linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2] timers: Make flags output in the timer

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Date:   Fri, 10 Feb 2017 11:11:04 -0500
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2]  timers: Make flags output in the timer_start
 tracepoint useful

On Fri, 10 Feb 2017 16:41:15 +0100 (CET)
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:

> The timer flags in the timer_start trace event contain lots of useful
> information, but the meaning is not clear in the trace output. Making tools
> rely on the bit positions is bad as they might change over time.
> 
> Decode the flags in the print out. Tools can retrieve the bits and their
> meaning from the trace format file.
> 
> Requested-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> ---
> V2: Add the missing hunk defining the mask in timer.h
> ---

Applied, Thanks!

-- Steve