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>

diff --git a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt
index 7ddb1e3..87bb4aa 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt
+++ b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt
@@ -346,6 +346,11 @@ of ftrace. Here is a list of some of the key files:
          x86-tsc: Architectures may define their own clocks. For
                   example, x86 uses its own TSC cycle clock here.
 
+         ppc-tb: This uses the powerpc timebase register value.
+                 This is in sync across CPUs and can also be used
+                 to correlate events across hypervisor/guest if
+                 tb_offset is known.
+
        To set a clock, simply echo the clock name into this file.
 
          echo global > trace_clock

diff --cc arch/powerpc/include/asm/Kbuild
Simple merge

diff --cc arch/powerpc/include/asm/trace_clock.h
Simple merge

diff --cc arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile
Simple merge

diff --cc arch/powerpc/kernel/trace_clock.c
Simple merge