powerpc/ftrace: add powerpc timebase as a trace clock source
Add a new powerpc-specific trace clock using the timebase register, similar to x86-tsc. This gives us - a fast, monotonic, hardware clock source for trace entries, and - a clock that can be used to correlate events across cpus as well as across hypervisor and guests. Signed-off-by: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
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@@ -346,6 +346,11 @@ of ftrace. Here is a list of some of the key files:
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x86-tsc: Architectures may define their own clocks. For
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example, x86 uses its own TSC cycle clock here.
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ppc-tb: This uses the powerpc timebase register value.
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This is in sync across CPUs and can also be used
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to correlate events across hypervisor/guest if
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tb_offset is known.
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To set a clock, simply echo the clock name into this file.
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echo global > trace_clock
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