Bug 1776721 - Improve a few comments around the category generating script r=canaltinova

Differential Revision: https://phabricator.services.mozilla.com/D150613

mozglue/baseprofiler/build/generate_profiling_categories.py

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 # file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 
-# This script generates jit/MIROpsGenerated.h (list of MIR instructions)
+# This script generates ProfilingCategoryList.h and profiling_categories.rs
-# from MIROps.yaml, as well as MIR op definitions.
+# files from profiling_categories.yaml.
 
 import yaml
 from collections import OrderedDict
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ CPP_HEADER_TEMPLATE = """\
 #ifndef {includeguard}
 #define {includeguard}
 
-/* This file is generated by generate_profiling_categories.py. DO NOT EDIT! */
+/* This file is generated by generate_profiling_categories.py from
+   profiling_categories.yaml. DO NOT EDIT! */
 
 // Profiler sub-categories are applied to each sampled stack to describe the
 // type of workload that the CPU is busy with. Only one sub-category can be
@@ -54,7 +55,8 @@ RUST_TEMPLATE = """\
  * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
  * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
 
-/* This file is generated by generate_profiling_categories.py. DO NOT EDIT! */
+/* This file is generated by generate_profiling_categories.py from
+   profiling_categories.yaml. DO NOT EDIT! */
 
 {contents}\
 """

mozglue/baseprofiler/build/profiling_categories.yaml

@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@
 # Label of the profiling category. This a more human readable string for the
 # category. Label will be displayed in the Firefox Profiler front-end. But also
 # this will be used as a Rust enum field (with non-alphanumeric characters
-# removed) because it's more suitable for Rust enums since name field is a snake
+# removed) because it's more idiomatic for Rust enums than name fields (which
-# cased field with all caps. This is not idiomatic to rust enum field. On the
+# are snake cased fields with all caps, which is not idiomatic to rust enum
-# other hand, this field produces idiomatic fields.
+# field).
 #
 # color [required]
 # =====
@@ -56,10 +56,7 @@
 # sub-category) or should start with parent category name + underscore
 # (e.g. JS_Parsing).
 #
-# label attribute is the same as parent category label attribute. Except that
+# label attribute has the same purpose as parent category label attribute.
-# this field is only used by the default sub-category. This is because the name
-# of the default sub-category is the same with parent category. label field
-# ensures that they are different.
 #
 # For example:
 # - name: JS
@@ -70,8 +67,8 @@
 #       label: Parsing
 #
 # Note that the first sub-category has the same name with the category. This is
-# the default category. Also note the other categories starting with the category
+# the default sub-category. Also note the other sub-categories starting with the
-# name + underscore.
+# category name + underscore.
 #
 
 - name: IDLE