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Re: [PATCH v2] Shorter fast tracepoints


> Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:29:16 -0800
> From: Stan Shebs <stanshebs@earthlink.net>
> 
> --- NEWS	2 Nov 2011 23:44:19 -0000	1.464
> +++ NEWS	11 Nov 2011 02:09:28 -0000
> @@ -129,6 +129,10 @@ collect[/s] EXPRESSIONS
>    begin, assuming that tracepoints will be enabled as needed while the trace
>    is running.
>  
> +* Fast tracepoints on 32-bit x86-architectures can now be placed at
> +  locations with 4-byte instructions, when they were previously
> +  limited to locations with instructions of 5 bytes or longer.
> +
>  * New options
>  
>  set extended-prompt
> @@ -160,6 +164,11 @@ QTDisable
>  
>    Dynamically disable a tracepoint in a started trace experiment.
>  
> +qTMinFTPILen
> +
> +  Query the minimum length of instruction at which a fast tracepoint may
> +  be placed.
> +

This part is OK.

> +@item qTMinFTPILen
> +This packet requests the minimum length of instruction at which a fast
> +tracepoint may be placed.

This is sufficiently far from the description of fast tracepoints to
warrant a cross-reference to there.

The doco parts are okay with this change.

Thanks.


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