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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/hrtimer/timer_stats.txt | 7 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/hrtimer/timer_stats.txt b/Documentation/hrtimer/timer_stats.txt index 27f782e3593f..22b0814d0ad0 100644 --- a/Documentation/hrtimer/timer_stats.txt +++ b/Documentation/hrtimer/timer_stats.txt @@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ timer_stats - timer usage statistics ------------------------------------ timer_stats is a debugging facility to make the timer (ab)usage in a Linux -system visible to kernel and userspace developers. It is not intended for -production usage as it adds significant overhead to the (hr)timer code and the -(hr)timer data structures. +system visible to kernel and userspace developers. If enabled in the config +but not used it has almost zero runtime overhead, and a relatively small +data structure overhead. Even if collection is enabled runtime all the +locking is per-CPU and lookup is hashed. timer_stats should be used by kernel and userspace developers to verify that their code does not make unduly use of timers. This helps to avoid unnecessary |