Re: [PATCH V2] timers: Make flags output in the timer_start tracepoint useful

2017-02-10 Thread Steven Rostedt
On Fri, 10 Feb 2017 16:41:15 +0100 (CET) Thomas Gleixner wrote: > The timer flags in the timer_start trace event contain lots of useful > information, but the meaning is not clear in the trace output. Making tools > rely on the bit positions is bad as they might change over time. > > Decode the

[PATCH V2] timers: Make flags output in the timer_start tracepoint useful

2017-02-10 Thread Thomas Gleixner
The timer flags in the timer_start trace event contain lots of useful information, but the meaning is not clear in the trace output. Making tools rely on the bit positions is bad as they might change over time. Decode the flags in the print out. Tools can retrieve the bits and their meaning from t