Re: [RFC PATCH] Add timer-source of walltime for ftrace

From: KOSAKI Motohiro
Date: Tue Aug 18 2009 - 11:58:10 EST


> +u64 notrace trace_clock_walltime(void)
> +{
> + u32 remainder;
> + return base_walltime.tv_sec + div_u64_rem(
> + trace_clock() + base_walltime.tv_nsec,
> + NSEC_PER_SEC, &remainder);
> +}

Why do we need calculate walltime at ring-buffer recordng phase?
IOW, Why can't we calculate this at displaing time?




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