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authorSteven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>2011-09-19 11:35:58 -0400
committerSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>2011-09-19 11:35:58 -0400
commit6249687f76b69cc0b2ad34636f4a18d693ef3262 (patch)
tree9c007b85738eb86f113a9a6de1e35129532e5f54 /kernel/trace/trace_clock.c
parentc64e148a3be3cb786534ad38298c25c833116c26 (diff)
tracing: Add a counter clock for those that do not trust clocks
When debugging tight race conditions, it can be helpful to have a synchronized tracing method. Although in most cases the global clock provides this functionality, if timings is not the issue, it is more comforting to know that the order of events really happened in a precise order. Instead of using a clock, add a "counter" that is simply an incrementing atomic 64bit counter that orders the events as they are perceived to happen. The trace_clock_counter() is added from the attempt by Peter Zijlstra trying to convert the trace_clock_global() to it. I took Peter's counter code and made trace_clock_counter() instead, and added it to the choice of clocks. Just echo counter > /debug/tracing/trace_clock to activate it. Requested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Requested-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Reviewed-By: Valdis Kletnieks <valdis.kletnieks@vt.edu> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/trace/trace_clock.c')
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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_clock.c b/kernel/trace/trace_clock.c
index 6302747a139..394783531cb 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_clock.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_clock.c
@@ -113,3 +113,15 @@ u64 notrace trace_clock_global(void)
return now;
}
+
+static atomic64_t trace_counter;
+
+/*
+ * trace_clock_counter(): simply an atomic counter.
+ * Use the trace_counter "counter" for cases where you do not care
+ * about timings, but are interested in strict ordering.
+ */
+u64 notrace trace_clock_counter(void)
+{
+ return atomic64_add_return(1, &trace_counter);
+}