On 2014/04/25 2:54, Randy Dunlap wrote: > On 04/24/14 00:47, Daniel Sangorrin wrote: >> Add information specifying the CPU core where timer callbacks (events) >> were executed to the output of /proc/timer_stats. >> >> Signed-off-by: Daniel Sangorrin <daniel.sangorrin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Signed-off-by: Yoshitake Kobayashi <yoshitake.kobayashi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> Documentation/timers/timer_stats.txt | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++---------------- >> kernel/time/timer_stats.c | 20 ++++++++++-------- >> 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/Documentation/timers/timer_stats.txt b/Documentation/timers/timer_stats.txt >> index 8abd40b..e54077a 100644 >> --- a/Documentation/timers/timer_stats.txt >> +++ b/Documentation/timers/timer_stats.txt >> @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Linux system over a sample period: >> - the name of the process which initialized the timer >> - the function where the timer was initialized >> - the callback function which is associated to the timer >> -- the number of events (callbacks) >> +- the number of events (callbacks) executed per core >> >> timer_stats adds an entry to /proc: /proc/timer_stats >> >> @@ -45,23 +45,28 @@ readouts. >> >> Sample output of /proc/timer_stats: >> >> -Timerstats sample period: 3.888770 s >> - 12, 0 swapper hrtimer_stop_sched_tick (hrtimer_sched_tick) >> - 15, 1 swapper hcd_submit_urb (rh_timer_func) >> - 4, 959 kedac schedule_timeout (process_timeout) >> - 1, 0 swapper page_writeback_init (wb_timer_fn) >> - 28, 0 swapper hrtimer_stop_sched_tick (hrtimer_sched_tick) >> - 22, 2948 IRQ 4 tty_flip_buffer_push (delayed_work_timer_fn) >> - 3, 3100 bash schedule_timeout (process_timeout) >> - 1, 1 swapper queue_delayed_work_on (delayed_work_timer_fn) >> - 1, 1 swapper queue_delayed_work_on (delayed_work_timer_fn) >> - 1, 1 swapper neigh_table_init_no_netlink (neigh_periodic_timer) >> - 1, 2292 ip __netdev_watchdog_up (dev_watchdog) >> - 1, 23 events/1 do_cache_clean (delayed_work_timer_fn) >> -90 total events, 30.0 events/sec >> - >> -The first column is the number of events, the second column the pid, the third >> -column is the name of the process. The forth column shows the function which >> +Timer Stats Version: v0.3 >> +Sample period: 4.365 s >> +Collection: inactive >> + 0, 4366, 0 swapper/1 tick_setup_sched_timer (tick_sched_timer) >> + 4366, 0, 1 swapper/0 tick_setup_sched_timer (tick_sched_timer) >> + 0, 5, 1132 sshd sk_reset_timer (tcp_write_timer) >> + 0, 4, 515 apache2 schedule_hrtimeout_range_clock (hrtimer_wakeup) >> + 16, 0, 0 swapper/0 usb_hcd_poll_rh_status (rh_timer_func) >> + 16, 0, 0 swapper/0 usb_hcd_poll_rh_status (rh_timer_func) >> + 16, 0, 0 swapper/0 usb_hcd_poll_rh_status (rh_timer_func) >> + 16, 0, 0 swapper/0 usb_hcd_poll_rh_status (rh_timer_func) >> + 16, 0, 0 swapper/0 usb_hcd_poll_rh_status (rh_timer_func) >> + 0, 7, 0 swapper/1 sk_reset_timer (tcp_delack_timer) >> + 3, 4, 0 swapper/0 clocksource_watchdog (clocksource_watchdog) >> + 0D, 3D, 13 kworker/1:0 queue_delayed_work_on (delayed_work_timer_fn) >> + 3D, 0D, 22 kworker/0:1 queue_delayed_work_on (delayed_work_timer_fn) >> + 1, 0, 22 kworker/0:1 e1000_watchdog_task (e1000_watchdog) >> +8842 total events, 2025.658 events/sec >> + > > Is the number of events in decimal or hex? If in decimal, what do > 0D and 3D mean? It is in decimal notation. The 'D' means 'deferrable timer' and it is already described in timer_stats.txt. >> +The first comma-separated columns represent the number of events (one >> +column per present core), the next column the pid, and the next one is the >> +name of the process. The last column shows the function which >> initialized the timer and in parenthesis the callback function which was > > parentheses Well spotted. I'll fix it and send it again. Thanks, Daniel -- Toshiba Corporate Software Engineering Center Daniel SANGORRIN E-mail: daniel.sangorrin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html