linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/6] Documentation: tracing: Add %return suffix description

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Date:   Mon, 31 Aug 2020 11:50:20 -0700
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/6] Documentation: tracing: Add %return suffix
 description

On 8/31/20 5:46 AM, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> Add a description of the %return suffix option for kprobe tracer.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
> ---
>  Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst |    2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst
> index c1709165c553..d29d1f9e6721 100644
> --- a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst

Check spacing:

> @@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ Synopsis of kprobe_events
>  		  based on SYM+offs or MEMADDR.
>   MOD		: Module name which has given SYM.
>   SYM[+offs]	: Symbol+offset where the probe is inserted.
> + SYM%return     : Return address of the symbol
>   MEMADDR	: Address where the probe is inserted.
>   MAXACTIVE	: Maximum number of instances of the specified function that
>  		  can be probed simultaneously, or 0 for the default value

If I remove the '+', the ':' lines up but the SYM does not line up.
Am I missing something?

@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ Synopsis of kprobe_events
 		  based on SYM+offs or MEMADDR.
  MOD		: Module name which has given SYM.
  SYM[+offs]	: Symbol+offset where the probe is inserted.
 SYM%return     : Return address of the symbol
  MEMADDR	: Address where the probe is inserted.
  MAXACTIVE	: Maximum number of instances of the specified function that
 		  can be probed simultaneously, or 0 for the default value


thanks.
-- 
~Randy