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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/timers')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/timers/00-INDEX | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/timers/timer_stats.txt | 6 |
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/timers/00-INDEX b/Documentation/timers/00-INDEX index ef2ccbf77fa..6d042dc1cce 100644 --- a/Documentation/timers/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/timers/00-INDEX @@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ 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 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: |