On Fri, 24 May 2019 08:11:12 -0700 Jason Behmer <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > What do you think of that? > > > > I don't think that's confusing if its well documented. Have the user > > flag called "force_absolute_timestamps", that way it's not something > > that the user will think that we wont have absolute timestamps if it is > > zero. Have the documentation say: > > > > Various utilities within the tracing system require that the ring > > buffer uses absolute timestamps. But you may force the ring buffer to > > always use it, which will give you unique timings with nested tracing > > at the cost of more usage in the ring buffer. > > > > -- Steve > > Ah, I was thinking of doing this within the existing timestamp_mode > config file. Having a separate file does make it much less confusing. Not a separate file, but a new tracing option. -- Steve
