void *timer, pid_t pid, void *startf, + void *timerf, char * comm) +{ + struct tstats_entry *entry = tstats; + unsigned long flags; + int i; + + spin_lock_irqsave(&tstats_lock, flags); + if (tstats_status != TSTATS_ACTIVE) + goto out_unlock; + + for (i = 0; i < TSTATS_MAX_ENTRIES; i++, entry++) { + if (entry->timer == timer && + entry->start_func == startf && + entry->expire_func == timerf && + entry->pid == pid) { + + entry->counter++; + break; + } + if (!entry->timer) { + entry->timer = timer; + entry->start_func = startf; + entry->expire_func = timerf; + entry->counter = 1; + entry->pid = pid; + memcpy(entry->comm, comm, TASK_COMM_LEN); + entry->comm[TASK_COMM_LEN] = 0; + break; + } + } + + out_unlock: + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tstats_lock, flags); +} + +static void print_name_offset(struct seq_file *m, unsigned long addr) +{ + char namebuf[KSYM_NAME_LEN+1]; + unsigned long size, offset; + const char *sym_name; + char *modname; + + sym_name = kallsyms_lookup(addr, &size, &offset, &modname, namebuf); + if (sym_name) + seq_printf(m, "%s", sym_name); + else + seq_printf(m, "<%p>", (void *)addr); +} + +static int tstats_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v) +{ + struct tstats_entry *entry = tstats; + struct timespec period; + unsigned long ms; + long events = 0; + int i; + + spin_lock_irq(&tstats_lock); + switch(tstats_status) { + case TSTATS_ACTIVE: + tstats_time = ktime_sub(ktime_get(), tstats_time); + case TSTATS_INACTIVE: + tstats_status = TSTATS_READOUT; + break; + default: + spin_unlock_irq(&tstats_lock); + return -EBUSY; + } + spin_unlock_irq(&tstats_lock); + + period = ktime_to_timespec(tstats_time); + ms = period.tv_nsec % 1000000; + + seq_printf(m, "Timerstats sample period: %ld.%3ld s\n", + period.tv_sec, ms); + + for (i = 0; i < TSTATS_MAX_ENTRIES && entry->timer; i++, entry++) { + seq_printf(m, "%4lu, %5d %-16s ", entry->counter, entry->pid, + entry->comm); + + print_name_offset(m, (unsigned long)entry->start_func); + seq_puts(m, " ("); + print_name_offset(m, (unsigned long)entry->expire_func); + seq_puts(m, ")\n"); + events += entry->counter; + } + + ms += period.tv_sec * 1000; + if (events && period.tv_sec) + seq_printf(m, "%ld total events, %ld.%ld events/sec\n", events, + events / period.tv_sec, events * 1000 / ms); + else + seq_printf(m, "%ld total events\n", events); + + tstats_status = TSTATS_INACTIVE; + return 0; +} + +static ssize_t tstats_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, + size_t count, loff_t *offs) +{ + char ctl[2]; + + if (count != 2 || *offs) + return -EINVAL; + + if (copy_from_user(ctl, buf, count)) + return -EFAULT; + + switch (ctl[0]) { + case '0': + spin_lock_irq(&tstats_lock); + if (tstats_status == TSTATS_ACTIVE) { + tstats_status = TSTATS_INACTIVE; + tstats_time = ktime_sub(ktime_get(), tstats_time); + } + spin_unlock_irq(&tstats_lock); + break; + case '1': + spin_lock_irq(&tstats_lock); + if (tstats_status == TSTATS_INACTIVE) { + tstats_status = TSTATS_RESET; + memset(tstats, 0, sizeof(tstats)); + tstats_time = ktime_get(); + tstats_status = TSTATS_ACTIVE; + } + spin_unlock_irq(&tstats_lock); + break; + default: + count = -EINVAL; + } + + return count; +} + +static int tstats_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp) +{ + return single_open(filp, tstats_show, NULL); +} + +static struct file_operations tstats_fops = { + .open = tstats_open, + .read = seq_read, + .write = tstats_write, + .llseek = seq_lseek, + .release = seq_release, +}; + +static int __init init_tstats(void) +{ + struct proc_dir_entry *pe; + + pe = create_proc_entry("timer_stats", 0666, NULL); + + if (!pe) + return -ENOMEM; + + pe->proc_fops = &tstats_fops; + + return 0; +} +module_init(init_tstats); Index: linux-2.6.19-rc5-mm1/kernel/timer.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.19-rc5-mm1.orig/kernel/timer.c 2006-11-09 20:16:11.