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From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Kurt Kanzenbach <kurt@linutronix.de>
Subject: [for-next][PATCH 4/8] tracing: Add documentation for trace clock tai
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 17:51:06 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220428215140.438634489@goodmis.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20220428215102.260147624@goodmis.org

From: Kurt Kanzenbach <kurt@linutronix.de>

Add documentation for newly introduced trace clock "tai".
This clock corresponds to CLOCK_TAI.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220414091805.89667-4-kurt@linutronix.de

Signed-off-by: Kurt Kanzenbach <kurt@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
 Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst
index 45b8c56af67a..b37dc19e4d40 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst
+++ b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst
@@ -517,6 +517,18 @@ of ftrace. Here is a list of some of the key files:
 		processing should be able to handle them. See comments in the
 		ktime_get_boot_fast_ns() function for more information.
 
+	tai:
+		This is the tai clock (CLOCK_TAI) and is derived from the wall-
+		clock time. However, this clock does not experience
+		discontinuities and backwards jumps caused by NTP inserting leap
+		seconds. Since the clock access is designed for use in tracing,
+		side effects are possible. The clock access may yield wrong
+		readouts in case the internal TAI offset is updated e.g., caused
+		by setting the system time or using adjtimex() with an offset.
+		These effects are rare and post processing should be able to
+		handle them. See comments in the ktime_get_tai_fast_ns()
+		function for more information.
+
 	To set a clock, simply echo the clock name into this file::
 
 	  # echo global > trace_clock
-- 
2.35.1

  parent reply	other threads:[~2022-04-28 21:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-04-28 21:51 [for-next][PATCH 0/8] tracing: Updates for 5.19 Steven Rostedt
2022-04-28 21:51 ` [for-next][PATCH 1/8] ring-buffer: Have absolute time stamps handle large numbers Steven Rostedt
2022-04-28 21:51 ` [for-next][PATCH 2/8] ring-buffer: Have 32 bit time stamps use all 64 bits Steven Rostedt
2022-04-28 21:51 ` [for-next][PATCH 3/8] tracing: Introduce trace clock tai Steven Rostedt
2022-04-28 21:51 ` Steven Rostedt [this message]
2022-04-28 21:51 ` [for-next][PATCH 5/8] tracing: Remove usage of list iterator after the loop body Steven Rostedt
2022-04-28 21:51 ` [for-next][PATCH 6/8] tracing: Remove usage of list iterator variable after the loop Steven Rostedt
2022-04-28 21:51 ` [for-next][PATCH 7/8] tracing: Replace usage of found with dedicated list iterator variable Steven Rostedt
2022-04-28 21:51 ` [for-next][PATCH 8/8] tracing: Remove check of list iterator against head past the loop body Steven Rostedt

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