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From: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@am.sony.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RT-TESTS] cyclictest: new command line switch for histogram
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Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:01:17 -0800
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On 11/15/12 16:11, Frank Rowand wrote:

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>> I would like to address all your suggestions. Which ones did I miss?
> 
> | Add a line to the histogram overflow cycle report that merges all
> | threads into a single time line.  This is controlled by the -H
> | option which already serves a similar purpose for histograms.
> 
> The merged data line is an enhancement.  If there is no strong request
> from anyone for the feature then no need to include.  But it seems
> useful to me.

After adding in timestamps instead of cycle numbers, and playing
around with some actual data, I think that this feature is not
needed.  It adds code complexity.  The same result can be
achieved by sorting the data outside of cyclictest.

-Frank