Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758692AbXENI0i (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 May 2007 04:26:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1761856AbXENI0a (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 May 2007 04:26:30 -0400 Received: from mtagate3.de.ibm.com ([195.212.29.152]:2442 "EHLO mtagate3.de.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755192AbXENI03 (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 May 2007 04:26:29 -0400 Message-ID: <46481D18.7080302@de.ibm.com> Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 10:26:00 +0200 From: Martin Peschke Organization: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?IBM_Deutschland_Entwicklung_GmbH_Vor?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?sitzender_des_Aufsichtsrats=3A_Johann_Weihen_Ge?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?sch=E4ftsf=FChrung=3A_Herbert_Kircher_Sitz_der_?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Gesellschaft=3A_B=F6blingen_Registergericht=3A_Amts?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?gericht_Stuttgart=2C_HRB_243294?= User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (Windows/20070326) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Arjan van de Ven CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, mingo@elte.hu, tglx@linutronix.de Subject: Re: + timer_stats-slimmed-down-using-statistics-infrastucture.patch added to -mm tree References: <200704210018.l3L0IJBN027188@shell0.pdx.osdl.net> <1179082720.19106.4.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> In-Reply-To: <1179082720.19106.4.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1578 Lines: 42 Arjan van de Ven wrote: > On Fri, 2007-04-20 at 17:18 -0700, akpm@linux-foundation.org wrote: >> The patch titled >> timer_stats slimmed down: using statistics infrastucture >> has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is >> timer_stats-slimmed-down-using-statistics-infrastucture.patch >> >> *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** >> >> See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find >> out what to do about this >> >> ------------------------------------------------------ >> Subject: timer_stats slimmed down: using statistics infrastucture >> From: Martin Peschke >> >> This patch implements timer_stats based on the statistics infrastructure. >> >> Here is some sample output, which even somewhat >> resembles /proc/timer_stats. >> (>80 char lines because of symbol names, sorry for line breaks). >> >> It reads: >> >> >> with label being: >> () >> >> [root@t2930041 timer_stats]# cat data > > this patch changes the userspace API though, and breaks PowerTOP :( Though I think it was unfortunate to add the "old" proc API in 2.6.21. timer_stats is clearly labeled as debug stuff in config help, which is why debugfs would have been a proper place. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/