So that we can more easily see in what mode the lapic timer operates. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) --- arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) --- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c @@ -563,6 +563,7 @@ static void setup_APIC_timer(void) levt->cpumask = cpumask_of(smp_processor_id()); if (this_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_TSC_DEADLINE_TIMER)) { + levt->name = "lapic-deadline"; levt->features &= ~(CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_PERIODIC | CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_DUMMY); levt->set_next_event = lapic_next_deadline;