From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932657AbZEAPBB (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 May 2009 11:01:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1765397AbZEAO4o (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 May 2009 10:56:44 -0400 Received: from mx3.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.1.138]:50537 "EHLO mx3.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1765421AbZEAO4n (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 May 2009 10:56:43 -0400 Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 16:55:28 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: Jason Baron Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, rostedt@goodmis.org, fweisbec@gmail.com, mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca, randy.dunlap@oracle.com, wcohen@redhat.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] add tracepoints docbook (take #2) Message-ID: <20090501145528.GA7618@elte.hu> References: <20090501142455.GA3111@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090501142455.GA3111@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.5 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Jason Baron wrote: > On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 01:29:08PM -0400, Jason Baron wrote: > > > The following patches add a new tracepoint docbook. Since > > tracepoints can be defined by various macros and in various > > files, I think it important to clearly document the available > > tracepoints, as Andrew has pointed out. This helps us see what > > we have and what we don't have. If this patch is accepted, I > > hope that others will add docbook style comments, so we can have > > a complete accounting of the kernel's tracepoints. > > > > hi, > > i'd also like to get some agreement that future tracepoints need > to have this sort of documentation included when they are > submitted. Also, I'd like people who have already submitted > tracepoints to go back and add this kind of documentation. I'll > volunteer to police the effort if we agree it should be done. sure - but sending patches would be even more useful than policing :) Ingo