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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/trace/ftrace.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c index 800a8a2fbddb..26e19105cdcc 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c +++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c @@ -641,12 +641,18 @@ static int function_stat_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v) if (rec->counter <= 1) stddev = 0; else { - stddev = rec->time_squared - rec->counter * avg * avg; + /* + * Apply Welford's method: + * s^2 = 1 / (n * (n-1)) * (n * \Sum (x_i)^2 - (\Sum x_i)^2) + */ + stddev = rec->counter * rec->time_squared - + rec->time * rec->time; + /* * Divide only 1000 for ns^2 -> us^2 conversion. * trace_print_graph_duration will divide 1000 again. */ - do_div(stddev, (rec->counter - 1) * 1000); + do_div(stddev, rec->counter * (rec->counter - 1) * 1000); } trace_seq_init(&s); |