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@@ -810,6 +810,12 @@ Here is the list of current tracers that may be configured.
to draw a graph of function calls similar to C code
source.
+ Note that the function graph calculates the timings of when the
+ function starts and returns internally and for each instance. If
+ there are two instances that run function graph tracer and traces
+ the same functions, the length of the timings may be slightly off as
+ each read the timestamp separately and not at the same time.
+
"blk"
The block tracer. The tracer used by the blktrace user