linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][RESEND] tracing: consolidate documents

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Message-ID: <20090409052912.GG5352@elte.hu>
Date:	Thu, 9 Apr 2009 07:29:12 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
Cc:	Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>,
	Eduard - Gabriel Munteanu <eduard.munteanu@...ux360.ro>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>,
	Pekka Paalanen <pq@....fi>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RESEND] tracing: consolidate documents


* Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi> wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 7:13 AM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> wrote:
> >
> > * Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Li Zefan wrote:
> >> > Move tracepoints.txt, ftrace.txt and mmiotrace.txt to the new
> >> > directory trace/
> >> >
> >>
> >> Should we also move kmemtrace.txt to trace/, or leave it in vm/?
> >
> > Eduard, Pekka, any preferences?
> >
> > Are symbolic links in Documentation/ frowned upon? I think it would
> > be best to have the file in both places:
> >
> > We do want to direct people interested in Documentation/vm/ to
> > kmemtrace ... and we do want to let people who are interested in
> > Documentation/trace/ that there's kmemtrace.
> >
> > Tracing and instrumentation is generally a multi-subsystem thing.
> 
> I'm not sure a symbolic link is necessary. Just put it under trace/.

ok - i've amended the commit and have added your Ack - thanks!

	Ingo
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