Re: [PATCH v3 03/33] ring-buffer: Add interface for setting absolute time stamps

[Steven Rostedt]

On Fri, 22 Sep 2017 14:59:43 -0500
Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> +	/*
> +	 * New timestamps may not be consistent with the previous setting.
> +	 * Reset the buffer so that it doesn't have incomparable timestamps.

I would like to make the ring buffer robust enough to handle both. Can
this be done?

-- Steve

> +	 */
> +	tracing_reset_online_cpus(&tr->trace_buffer);
> +