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Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/3] trace_seq: Move the trace_seq code to lib/
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On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 11:33 AM, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote:
> From: "Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)" <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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> The trace_seq functions are rather useful outside of tracing.

They are? Why and where? And why are they still called "trace_xyz()" then?

That commit message is useless and contains no actual information.

                 Linus