From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>,
John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>,
Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>,
Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@arm.com>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>,
Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>,
Christopher Covington <cov@codeaurora.org>,
Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>,
David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>,
Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu@tomeuvizoso.net>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Linux API <linux-api@vger.kernel.org>,
Pawel Moll <mail@pawelmoll.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] perf: User/kernel time correlation and event generation
Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2014 17:11:47 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2022010.zd45j2gEWl@wuerfel> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.11.1411041111010.5308@nanos>
On Tuesday 04 November 2014 11:49:04 Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Nov 2014, Richard Cochran wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Nov 04, 2014 at 09:01:31AM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > > On Monday 03 November 2014 17:11:53 John Stultz wrote:
> > > > I've got some thoughts on what a possible interface that wouldn't be
> > > > awful could look like, but I'm still hesitant because I don't really
> > > > know if exposing this sort of data is actually a good idea long term.
> > >
> > > I was also thinking (while working on an unrelated patch) we could use
> > > a system call like
> > >
> > > int clock_getoffset(clockid_t clkid, struct timespec *offs);
>
> We might make *offs a timespec64 or u64
I don't think we are ready yet to introduce timespec64 in the uapi
headers, this needs some more careful planning. Otherwise I agree
it's bad to introduce syscalls that we already know will become
obsolete soon.
Arnd
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-11-04 16:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-11-04 0:28 [PATCH v3 0/3] perf: User/kernel time correlation and event generation Pawel Moll
2014-11-04 0:28 ` [PATCH v3 2/3] perf: Userspace event Pawel Moll
2014-11-04 6:33 ` Namhyung Kim
[not found] ` <87ppd35vbk.fsf-vfBCOVm4yAnB69T4xOojN9BPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
2014-11-04 16:42 ` Pawel Moll
[not found] ` <1415119331.24819.19.camel-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org>
2014-11-04 18:40 ` Peter Zijlstra
[not found] ` <20141104184031.GM10501-IIpfhp3q70z/8w/KjCw3T+5/BudmfyzbbVWyRVo5IupeoWH0uzbU5w@public.gmane.org>
2014-11-05 6:36 ` Namhyung Kim
[not found] ` <1415060918-19954-1-git-send-email-pawel.moll-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org>
2014-11-04 0:28 ` [PATCH v3 1/3] perf: Use monotonic clock as a source for timestamps Pawel Moll
[not found] ` <1415060918-19954-2-git-send-email-pawel.moll-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org>
2014-11-04 7:23 ` Peter Zijlstra
[not found] ` <20141104072308.GE10501-IIpfhp3q70z/8w/KjCw3T+5/BudmfyzbbVWyRVo5IupeoWH0uzbU5w@public.gmane.org>
2014-11-04 15:25 ` Pawel Moll
[not found] ` <1415114727.24819.8.camel-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org>
2014-11-04 15:30 ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-11-04 0:28 ` [PATCH v3 3/3] perf: Sample additional clock value Pawel Moll
2014-11-04 0:58 ` [PATCH v3 0/3] perf: User/kernel time correlation and event generation Andy Lutomirski
[not found] ` <CALCETrXGoevmD_avz5sQfbbD624vpLW5=-8ovzTPT_5wzNFnVA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2014-11-04 1:11 ` John Stultz
[not found] ` <CALAqxLXfy5P0kg-W7hL+Jf1iYv758+-2cTdZwsY8kAns1nvEmg-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2014-11-04 1:25 ` Andy Lutomirski
[not found] ` <CALCETrUAkXKyXzZy4xaYcW2f65Lh=APrU4cFU1zm-qmc6EwB8g-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2014-11-04 15:07 ` Pawel Moll
2014-11-04 8:01 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-11-04 8:27 ` Richard Cochran
[not found] ` <20141104082728.GB4253-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
2014-11-04 10:49 ` Thomas Gleixner
2014-11-04 16:11 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2014-11-04 16:04 ` John Stultz
2014-11-04 8:24 ` Richard Cochran
2014-11-04 9:24 ` Masami Hiramatsu
[not found] ` <54589B58.7080102-FCd8Q96Dh0JBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>
2014-11-04 15:51 ` Pawel Moll
[not found] ` <1415116269.24819.14.camel-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org>
2014-11-05 8:06 ` Masami Hiramatsu
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