Re: [PATCH 2/2] clk: Add trace events for rate requests

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Tue Oct 18 2022 - 10:24:18 EST


On Tue, 18 Oct 2022 15:56:42 +0200
Maxime Ripard <maxime@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> It is currently fairly difficult to follow what clk_rate_request are
> issued, and how they have been modified once done.
>
> Indeed, there's multiple paths that can be taken, some functions are
> recursive and will just forward the request to its parent, etc.
>
> Adding a lot of debug prints is just not very convenient, so let's add
> trace events for the clock requests, one before they are submitted and
> one after they are returned.
>
> That way we can simply toggle the tracing on without modifying the
> kernel code and without affecting performances or the kernel logs too
> much.
>
> Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime@xxxxxxxxxx>

>From a tracing point of view:

Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>

-- Steve

> ---
> drivers/clk/clk.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> include/trace/events/clk.h | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 74 insertions(+)