Re: [PATCH 7/7] trace: Update documentation for mono, mono_raw and boot clock

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Tue Nov 29 2016 - 11:14:09 EST


On Tue, 29 Nov 2016, Joel Fernandes wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 11:26 PM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > * John Stultz <john.stultz@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> + boot: This is the boot clock (CLOCK_BOOTTIME) and is based on the
> >> + fast monotonic clock, but also accounts for time spent in
> >> + suspend. Since the clock access is designed for use in
> >> + tracing in the suspend path, some side effects are possible
> >> + if clock is accessed after the suspend time is accounted before
> >> + the fast mono clock is updated. In this case, the clock update
> >> + appears to happen slightly sooner than it normally would have.
> >> + Also on 32-bit systems, its possible that the 64-bit boot offset
> >> + sees a partial update. These effects are rare and post
> >> + processing should be able to handle them. See comments on
> >> + ktime_get_boot_fast_ns function for more information.
> >
> > s/its possible/it's possible
> > s/comments on ktime_get_boost_fast_ns function/comments in the ktime_get_boost_fast_ns() function
> >
>
> Thanks, I'll fix these up and repost.

Don't bother. I have fixed it up locally already.

Thanks,

tglx