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diff --git a/Documentation/tools/rtla/common_timerlat_description.rst b/Documentation/tools/rtla/common_timerlat_description.rst index 321201cb8597..49fcae3ffdec 100644 --- a/Documentation/tools/rtla/common_timerlat_description.rst +++ b/Documentation/tools/rtla/common_timerlat_description.rst @@ -6,5 +6,13 @@ debugging of operating system timer latency. The *timerlat* tracer outputs information in two ways. It periodically prints the timer latency at the timer *IRQ* handler and the *Thread* -handler. It also enable the trace of the most relevant information via +handler. It also enables the trace of the most relevant information via **osnoise:** tracepoints. + +The **rtla timerlat** tool sets the options of the *timerlat* tracer +and collects and displays a summary of the results. By default, +the collection is done synchronously in kernel space using a dedicated +BPF program attached to the *timerlat* tracer. If either BPF or +the **osnoise:timerlat_sample** tracepoint it attaches to is +unavailable, the **rtla timerlat** tool falls back to using tracefs to +process the data asynchronously in user space. |