On Mon, 13 Mar 2017, Patel, Vedang wrote: > Fixing a typo in John's email > > -Vedang > On Mon, 2017-03-13 at 10:58 -0700, Vedang Patel wrote: > > it is recommended that clock_nanosleep should be used for real-time > > wherever available. So, make sure that cyclictest runs > > clock_nanosleep > > by default. Added an option to run POSIX timers. The '-n' option is > > redundant now. I did not remove it so that it does not break existing > > scripts. > > > > Signed-off-by: Vedang Patel <vedang.patel@xxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > src/cyclictest/cyclictest.c | 12 +++++++++--- > > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/src/cyclictest/cyclictest.c > > b/src/cyclictest/cyclictest.c > > index 00e5f3d59a5b..a185a8a99065 100644 > > --- a/src/cyclictest/cyclictest.c > > +++ b/src/cyclictest/cyclictest.c > > @@ -1360,7 +1360,8 @@ static void display_help(int error) > > " format: n:c:v n=tasknum > > c=count v=value in us\n" > > "-w --wakeup task wakeup tracing (used > > with -b)\n" > > "-W --wakeuprt rt task wakeup tracing > > (used with -b)\n" > > - " --dbg_cyclictest print info useful for > > debugging cyclictest\n", > > + " --dbg_cyclictest print info useful for > > debugging cyclictest\n" > > + "-x --posix_timers use POSIX timers\n", > > tracers > > ); > > if (error) > > @@ -1368,7 +1369,7 @@ static void display_help(int error) > > exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); > > } > > > > -static int use_nanosleep; > > +static int use_nanosleep = MODE_CLOCK_NANOSLEEP; /* use > > clock_nanosleep by default. */ > > static int timermode = TIMER_ABSTIME; > > static int use_system; > > static int priority; > > @@ -1489,6 +1490,7 @@ enum option_values { > > OPT_TRIGGER_NODES, OPT_UNBUFFERED, OPT_NUMA, OPT_VERBOSE, > > OPT_WAKEUP, > > OPT_WAKEUPRT, OPT_DBGCYCLIC, OPT_POLICY, OPT_HELP, > > OPT_NUMOPTS, > > OPT_ALIGNED, OPT_SECALIGNED, OPT_LAPTOP, OPT_SMI, > > OPT_TRACEMARK, > > + OPT_POSIX_TIMERS, > > }; > > > > /* Process commandline options */ > > @@ -1553,9 +1555,10 @@ static void process_options (int argc, char > > *argv[], int max_cpus) > > {"dbg_cyclictest", no_argument, NULL > > , OPT_DBGCYCLIC }, > > {"policy", required_argument, > > NULL, OPT_POLICY }, > > {"help", no_argument, NULL > > , OPT_HELP }, > > + {"posix_timers", no_argument, NUL > > L, OPT_POSIX_TIMERS }, > > {NULL, 0, NULL, 0} > > }; > > - int c = getopt_long(argc, argv, > > "a::A::b:Bc:Cd:D:Efh:H:i:Il:MnNo:O:p:PmqrRsSt::uUvD:wWT:", > > + int c = getopt_long(argc, argv, > > "a::A::b:Bc:Cd:D:Efh:H:i:Il:MnNo:O:p:PmqrRsSt::uUvD:wWT:x", > > long_options, &option_index); > > if (c == -1) > > break; > > @@ -1756,6 +1759,9 @@ static void process_options (int argc, char > > *argv[], int max_cpus) > > case 'W': > > case OPT_WAKEUPRT: > > tracetype = WAKEUPRT; break; > > + case 'x': > > + case OPT_POSIX_TIMERS: > > + use_nanosleep = MODE_CYCLIC; break; > > case '?': > > case OPT_HELP: > > display_help(0); break; We could apply this to the "unstable" developer version, in which case we are not concerned with maintaining compatibility with scripts etc, so you can go ahead and remove -n too. Use either one of the following branches unstable/devel/v1.1.1 unstable/devel/v1.1.1-devel (yeah, I need to clean that up in the near future) Thanks John