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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/ring_buffer.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/ring_buffer.h | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/ring_buffer.h b/include/linux/ring_buffer.h index 9e6052bd1a1..e1b7b217388 100644 --- a/include/linux/ring_buffer.h +++ b/include/linux/ring_buffer.h @@ -18,10 +18,13 @@ struct ring_buffer_event { /** * enum ring_buffer_type - internal ring buffer types * - * @RINGBUF_TYPE_PADDING: Left over page padding - * array is ignored - * size is variable depending on how much + * @RINGBUF_TYPE_PADDING: Left over page padding or discarded event + * If time_delta is 0: + * array is ignored + * size is variable depending on how much * padding is needed + * If time_delta is non zero: + * everything else same as RINGBUF_TYPE_DATA * * @RINGBUF_TYPE_TIME_EXTEND: Extend the time delta * array[0] = time delta (28 .. 59) @@ -65,6 +68,8 @@ ring_buffer_event_time_delta(struct ring_buffer_event *event) return event->time_delta; } +void ring_buffer_event_discard(struct ring_buffer_event *event); + /* * size is in bytes for each per CPU buffer. */ |