Re: [PATCH 7/7] trace: Update documentation for mono, mono_raw and boot clock

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Tue Nov 29 2016 - 02:27:06 EST



* John Stultz <john.stultz@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> + boot: This is the boot clock (CLOCK_BOOTTIME) and is based on the
> + fast monotonic clock, but also accounts for time spent in
> + suspend. Since the clock access is designed for use in
> + tracing in the suspend path, some side effects are possible
> + if clock is accessed after the suspend time is accounted before
> + the fast mono clock is updated. In this case, the clock update
> + appears to happen slightly sooner than it normally would have.
> + Also on 32-bit systems, its possible that the 64-bit boot offset
> + sees a partial update. These effects are rare and post
> + processing should be able to handle them. See comments on
> + ktime_get_boot_fast_ns function for more information.

s/its possible/it's possible
s/comments on ktime_get_boost_fast_ns function/comments in the ktime_get_boost_fast_ns() function

Thanks,

Ingo