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Date:   Mon, 7 Jun 2021 11:47:18 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 8/9] tracing: Add osnoise tracer
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On Mon, 7 Jun 2021 14:00:56 +0200
Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@redhat.com> wrote:

> I am using these more "generic terms" because they are also used by the timerlat
> tracer.
> 
> In the timerlat tracer, the "in" file is used to stop the tracer for a given IRQ
> latency (so, the "inside" operation), while the "out" is used to stop the tracer
> in the thread latency (hence the outside operation).
> 
> The total sounds good for the "out"! But the single does not work fine for the
> IRQ... how about: stop_tracing_partial_us ?
> 
> It is hard to find a good shared name :-/

What about:

stop_tracing_us and stop_tracing_total_us, and not have anything
special for the first one?

-- Steve