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Date:	Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:32:01 -0500
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Roland McGrath <roland@...k.frob.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...radead.org>,
	Anton Arapov <anton@...hat.com>,
	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>,
	Jim Keniston <jkenisto@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Stephen Wilson <wilsons@...rt.ca>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 3.2-rc2 20/30] tracing: Extract out common code for
 kprobes/uprobes traceevents.

On Fri, 2011-11-18 at 16:40 +0530, Srikar Dronamraju wrote:
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
> +/*
> + * Common header file for probe-based Dynamic events.
> + *
> + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
> modify
> + * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
> + * published by the Free Software Foundation.
> + *
> + * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
> + * GNU General Public License for more details.
> + *
> + * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
> + * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
> + * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
> 02111-1307  USA
> + *
> + * Copyright (C) IBM Corporation, 2010
> + * Author:     Srikar Dronamraju
> + *
> + * Derived from kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c written by

Shouldn't the above be:

 include/linux/trace_kprobe.h ?

Although, I would think both of these files are a bit more that derived
from. I would have been a bit stronger on the wording and say: This code
was copied from trace_kprobe.[ch] written by Masami ...

Then say,

Updates to make this generic:

 * Copyright (C) IBM Corporation, 2010
 * Author:     Srikar Dronamraju

-- Steve

> + * Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>
> + */
> + 



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