Histogram expressions now support division, and multiplication in addition to the already supported subtraction and addition operators. Numeric constants can also be used in a hist trigger expressions or assigned to a variable and used by refernce in an expression. Signed-off-by: Kalesh Singh <kaleshsingh@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/trace/histogram.rst | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/trace/histogram.rst b/Documentation/trace/histogram.rst index 533415644c54..e12699abaee8 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/histogram.rst +++ b/Documentation/trace/histogram.rst @@ -1763,6 +1763,20 @@ using the same key and variable from yet another event:: # echo 'hist:key=pid:wakeupswitch_lat=$wakeup_lat+$switchtime_lat ...' >> event3/trigger +Expressions support the use of addition, subtraction, multiplication and +division operators (+-*/). + +Note that division by zero always returns -1. + +Numeric constants can also be used directly in an expression:: + + # echo 'hist:keys=next_pid:timestamp_secs=common_timestamp/1000000 ...' >> event/trigger + +or assigned to a variable and referenced in a subsequent expression:: + + # echo 'hist:keys=next_pid:us_per_sec=1000000 ...' >> event/trigger + # echo 'hist:keys=next_pid:timestamp_secs=common_timestamp/$us_per_sec ...' >> event/trigger + 2.2.2 Synthetic Events ---------------------- -- 2.33.0.309.g3052b89438-goog
