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ring-buffer: Fix first commit on sub-buffer having non-zero delta

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Each sub-buffer (buffer page) has a full 64 bit timestamp. The events on
that page use a 27 bit delta against that timestamp in order to save on
bits written to the ring buffer. If the time between events is larger than
what the 27 bits can hold, a "time extend" event is added to hold the
entire 64 bit timestamp again and the events after that hold a delta from
that timestamp.

As a "time extend" is always paired with an event, it is logical to just
allocate the event with the time extend, to make things a bit more efficient.

Unfortunately, when the pairing code was written, it removed the "delta = 0"
from the first commit on a page, causing the events on the page to be
slightly skewed.

Fixes: 69d1b839f7ee "ring-buffer: Bind time extend and data events together"
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 2.6.37+
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) 2014-02-11 13:38:54 -05:00 committed by Steven Rostedt
parent b28a960c42
commit d651aa1d68
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@ -2397,6 +2397,13 @@ __rb_reserve_next(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer,
write &= RB_WRITE_MASK;
tail = write - length;
/*
* If this is the first commit on the page, then it has the same
* timestamp as the page itself.
*/
if (!tail)
delta = 0;
/* See if we shot pass the end of this buffer page */
if (unlikely(write > BUF_PAGE_SIZE))
return rb_move_tail(cpu_buffer, length, tail,