Move the "debugging" entry to the top in Documentation/trace/index.rst.
Turn index.rst into a good starting point for people wanting to learn 
about tracing. Make it the first document users see, as it serves as a
tracing tutorial

Signed-off-by: Purva Yeshi <purvayeshi550@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/trace/index.rst | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/trace/index.rst b/Documentation/trace/index.rst
index 2c991dc96ace..f3d235c8438b 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/trace/index.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Linux Tracing Technologies
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2
 
+   debugging
    ftrace-design
    tracepoint-analysis
    ftrace
@@ -24,7 +25,6 @@ Linux Tracing Technologies
    histogram
    histogram-design
    boottime-trace
-   debugging
    hwlat_detector
    osnoise-tracer
    timerlat-tracer
-- 
2.34.1

Purva Yeshi <purvayeshi550@gmail.com> writes:

> Move the "debugging" entry to the top in Documentation/trace/index.rst.
> Turn index.rst into a good starting point for people wanting to learn 
> about tracing. Make it the first document users see, as it serves as a
> tracing tutorial
>
> Signed-off-by: Purva Yeshi <purvayeshi550@gmail.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/trace/index.rst | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/trace/index.rst b/Documentation/trace/index.rst
> index 2c991dc96ace..f3d235c8438b 100644
> --- a/Documentation/trace/index.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/trace/index.rst
> @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Linux Tracing Technologies
>  .. toctree::
>     :maxdepth: 2
>  
> +   debugging
>     ftrace-design
>     tracepoint-analysis
>     ftrace
> @@ -24,7 +25,6 @@ Linux Tracing Technologies
>     histogram
>     histogram-design
>     boottime-trace
> -   debugging
>     hwlat_detector
>     osnoise-tracer

So I totally approve of improving our index.rst files.  Without some
occasional maintenance, they become unorganized dumping grounds, and
Documentation/trace appears to be no exception.

This small change does not really help, though.  Could I please
encourage you to consider bringing some real order to this page?  As an
example, you could look at commit 270beb5b2aae from 6.13.

Thanks,

jon

On 04/02/25 22:09, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> Purva Yeshi <purvayeshi550@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> Move the "debugging" entry to the top in Documentation/trace/index.rst.
>> Turn index.rst into a good starting point for people wanting to learn
>> about tracing. Make it the first document users see, as it serves as a
>> tracing tutorial
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Purva Yeshi <purvayeshi550@gmail.com>
>> ---
>>   Documentation/trace/index.rst | 2 +-
>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/trace/index.rst b/Documentation/trace/index.rst
>> index 2c991dc96ace..f3d235c8438b 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/trace/index.rst
>> +++ b/Documentation/trace/index.rst
>> @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Linux Tracing Technologies
>>   .. toctree::
>>      :maxdepth: 2
>>   
>> +   debugging
>>      ftrace-design
>>      tracepoint-analysis
>>      ftrace
>> @@ -24,7 +25,6 @@ Linux Tracing Technologies
>>      histogram
>>      histogram-design
>>      boottime-trace
>> -   debugging
>>      hwlat_detector
>>      osnoise-tracer
> 
> So I totally approve of improving our index.rst files.  Without some
> occasional maintenance, they become unorganized dumping grounds, and
> Documentation/trace appears to be no exception.
> 
> This small change does not really help, though.  Could I please
> encourage you to consider bringing some real order to this page?  As an
> example, you could look at commit 270beb5b2aae from 6.13.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> jon

Thanks for your feedback. I'll review commit 270beb5b2aae and work on a 
more comprehensive reorganization to bring better order to 
Documentation/trace/index.rst page.

I'll follow up with an updated patch soon.

Best regards,
Purva Yeshi