linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 3/3] tracing: Histogram for missed timer offsets

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Date:   Wed, 31 Aug 2016 17:04:54 +0530
From:   Binoy Jayan <binoy.jayan@...aro.org>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Daniel Wagner <daniel.wagner@...-carit.de>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Masami <masami.hiramatsu@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 3/3] tracing: Histogram for missed timer offsets

On 30 August 2016 at 19:45, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Aug 2016 15:58:44 +0530
> Binoy Jayan <binoy.jayan@...aro.org> wrote:
>
>> +
>> +     TP_STRUCT__entry(
>> +             __field(long long,      toffset)
>> +             __array(char,           ccomm,  TASK_COMM_LEN)
>
> Can curr be different than current? If not, lets not record it.
>
> -- Steve
>

Hi Steve,

If my understanding is right, I think both are not the same. The
predefined field relates to the current
process which was interrupted by the hrtimer. This I guess does not
have a meaning in this context.
Mostly it is the idle process which is interrupted by the hrtimer. But
the ccomm field refers to the task
woken up by the process. The latencies are measured for this task. So
I it is needed.

-Binoy