netdev - Re: [patch net-next v2 1/2] devlink: add hardware messages tracing facility

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Message-ID: <20160712132359.7eec5002@gandalf.local.home>
Date:	Tue, 12 Jul 2016 13:23:59 -0400
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, idosch@...lanox.com,
	yotamg@...lanox.com, eladr@...lanox.com, nogahf@...lanox.com,
	ogerlitz@...lanox.com, ivecera@...hat.com, mingo@...hat.com,
	jolsa@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [patch net-next v2 1/2] devlink: add hardware messages tracing
 facility

On Tue, 12 Jul 2016 19:10:46 +0200
Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us> wrote:

> Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 06:38:26PM CEST, rostedt@...dmis.org wrote:
> >On Tue, 12 Jul 2016 18:05:03 +0200
> >Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us> wrote:
> >  
> >> From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
> >> 
> >> Define a tracepoint and allow user to trace messages going to and from
> >> hardware associated with devlink instance.
> >> 
> >> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
> >> ---
> >> v1->v2:
> >> - Use EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL instead of a wrapper function
> >>   as suggested by David Ahern and Steven Rostedt  
> >
> >FYI, you can use the Suggested-by: tag too ;-)  
> 
> Thought that the purpose of that tag is if someone suggested the whole
> patch existence.

Yeah, it has different meanings. You could always be creative and add: 

Parts-suggested-by: ....

;-)

-- Steve