linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3 v2] Docs: admin/kernel-parameters: edit a few boot options

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Message-ID: <53133d81-e52c-8887-c879-615b585e3351@infradead.org>
Date:   Sat, 2 Apr 2022 22:13:20 -0700
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Heiko Carstens <hca@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Vasily Gorbik <gor@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Sven Schnelle <svens@...ux.ibm.com>,
        linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        sparclinux@...r.kernel.org, Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
        linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3 v2] Docs: admin/kernel-parameters: edit a few boot
 options



On 4/1/22 09:03, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Thu, 31 Mar 2022 20:09:25 -0700
> Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org> wrote:
> 
>> @@ -5908,6 +5910,8 @@
>>  	trace_buf_size=nn[KMG]
>>  			[FTRACE] will set tracing buffer size on each cpu.
>>  
>> +	trace_clock=	[FTRACE] See Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst
> 
> 	trace_clock=	[FTRACE] Set the clock used for tracing events
> 			at boot up.
> 			local - Use the per CPU time stamp counter
> 				(converted into nanoseconds). Fast, but
> 				depending on the architecture, may not be
> 				in sync between CPUs.
> 			global - Event time stamps are synchronize across
> 				CPUs. May be slower than the local clock,
> 				but better for some race conditions.
> 			counter - Simple counting of events (1, 2, ..)
> 				note, some counts may be skipped due to the
> 				infrastructure grabbing the clock more than
> 				once per event.
> 			uptime - Use jiffies as the time stamp.
> 			perf - Use the same clock that perf uses.
> 			mono - Use ktime_get_mono_fast_ns() for time stamps.
> 			mono_raw - Use ktime_get_raw_fast_ns() for time
> 				stamps.
> 			boot - Use ktime_get_boot_fast_ns() for time stamps.
> 			Architectures may add more clocks. See
> 			Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst for more details.
> 

Will do. Thanks.

> 
> 
>> +
>>  	trace_event=[event-list]
>>  			[FTRACE] Set and start specified trace events in order
>>  			to facilitate early boot debugging. The event-list is a

-- 
~Randy