tion_graph # # TIME CPU DURATION FUNCTION CALLS # | | | | | | | | 261.339774 | 1) + 42.823 us | } 261.339775 | 1) 1.045 us | _spin_lock_irq(); 261.339777 | 1) 0.940 us | _spin_lock_irqsave(); 261.339778 | 1) 0.752 us | _spin_unlock_irqrestore(); 261.339780 | 1) 0.857 us | _spin_unlock_irq(); 261.339782 | 1) | flush_to_ldisc() { 261.339783 | 1) | tty_ldisc_ref() { 261.339783 | 1) | tty_ldisc_try() { 261.339784 | 1) 1.075 us | _spin_lock_irqsave(); 261.339786 | 1) 0.842 us | _spin_unlock_irqrestore(); 261.339788 | 1) 4.211 us | } 261.339788 | 1) 5.662 us | } The format is seconds.usecs. I guess no one needs the nanosec precision here, the main goal is to have an overview about the general timings of events, and to see the place when the trace switches from one cpu to another. ie: 274.874760 | 1) 0.676 us | _spin_unlock(); 274.874762 | 1) 0.609 us | native_load_sp0(); 274.874763 | 1) 0.602 us | native_load_tls(); 274.878739 | 0) 0.722 us | } 274.878740 | 0) 0.714 us | native_pmd_val(); 274.878741 | 0) 0.730 us | native_pmd_val(); Here there is a 4000 usecs difference when we switch the cpu. Changes in V2: - Completely fix the first pointless task switch. Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar )žE