Re: [PATCH 1/2] tracing/kprobes: add a helper method to return number of probe hits

[Marcin Nowakowski]

On 09.12.2016 15:03, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Dec 2016 09:00:52 -0500
> Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 9 Dec 2016 13:25:51 +0100
> > Marcin Nowakowski <marcin.nowakowski@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > The number of probe hits is stored in a percpu variable and therefore
> > > can't be read directly. Add a helper method trace_kprobe_nhit() that
> > > performs the required calculation.
> >
> > Can you please add the "why?" to this change log. Who needs this
> > functionality, and why?
>
> I should have specified, even if the next patch uses the functionality,
> each patch's change log should stand on its own. In the future, when
> people do git blame, they wont be seeing patch series. They will only
> see the change log of the one change.

Sure, I will send an updated version with a better changelog.

Marcin