linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 4/4] tracing/Documentation: Add a section about backup instance

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Message-ID: <20260130092329.23ee13f9@gandalf.local.home>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2026 09:23:29 -0500
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To: "Masami Hiramatsu (Google)" <mhiramat@...nel.org>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 4/4] tracing/Documentation: Add a section about
 backup instance

On Fri, 30 Jan 2026 22:24:49 +0900
Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@...nel.org> wrote:
> > > +
> > > +When the boot up, the previous data in the`boot_map` is copied to "backup"  
> > 
> >   s/When the boot up/On boot up/                   copied to the "backup"  
> 
> Ah, thanks,
> 
> >   
> > > +instance, and the "sched:*" and "irq:*" events for current boot are traced on  
> > 
> >                                                   for the current boot are traced in
> > 
> >   
> > > +"boot_map". Thus user can read the previous boot data from the "backup" instance  
> 
>    ^ the "boot_map".

Nope ;-)  In this case, leaving out the "the" is appropriate. Now you would
need article if it was: the "boot_map" instance

But because you left out "instance" you don't need the article, as
"boot_map" is a name of an object and doesn't need the article when used by
itself.

You wouldn't use an article with:

  The code was written by Steven.

But you would if you said:

  The code was written by the Steven person.

 ;-)

> > 
> > Definite articles are a pain ;-)  

As I said. Definite articles in English are a pain ;)

-- Steve