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Date:   Sat, 12 Jun 2021 19:09:48 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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On Sat, 12 Jun 2021 10:47:16 +0200
Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@redhat.com> wrote:

> Thinking only about the instrumentation/events, what they are tracking is the
> execution time. So how about naming them as:
> 
> exec_time:thread
> exec_time:irq

I guess. I should go and look at your other code.

> 
> Also adding that, although here we measure the execution time of "task" context,
> on rtsl we have other kinds of "windows" that they measure, for instance, the
> poid window (Preemption or IRQ disabled). So, the term exec time also fits there.

LOL at "poid"

-- Steve