linux-kernel - Re: how to look for source code in kernel

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Message-ID: <87d2xuez32.fsf@xmission.com>
Date:	Fri, 28 Dec 2012 11:49:53 -0800
From:	ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	anish singh <anish198519851985@...il.com>,
	amit mehta <gmate.amit@...il.com>,
	Henrique Rodrigues <henriquesilvar@...il.com>,
	kishore kumar <kishoreopen@...il.com>,
	Jonathan Neusch??fer <j.neuschaefer@....net>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Kernelnewbies@...nelnewbies.org
Subject: Re: how to look for source code in kernel

Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk> writes:

> On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 11:36:13PM -0800, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>> But then I am probably peculiar keeping an index of the source code in
>> my head.  When I need to look for something and I don't know where to
>> find it I do.
>> 
>> git-ls-files | xargs fgrep 'struct f2fs_inode'
>
> What's wrong with git grep?

I haven't learned it yet.  git-ls-files is a lot better than find
speed wise so is very much worth doing.    I haven't a clue if
there is an advantage to git-grep, over just knowing find, xargs, and
grep.

Eric

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