linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ftrace: use a global counter for the global clock

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Message-ID: <1316179421.26295.37.camel@gandalf.stny.rr.com>
Date:	Fri, 16 Sep 2011 09:23:41 -0400
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, mingo <mingo@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ftrace:  use a global counter for the global clock

On Fri, 2011-09-16 at 14:36 +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-09-16 at 08:18 -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > +       return atomic64_add_return(1, &trace_counter);
> 
> Oh, fwiw I modified mine to increment by 1000 because we're showing us
> in the trace output, 1000 lines with the same 'time'-stamp is slightly
> confusing even though you know the order is absolutely right...


Or I could change it so that if counter clock is set, just show that
field as a counter too.

-- Steve


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