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From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
To: David Sharp <dhsharp@google.com>
Cc: Yoshihiro YUNOMAE <yoshihiro.yunomae.ez@hitachi.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	kvm@vger.kernel.org, Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@amd.com>,
	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>,
	Hidehiro Kawai <hidehiro.kawai.ez@hitachi.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>,
	yrl.pp-manager.tt@hitachi.com,
	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/2] kvm/vmx: Output TSC offset
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:31:45 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1352860305.18025.48.camel@gandalf.local.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJL_ekvb89saY9F0F3ip-8xipuuRyJ1_M8hOyThu_0Q2=5sXgA@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, 2012-11-13 at 18:03 -0800, David Sharp wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 6:00 PM, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2012-11-14 at 10:36 +0900, Yoshihiro YUNOMAE wrote:
> >
> >> To merge the data like previous pattern, we apply this patch set. Then, we can
> >> get TSC offset of the guest as follows:
> >>
> >> $ dmesg | grep kvm
> >> [   57.717180] kvm: (2687) write TSC offset 18446743360465545001, now clock ##
> >>                      ^^^^                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^            |
> >>                      PID                         TSC offset                 |
> >>                                                            HOST TSC value --+
> >>
> >
> > Using printk to export something like this is IMO a nasty hack.
> >
> > Can't we create a /sys or /proc file to export the same thing?
> 
> Since the value changes over the course of the trace, and seems to be
> part of the context of the trace, I think I'd include it as a
> tracepoint.
> 

I'm fine with that too.

-- Steve



  reply	other threads:[~2012-11-14  2:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-11-14  1:36 [RFC PATCH 0/2] kvm/vmx: Output TSC offset Yoshihiro YUNOMAE
2012-11-14  1:36 ` [RFC PATCH 1/2] kvm/vmx: Print TSC_OFFSET information when TSC offset value is written to VMCS Yoshihiro YUNOMAE
2012-11-14  1:37 ` [RFC PATCH 2/2] tools: Add a tool for merging trace data of a guest and a host Yoshihiro YUNOMAE
2012-11-14  2:00 ` [RFC PATCH 0/2] kvm/vmx: Output TSC offset Steven Rostedt
2012-11-14  2:02   ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-14  2:03   ` David Sharp
2012-11-14  2:31     ` Steven Rostedt [this message]
2012-11-14  8:26       ` Yoshihiro YUNOMAE
2012-11-16 15:05         ` Steven Rostedt
2012-11-16 18:56           ` Marcelo Tosatti
2012-11-20 10:38           ` Yoshihiro YUNOMAE
2012-11-16 19:15         ` Marcelo Tosatti
2012-11-20 10:36           ` Yoshihiro YUNOMAE
2012-11-20 22:51             ` Marcelo Tosatti
2012-11-22  5:21               ` Yoshihiro YUNOMAE
2012-11-23 22:46                 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2012-11-26 11:05                   ` Yoshihiro YUNOMAE
2012-11-26 23:16                     ` Marcelo Tosatti
2012-11-27 10:53                       ` Yoshihiro YUNOMAE
2012-11-29 22:51                         ` Marcelo Tosatti
2012-11-30  1:36                           ` Yoshihiro YUNOMAE
2012-11-30 20:42                             ` Marcelo Tosatti
2012-12-03  0:55                               ` Yoshihiro YUNOMAE
2012-11-16  3:19 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2012-11-16  8:09   ` Yoshihiro YUNOMAE
2012-11-16 10:05     ` Marcelo Tosatti

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