linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 13/13 v3] tracing: Comment the use of event

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Date:	Fri, 14 May 2010 20:44:40 -0400
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...hat.com>,
	Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 13/13 v3] tracing: Comment the use of event_mutex with
 trace event flags

On Fri, 2010-05-14 at 18:21 -0400, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> * Steven Rostedt (rostedt@...dmis.org) wrote:

> > +	 * Note: Reads of flags do not hold the event_mutex since
> > +	 * they occur in critical sections. But the way flags
> > +	 * is currently used, these changes do no affect the code
> > +	 * except that when a change is made, it may have a slight
> > +	 * delay in propagating the changes to other CPUs due to
> > +	 * cacheing and such.
> 
> cacheing -> caching ?

hehe, I need spellcheck. I first wrote "caching", and thought to myself,
that looked wrong. Then I added the 'e'. Oh well.

> 
> Besides this minor nit:
> 
> Acked-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>

Thanks!

-- Steve

> 
> >  	 */
> >  	unsigned int		flags;
> >  
> > -- 
> > 1.7.0
> > 
> > 
> 


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