ftrace: Fix stddev calculation in function profiler
authorJuri Lelli <juri.lelli@gmail.com>
Wed, 12 Jun 2013 10:03:18 +0000 (12:03 +0200)
committerSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:32:09 +0000 (23:32 -0400)
commit52d85d763086594f139bf7d3a5641abeb91d9f57
treeef1e85c2ac60076ecc3a31a60391653acff97e0b
parent195a84d91e92ee3fe571a2086a6db7e17bf5bc7c
ftrace: Fix stddev calculation in function profiler

When FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER is enabled, ftrace can profile kernel functions
and print basic statistics about them. Unfortunately, running stddev
calculation is wrong. This patch corrects it implementing Welford’s method:

        s^2 = 1 / (n * (n-1)) * (n * \Sum (x_i)^2 - (\Sum x_i)^2) .
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1371031398-24048-1-git-send-email-juri.lelli@gmail.com
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
kernel/trace/ftrace.c