linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH stable] ftrace document crucial update

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.10.0807311610021.5784@gandalf.stny.rr.com>
Date:	Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:10:49 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, stable@...nel.org,
	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH stable] ftrace document crucial update


On Thu, 31 Jul 2008, Greg KH wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 11:05:02PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > 
> > It has come to my attention that ftrace.txt was pulled into 2.6.26 
> > prematurely. That is Linus pulled it in before it was well tested. A 
> > series of updates were made to it shortly afterward, but by then it was 
> > too late. The release was out, and ftrace.txt was greatly inadequate.
> > 
> > This patch is a sum of all the critical updates to keep ftrace.txt in a 
> > stable state. I strongly urge the stable team to get this into 2.6.26.1.
> > Otherwise people may be greatly disappointed while reading ftrace.txt just 
> > to realize that it is horribly out of date.
> > 
> > Never mind that ftrace itself doesn't exist is 2.6.26.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@...hat.com>
> 
> Then why don't I just delete the file from the 2.6.26 tree entirely?
> That would make more sense, right?

Nope! I'm leading by example here. We should have good documentation 
before the code! ;-)

-- Steve

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