* [patch] timer_stats, doc: Readout of /proc/timer_stats doesn't disable sampling
@ 2014-05-02 9:29 Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2014-05-02 9:37 ` Michael Kerrisk
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From: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) @ 2014-05-02 9:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ingo Molnar; +Cc: mtk.manpages, Randy Dunlap, lkml
From: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Some simple testing shows that reading from /proc/timer_stats
does not disable sampling. Looking back over past source code,
it appears that it never did.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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* Re: [patch] timer_stats, doc: Readout of /proc/timer_stats doesn't disable sampling
2014-05-02 9:29 [patch] timer_stats, doc: Readout of /proc/timer_stats doesn't disable sampling Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
@ 2014-05-02 9:37 ` Michael Kerrisk
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From: Michael Kerrisk @ 2014-05-02 9:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ingo Molnar; +Cc: Michael Kerrisk-manpages, Randy Dunlap, lkml
Sorry -- fatfingered in Thunderbird. Proper patch on its way shortly.
On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 11:29 AM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
<mtk.manpages@gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
>
> Some simple testing shows that reading from /proc/timer_stats
> does not disable sampling. Looking back over past source code,
> it appears that it never did.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
>
>
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* [patch] timer_stats, doc: Readout of /proc/timer_stats doesn't disable sampling
@ 2014-05-02 10:13 Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
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From: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) @ 2014-05-02 10:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ingo Molnar; +Cc: mtk.manpages, Randy Dunlap, lkml
From: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Some simple testing shows that reading from /proc/timer_stats
does not disable sampling. Looking back over past source code,
it appears that it never did.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/timers/timer_stats.txt | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/timers/timer_stats.txt b/Documentation/timers/timer_stats.txt
index 8abd40b..de835ee 100644
--- a/Documentation/timers/timer_stats.txt
+++ b/Documentation/timers/timer_stats.txt
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ To stop a sample period issue:
The statistics can be retrieved by:
# cat /proc/timer_stats
-The readout of /proc/timer_stats automatically disables sampling. The sampled
-information is kept until a new sample period is started. This allows multiple
-readouts.
+While sampling is enabled, each readout from /proc/timer_stats will see
+newly updated statistics. Once sampling is disabled, the sampled information
+is kept until a new sample period is started. This allows multiple readouts.
Sample output of /proc/timer_stats:
--
1.9.0
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