linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 8/8] trace_uprobe/sdt: Document about reference counter

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Message-Id: <20180316232659.4a9a31eac46c6b30105d2bce@kernel.org>
Date:   Fri, 16 Mar 2018 23:26:59 +0900
From:   Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
To:     Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/8] trace_uprobe/sdt: Document about reference counter

On Fri, 16 Mar 2018 15:12:38 +0530
Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> On 03/15/2018 06:17 PM, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> > Hi Ravi,
> >
> > On Wed, 14 Mar 2018 20:52:59 +0530
> > Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On 03/14/2018 07:20 PM, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> >>> On Tue, 13 Mar 2018 18:26:03 +0530
> >>> Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> No functionality changes.
> >>> Please consider to describe what is this change and why, here.
> >> Will add in next version.
> > Thanks, and could you also move this before perf-probe patch?
> > Also Could you make perf-probe check the tracing/README whether
> > the kernel supports reference counter syntax or not?
> >
> > perf-tool can be used on older (or stable) kernel.
> 
> Sure, Will do that.

Please see scan_ftrace_readme@...l/probe-file.c :)
It is easy to expand the pattern table.

Thank you,

-- 
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>