return now;
}
+
+static atomic64_t trace_counter;
+
+/*
+ * trace_clock_counter(): simply an atomic counter.
+ * Use the trace_counter "counter" for cases where you do not care
+ * about timings, but are interested in strict ordering.
+ */
+u64 notrace trace_clock_counter(void)
+{
+ return atomic64_add_return(1, &trace_counter);
+}