Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 13 Nov 2013 10:57:05 -0800 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] rcu: Make struct rcu_head searchable |
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On Wed, 13 Nov 2013 13:10:44 -0500 Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Nov 2013 09:12:05 -0800 > "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote: > > > On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 12:02:25PM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote: > > > After wasting too much time trying to see where struct rcu_head was > > > declared, I finally found it in include/linux/types.h as a define for > > > callback_head! > > > > > > To prevent other developers from wasting their precious time in > > > searching for this structure, add a comment to help them find it! > > > > > > Cc: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> > > > Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> > > > Signed-off-by: Steven "frustrated" Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> > > > > The cscope tool is your friend in this case, but nevertheless: > > I use emacs, and the latest version of etags (or emacs) brings you to > each use case before it gets you to the define (which is really > annoying). Back in 2006 it use to work properly. I need to figure out > what changed :-/
That irritates me too. Fortunately I just invented
(grep "#define" tags && grep -v "#define" tags) > tags.new
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