From c1791fc96d8b3833e0caef9aa8a356a3b8ac0ab6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Axel Kohlmeyer <akohlmey@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 23:25:17 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add support for a RESET operation

---
 src/timer.cpp | 6 ++++++
 src/timer.h   | 6 ++++--
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/timer.cpp b/src/timer.cpp
index d8880e20b6..78c5de0044 100644
--- a/src/timer.cpp
+++ b/src/timer.cpp
@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@ void Timer::_stamp(enum ttype which)
   previous_cpu  = current_cpu;
   previous_wall = current_wall;
 
+  if (which == RESET) {
+    this->init();
+    cpu_array[TOTAL] = current_cpu;
+    wall_array[TOTAL] = current_wall;
+  }
+
   if (_sync) {
     MPI_Barrier(world);
     if (_level > NORMAL) current_cpu = CPU_Time();
diff --git a/src/timer.h b/src/timer.h
index 4935aa7396..181e3521b8 100644
--- a/src/timer.h
+++ b/src/timer.h
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ class Timer : protected Pointers {
   ~Timer() {};
   void init();
 
-  // inline function to reduce overhead if we do not want detail timings
+  // inline function to reduce overhead if we want no detailed timings
+
   void stamp(enum ttype which=START) {
     if (_level > LOOP) _stamp(which);
   }
@@ -38,7 +39,8 @@ class Timer : protected Pointers {
   void barrier_start();
   void barrier_stop();
 
-  // getter methods about supported level of detail
+  // accessor methods for supported level of detail
+
   bool has_loop()   const { return (_level >= LOOP); }
   bool has_normal() const { return (_level >= NORMAL); }
   bool has_full()   const { return (_level >= FULL); }