From: "Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)" Each sub-buffer (buffer page) has a full 64 bit timestamp. The events on that page use a 27 bit delta against that timestamp in order to save on bits written to the ring buffer. If the time between events is larger than what the 27 bits can hold, a "time extend" event is added to hold the entire 64 bit timestamp again and the events after that hold a delta from that timestamp. As a "time extend" is always paired with an event, it is logical to just allocate the event with the time extend, to make things a bit more efficient. Unfortunately, when the pairing code was written, it removed the "delta = 0" from the first commit on a page, causing the events on the page to be slightly skewed. Fixes: 69d1b839f7ee "ring-buffer: Bind time extend and data events together" Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 2.6.37+ Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c index 294b8a2..fc4da2d 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c +++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c @@ -2397,6 +2397,13 @@ __rb_reserve_next(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer, write &= RB_WRITE_MASK; tail = write - length; + /* + * If this is the first commit on the page, then it has the same + * timestamp as the page itself. + */ + if (!tail) + delta = 0; + /* See if we shot pass the end of this buffer page */ if (unlikely(write > BUF_PAGE_SIZE)) return rb_move_tail(cpu_buffer, length, tail, -- 1.8.4.3 -- 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/