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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 23:24:05 -0400 (EDT) From: Vince Weaver <vince@...ter.net> To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>, mingo@...nel.org, hpa@...or.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de, linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [tip:perf/core] perf: Update perf_event_type documentation On Thu, 25 Jul 2013, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 08:34:51AM -0400, Vince Weaver wrote: > > Yes, I meant the addition of the sample_id fields to the existing sample > > values. Though if Peter is right and those have always been there since > > the beginning and just not documented then that won't break anything. > > The commit message wasn't really as clear as it could be. > > /me writes "I shall write better Changelogs." a hundred times. yes, sorry, I shouldn't have been so grumpy about it. After spending 45 minutes digging through the kernel source and other documentation it all makes sense now. The existing manpage even does a mildly accurate job of explaining the situation. It's just I have enough trouble keeping up with the large number of recent perf related patches without having to spend a lot of time decoding cryptic Changelogs. Vince -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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