Each sub-buffer (buffer page) has a full 64 bit timestamp. The events on that page use a 27 bit delta against that timestamp in order to save on bits written to the ring buffer. If the time between events is larger than what the 27 bits can hold, a "time extend" event is added to hold the entire 64 bit timestamp again and the events after that hold a delta from that timestamp. As a "time extend" is always paired with an event, it is logical to just allocate the event with the time extend, to make things a bit more efficient. Unfortunately, when the pairing code was written, it removed the "delta = 0" from the first commit on a page, causing the events on the page to be slightly skewed. Fixes: 69d1b839f7ee "ring-buffer: Bind time extend and data events together" Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 2.6.37+ Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> |
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| ftrace.c | ||
| Kconfig | ||
| Makefile | ||
| power-traces.c | ||
| ring_buffer_benchmark.c | ||
| ring_buffer.c | ||
| rpm-traces.c | ||
| trace_branch.c | ||
| trace_clock.c | ||
| trace_entries.h | ||
| trace_event_perf.c | ||
| trace_events_filter_test.h | ||
| trace_events_filter.c | ||
| trace_events_trigger.c | ||
| trace_events.c | ||
| trace_export.c | ||
| trace_functions_graph.c | ||
| trace_functions.c | ||
| trace_irqsoff.c | ||
| trace_kdb.c | ||
| trace_kprobe.c | ||
| trace_mmiotrace.c | ||
| trace_nop.c | ||
| trace_output.c | ||
| trace_output.h | ||
| trace_printk.c | ||
| trace_probe.c | ||
| trace_probe.h | ||
| trace_sched_switch.c | ||
| trace_sched_wakeup.c | ||
| trace_selftest_dynamic.c | ||
| trace_selftest.c | ||
| trace_stack.c | ||
| trace_stat.c | ||
| trace_stat.h | ||
| trace_syscalls.c | ||
| trace_uprobe.c | ||
| trace.c | ||
| trace.h | ||