Re: [PATCH V3 9/9] tracing: Add timerlat tracer

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Sat Jun 12 2021 - 19:10:37 EST


On Sat, 12 Jun 2021 10:47:16 +0200
Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Thinking only about the instrumentation/events, what they are tracking is the
> execution time. So how about naming them as:
>
> exec_time:thread
> exec_time:irq

I guess. I should go and look at your other code.

>
> Also adding that, although here we measure the execution time of "task" context,
> on rtsl we have other kinds of "windows" that they measure, for instance, the
> poid window (Preemption or IRQ disabled). So, the term exec time also fits there.

LOL at "poid"

-- Steve