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[2/4] tracing/histogram: Update division by 0 documentation

Message ID 20211029183339.3216491-3-kaleshsingh@google.com (mailing list archive)
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Series tracing/histogram: Division optimization and expression kselftests | expand

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Kalesh Singh Oct. 29, 2021, 6:33 p.m. UTC
If the divisor is a constant and zero, the undeifned case can be
detected and an error returned instead of -1.

Signed-off-by: Kalesh Singh <kaleshsingh@google.com>
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 Documentation/trace/histogram.rst | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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diff --git a/Documentation/trace/histogram.rst b/Documentation/trace/histogram.rst
index 66ec972dfb78..859fd1b76c63 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/histogram.rst
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@@ -1766,7 +1766,8 @@  using the same key and variable from yet another event::
 Expressions support the use of addition, subtraction, multiplication and
 division operators (+-\*/).
 
-Note that division by zero always returns -1.
+Note if division by zero cannot be detected at parse time (i.e. the
+divisor is not a constant), the result will be -1.
 
 Numeric constants can also be used directly in an expression::