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.19-rc5-mm1/kernel/timer.c 2006-11-09 20:17:05.000000000 +0100 @@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ #include #include #include +#include #include #include @@ -133,6 +134,18 @@ static void internal_add_timer(tvec_base list_add_tail(&timer->entry, vec); } +#ifdef CONFIG_TIMER_STATS +void __timer_stats_timer_set_start_info(struct timer_list *timer, void *addr) +{ + if (timer->start_site) + return; + + timer->start_site = addr; + memcpy(timer->start_comm, current->comm, TASK_COMM_LEN); + timer->start_pid = current->pid; +} +#endif + /** * init_timer - initialize a timer. * @timer: the timer to be initialized @@ -144,11 +157,16 @@ void fastcall init_timer(struct timer_li { timer->entry.next = NULL; timer->base = __raw_get_cpu_var(tvec_bases); +#ifdef CONFIG_TIMER_STATS + timer->start_site = NULL; + timer->start_pid = -1; + memset(timer->start_comm, 0, TASK_COMM_LEN); +#endif } EXPORT_SYMBOL(init_timer); static inline void detach_timer(struct timer_list *timer, - int clear_pending) + int clear_pending) { struct list_head *entry = &timer->entry; @@ -195,6 +213,7 @@ int __mod_timer(struct timer_list *timer unsigned long flags; int ret = 0; + timer_stats_timer_set_start_info(timer); BUG_ON(!timer->function); base = lock_timer_base(timer, &flags); @@ -245,6 +264,7 @@ void add_timer_on(struct timer_list *tim tvec_base_t *base = per_cpu(tvec_bases, cpu); unsigned long flags; + timer_stats_timer_set_start_info(timer); BUG_ON(timer_pending(timer) || !timer->function); spin_lock_irqsave(&base->lock, flags); timer->base = base; @@ -277,6 +297,7 @@ int mod_timer(struct timer_list *timer, { BUG_ON(!timer->function); + timer_stats_timer_set_start_info(timer); /* * This is a common optimization triggered by the * networking code - if the timer is re-modified @@ -307,6 +328,7 @@ int del_timer(struct timer_list *timer) unsigned long flags; int ret = 0; + timer_stats_timer_clear_start_info(timer); if (timer_pending(timer)) { base = lock_timer_base(timer, &flags); if (timer_pending(timer)) { @@ -440,6 +462,8 @@ static inline void __run_timers(tvec_bas fn = timer->function; data = timer->data; + timer_stats_account_timer(timer); + set_running_timer(base, timer); detach_timer(timer, 1); spin_unlock_irq(&base->lock); @@ -1128,7 +1152,8 @@ static void run_timer_softirq(struct sof { tvec_base_t *base = __get_cpu_var(tvec_bases); - hrtimer_run_queues(); + hrtimer_run_queues(); + if (time_after_eq(jiffies, base->timer_jiffies)) __run_timers(base); } Index: linux-2.6.19-rc5-mm1/kernel/workqueue.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.19-rc5-mm1.orig/kernel/workqueue.c 2006-11-09 17:47:59.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.19-rc5-mm1/kernel/workqueue.c 2006-11-09 20:17:05.000000000 +0100 @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ int fastcall queue_work(struct workqueue } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(queue_work); -static void delayed_work_timer_fn(unsigned long __data) +void delayed_work_timer_fn(unsigned long __data) { struct work_struct *work = (struct work_struct *)__data; struct workqueue_struct *wq = work->wq_data; @@ -143,11 +143,12 @@ static void delayed_work_timer_fn(unsign * Returns 0 if @work was already on a queue, non-zero otherwise. */ int fastcall queue_delayed_work(struct workqueue_struct *wq, - struct work_struct *work, unsigned long delay) + struct work_struct *work, unsigned long delay) { int ret = 0; struct timer_list *timer = &work->timer; + timer_stats_timer_set_start_info(&work->timer); if (!test_and_set_bit(0, &work->pending)) { BUG_ON(timer_pending(timer)); BUG_ON(!list_empty(&work->entry)); @@ -489,6 +490,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(schedule_work); */ int fastcall schedule_delayed_work(struct work_struct *work, unsigned long delay) { + timer_stats_timer_set_start_info(&work->timer); return queue_delayed_work(keventd_wq, work, delay); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(schedule_delayed_work); Index: linux-2.6.19-rc5-mm1/lib/Kconfig.debug =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.19-rc5-mm1.orig/lib/Kconfig.debug 2006-11-09 17:47:59.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.19-rc5-mm1/lib/Kconfig.debug 2006-11-09 20:17:05.000000000 +0100 @@ -125,6 +125,17 @@ config SCHEDSTATS application, you can say N to avoid the very slight overhead this adds. +config TIMER_STATS + bool "Collect kernel timers statistics" + depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PROC_FS + help + If you say Y here, additional code will be inserted into the + timer routines to collect statistics about kernel timers being + reprogrammed. The statistics can be read from /proc/timer_stats. + The statistics collection is started by writing 1 to /proc/timer_stats, + writing 0 stops it. This feature is useful to collect information + about timer usage patterns in kernel and userspace. + config DEBUG_SLAB bool "Debug slab memory allocations" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && SLAB -- - 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/