[PATCH 3/3] Documentation/rtla: Add -A/--aligned option
From: Tomas Glozar
Date: Wed May 27 2026 - 10:53:00 EST
Cover the newly added -A/--aligned option that aligns timerlat threads
using the corresponding feature of the timerlat tracer.
A note is added to clarify what alignment means, similar to the note in
the tracer implementation in commit 4245bf4dc58f ("tracing/osnoise: Add
option to align tlat threads").
Signed-off-by: Tomas Glozar <tglozar@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/tools/rtla/common_timerlat_options.txt | 12 ++++++++++++
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/tools/rtla/common_timerlat_options.txt b/Documentation/tools/rtla/common_timerlat_options.txt
index ab159b2cbfe7..0a01fbc93ee1 100644
--- a/Documentation/tools/rtla/common_timerlat_options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/tools/rtla/common_timerlat_options.txt
@@ -95,3 +95,15 @@
* **full** Print the entire stack trace, including unknown addresses.
For unknown addresses, the raw pointer is printed.
+
+**-A**, **--aligned** *us*
+
+ Align wake-up of timerlat threads to a set offset in microseconds.
+
+ The alignment will be applied when the threads wake up at the start of tracing while
+ the timer for the first cycle is armed. Each thread sets its timer to the wake-up time
+ of the previous thread plus the alignment.
+
+ This option may be used with any non-negative argument, including zero, which will
+ align threads so that they wake up all at the same time.
+
--
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