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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/timers')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/timers/00-INDEX | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/timers/timer_stats.txt | 6 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/timers/00-INDEX b/Documentation/timers/00-INDEX index a9248da5cdb..6d042dc1cce 100644 --- a/Documentation/timers/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/timers/00-INDEX @@ -8,5 +8,11 @@ hpet_example.c - sample hpet timer test program hrtimers.txt - subsystem for high-resolution kernel timers +Makefile + - Build and link hpet_example +NO_HZ.txt + - Summary of the different methods for the scheduler clock-interrupts management. +timers-howto.txt + - how to insert delays in the kernel the right (tm) way. timer_stats.txt - timer usage statistics diff --git a/Documentation/timers/timer_stats.txt b/Documentation/timers/timer_stats.txt index 8abd40b22b7..de835ee9745 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: |