Re: [PATCH v6 4/4] tracing: Histogram for delayed hrtimer offsets

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Fri, 9 Sep 2016, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 08, 2016 at 03:09:36PM +0530, Binoy Jayan wrote:
> > On 8 September 2016 at 12:40, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Wed, 7 Sep 2016, Binoy Jayan wrote:
> 
> > >> +#ifdef CONFIG_DELAYED_TIMER_OFFSETS_HIST
> > >> +     ktime_t                         praecox;
> > >> +#endif
> 
> > > And of course documenting new struct members is optional, correct? I'm
> > > really looking forward for the explanation of that variable name.
> 
> > It marks the start time when a process is scheduled to be woken up as
> > the result
> > of expiry of the hrtimer. Will be mentioning it in the comments.
> 
> Even with an appropriate comment I'm not sure that the term praecox is
> sufficiently widely understood to be a clear variable name.

For those who understand it and know the main use case of this term it
certainly has entertainment value.

Thanks,

	tglx