Re: [RFC PATCHSET 0/6] timer/hrtimer/timer_stats: Improvement ontimer_stats

[Arjan van de Ven]

On 8/29/2010 8:05 AM, Yong Zhang wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This patchset focus on two problem:
>
> 1)timer_stats_timer_*_start_info() should belong to timer core only.
>    It should not be seen by outsider, such as workqueue. And should
>    not resident in timer.h.
>    Patch-0001~0003 first remove the only explicit out call, then move
>    timer_stats_timer_*_start_info() from timer.h to timer.c.
>
> 2)call site recorded by timer_stats sometimes show the timer core functions
>    instead of the real call site.
>    Now /proc/timer_stats is like below on my machine:
> ---now---
>    


one question; have you tested this with powertop? (powertop being one of 
the prime consumers of this interface)

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