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authorSteven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>2008-05-12 21:20:45 +0200
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2008-05-23 20:41:35 +0200
commit93a588f459da134be6ab17c4104e28441beb0d22 (patch)
tree30eb991743d7ce5698f070204d666eca98519213 /kernel/trace/trace.h
parent1d4db00a5e30c7b8f8dc2a1b19e886fd942be143 (diff)
ftrace: change buffers to producer consumer
This patch changes the way the CPU trace buffers are handled. Instead of always starting from the trace page head, the logic is changed to a producer consumer logic. This allows for the buffers to be drained while they are alive. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/trace/trace.h')
-rw-r--r--kernel/trace/trace.h6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index 5df8ff2b84a..0ce127455b4 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -53,13 +53,15 @@ struct trace_entry {
* the trace, etc.)
*/
struct trace_array_cpu {
- void *trace_current;
struct list_head trace_pages;
atomic_t disabled;
cycle_t time_offset;
/* these fields get copied into max-trace: */
- unsigned trace_current_idx;
+ unsigned trace_head_idx;
+ unsigned trace_tail_idx;
+ void *trace_head; /* producer */
+ void *trace_tail; /* consumer */
unsigned long trace_idx;
unsigned long saved_latency;
unsigned long critical_start;