linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tracing: Fix wraparound problems in "uptime" tracer

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Message-ID: <CA+8MBbLhEx9rnoi2ARnc64bHQLy0pWjUZXNNVinudNpqaMPv=g@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 18 Jul 2014 11:54:28 -0700
From:	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...il.com>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Frédéric Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	"m.chehab@...sung.com" <m.chehab@...sung.com>,
	Xie XiuQi <xiexiuqi@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tracing: Fix wraparound problems in "uptime" tracer

On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 11:47 AM, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:
> Do you think this is worthy of stable and 3.16 material?

Perhaps.  Not sure that I need it (I'm stuck waiting for the extlog_trace pieces
which are now queued in "tip", but won't go in until 3.17).  But I suppose we
should minimize the window where people see the bogus wraparound nanoseconds.

-Tony
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