linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] docs: Add debugging section to process

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Message-ID: <d26c4116-9ec1-44a7-bd61-a5de3ff9d257@infradead.org>
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 19:59:36 -0800
From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To: Sebastian Fricke <sebastian.fricke@...labora.com>,
 Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc: linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-media@...r.kernel.org, laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com,
 hverkuil-cisco@...all.nl, mchehab@...nel.org, kernel@...labora.com,
 bob.beckett@...labora.com, nicolas.dufresne@...labora.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] docs: Add debugging section to process



On 11/17/24 11:03 PM, Sebastian Fricke wrote:
> This idea was formed after noticing that new developers experience
> certain difficulty to navigate within the multitude of different
> debugging options in the Kernel and while there often is good
> documentation for the tools, the developer has to know first that they
> exist and where to find them.
> Add a general debugging section to the Kernel documentation, as an
> easily locatable entry point to other documentation and as a general
> guideline for the topic.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Fricke <sebastian.fricke@...labora.com>
> ---
>  .../driver_development_debugging_guide.rst         | 223 ++++++++++++++++
>  Documentation/process/debugging/index.rst          |  65 +++++
>  .../debugging/userspace_debugging_guide.rst        | 280 +++++++++++++++++++++
>  Documentation/process/index.rst                    |   8 +-
>  4 files changed, 573 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 

> diff --git a/Documentation/process/debugging/index.rst b/Documentation/process/debugging/index.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..10fa673f0fe3
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/process/debugging/index.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +

[snip]

> +
> +How to do a simple analysis with linux tools?

                                    Linux

> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> +


Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>

Thanks.

-- 
~Randy