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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/timers/timer_stats.txt')
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diff --git a/Documentation/timers/timer_stats.txt b/Documentation/timers/timer_stats.txt index 20d368c5981..de835ee9745 100644 --- a/Documentation/timers/timer_stats.txt +++ b/Documentation/timers/timer_stats.txt @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Linux system over a sample period: - the pid of the task(process) which initialized the timer - the name of the process which initialized the timer -- the function where the timer was intialized +- the function where the timer was initialized - the callback function which is associated to the timer - the number of events (callbacks) @@ -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: @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Timerstats sample period: 3.888770 s 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 -initialized the timer and in parantheses the callback function which was +initialized the timer and in parenthesis the callback function which was executed on expiry. Thomas, Ingo |