Re: [PATCH] tracing: Export key trace event symbols

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Wed Apr 22 2015 - 11:44:59 EST


On Wed, 22 Apr 2015 09:36:20 -0600
David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> One of the key requirements is a common time basis (e.g.,
> CLOCK_MONOTONIC or PERF_CLOCK) to be able to merge the events properly.
> I have a kernel module that exports perf_clock to userspace via
> clock_gettime; the 4.1 kernel should have the code that allows the clock
> id to be specified providing a solution to this problem.

Ron,

I should have warned you. This is normal Linux kernel development.
Someone posts a simple patch to make something of there's work better,
and it ends up becoming a massive undertaking to come up with a solution
that makes Linux in general a better operating system ;-)

-- Steve
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