linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 12/15] ftrace: add traceon traceoff commands to enable/disable the buffers

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Date:	Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:47:39 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <srostedt@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/15] ftrace: add traceon traceoff commands to
	enable/disable the buffers


* Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:

> 
> On Tue, 17 Feb 2009, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> > 
> > * Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:
> > 
> > > +	if (*count != -1)
> > > +		(*count)--;
> > 
> > minor nit: it's a tiny bit more compact as:
> > 
> > > +	if (*count != -1)
> > > +		--*count;
> 
> Doesn't that move the pointer? Cases like these, I prefer the parenthesis,
> because I get confused about C ordering.
> 
> > 
> > and this:
> > 
> > >  	return register_tracer(&function_trace);
> > >  }
> > >  
> > >  device_initcall(init_function_trace);
> > > +
> > 
> > there should be no newline between device_initcall() and the 
> > preceding function. (we can think of it as a late attribute of 
> > the function, attached to the function. We do the same for 
> > EXPORT_SYMBOL's too, etc.)
> 
> OK,
> 
> Do you want me to rebase, or just send out new "clean up" patches?

I already pulled (these are small details, not showstoppers), 
please do a delta cleanup of those files.

( there's a few other instances of the same kind of problems - 
  please look at the whole file and try to figure out how to 
  make them look nicer. )

	Ingo
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