Re: [PATCH 05/12] time: Add debugging checks to warn if we see delays

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Fri Jan 23 2015 - 09:27:14 EST


On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 04:09:20PM -0800, John Stultz wrote:
> +#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_TIMEKEEPING
> +static void timekeeping_check_update(struct timekeeper *tk, cycle_t offset)
> +{
> +
> + cycle_t max_cycles = tk->tkr.clock->max_cycles;
> + const char *name = tk->tkr.clock->name;
> +
> + if (offset > max_cycles)
> + printk_deferred("ERROR: cycle offset (%lld) is larger then"
> + " allowed %s max_cycles (%lld)\n",
> + offset, name, max_cycles);
> + else if (offset > (max_cycles >> 1))
> + printk_deferred("WARNING: cycle offset (%lld) is past"
> + " the %s 50%% safety margin (%lld)\n",
> + offset, name, max_cycles>>1);
> +}
> +#else
> +#define timekeeping_check_update(x, y)

static inline void timekeeping_check_update(struct timekeeper *tk, cycle_t offset) { }

Would preserve argument type checks. The only argument for using a macro
here would be to avoid evaluating the arguments, but that's not an issue
in this case afaict.

> +#endif
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