1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/notifications/instrumenter.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/notifications/instrumenter.rb
index af35eb92cb..85c5199946 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/notifications/instrumenter.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/notifications/instrumenter.rb
@@ -11,13 +11,21 @@ module ActiveSupport
         @notifier = notifier
       end
 
-      def instrument(name, payload={})
+      # Instrument the given block by measuring the time taken to execute it
+      # and publish it.
+      def instrument(name, payload={}, add_result=false)
         time = Time.now
         result = yield if block_given?
+        payload.merge!(:result => result) if add_result
         @notifier.publish(name, time, Time.now, @id, payload)
         result
       end
 
+      # The same as instrument, but adds the result as payload.
+      def instrument!(name, payload={}, &block)
+        instrument(name, payload, true, &block)
+      end
+
       private
         def unique_id
           SecureRandom.hex(10)