[PATCH 2.5.x, 2.4.x ...] very small

[PATCH 2.5.x, 2.4.x ...] very small

[javaman]

A very small patch (my first patch :-) for Documentation/spinlocks.txt:
it replace "IFF" with "IF" ;-)

bye,
Paolo

--- Documentation/spinlocks.txt.orig	Fri Feb 21 15:02:01 2003
+++ Documentation/spinlocks.txt	Fri Feb 21 15:02:44 2003
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
 
 If you have a case where you have to protect a data structure across
 several CPU's and you want to use spinlocks you can potentially use
-cheaper versions of the spinlocks. IFF you know that the spinlocks are
+cheaper versions of the spinlocks. IF you know that the spinlocks are
 never used in interrupt handlers, you can use the non-irq versions:
 
 	spin_lock(&lock);

Re: [PATCH 2.5.x, 2.4.x ...] very small

[Linus Torvalds]

On Fri, 21 Feb 2003, javaman wrote:
>
> A very small patch (my first patch :-) for Documentation/spinlocks.txt:
> it replace "IFF" with "IF" ;-)

The IFF is just a way of saying "if and only if". So it's not actually a
typo, it's just that some of the kernel people probably took a few too 
many courses in mathematics and their English-language skills were 
impacted by it.

			Linus

Re: [PATCH 2.5.x, 2.4.x ...] very small

[Murray J. Root]

On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 03:25:17PM +0100, javaman wrote:
> A very small patch (my first patch :-) for Documentation/spinlocks.txt:
> it replace "IFF" with "IF" ;-)
> 
> bye,
> Paolo
> 
> --- Documentation/spinlocks.txt.orig	Fri Feb 21 15:02:01 2003
> +++ Documentation/spinlocks.txt	Fri Feb 21 15:02:44 2003
> @@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
>  
>  If you have a case where you have to protect a data structure across
>  several CPU's and you want to use spinlocks you can potentially use
> -cheaper versions of the spinlocks. IFF you know that the spinlocks are
> +cheaper versions of the spinlocks. IF you know that the spinlocks are
>  never used in interrupt handlers, you can use the non-irq versions:
>  
>  	spin_lock(&lock);
> 

IFF is usually an abbreviation for "If and only if", not a typo.

-- 
Murray J. Root

Re: [PATCH 2.5.x, 2.4.x ...] very small

[Brian Gerst]

javaman wrote:
> A very small patch (my first patch :-) for Documentation/spinlocks.txt:
> it replace "IFF" with "IF" ;-)
> 
> bye,
> Paolo
> 
> --- Documentation/spinlocks.txt.orig	Fri Feb 21 15:02:01 2003
> +++ Documentation/spinlocks.txt	Fri Feb 21 15:02:44 2003
> @@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
>  
>  If you have a case where you have to protect a data structure across
>  several CPU's and you want to use spinlocks you can potentially use
> -cheaper versions of the spinlocks. IFF you know that the spinlocks are
> +cheaper versions of the spinlocks. IF you know that the spinlocks are
>  never used in interrupt handlers, you can use the non-irq versions:
>  
>  	spin_lock(&lock);
> 

This is wrong.  IFF means "If and only if".

--
				Brian Gerst

Re: [PATCH 2.5.x, 2.4.x ...] very small

[Dave Jones]

On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 03:25:17PM +0100, javaman wrote:
 > A very small patch (my first patch :-) for Documentation/spinlocks.txt:
 > it replace "IFF" with "IF" ;-)

IFF is "If and only if"

I think its horrible too, but unfortunatly, its real..
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=IFF

		Dave

-- 
| Dave Jones.        http://www.codemonkey.org.uk
| SuSE Labs

Re: [PATCH 2.5.x, 2.4.x ...] very small

[Steven Cole]

On Fri, 2003-02-21 at 08:30, Dave Jones wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 03:25:17PM +0100, javaman wrote:
>  > A very small patch (my first patch :-) for Documentation/spinlocks.txt:
>  > it replace "IFF" with "IF" ;-)
> 
> IFF is "If and only if"
> 
> I think its horrible too, but unfortunatly, its real..
> http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=IFF
> 
> 		Dave

And you didn't like youu for "you and only you" too!

For the benefit of any of you trying your hand at fixing typos and
spelling, please make sure you're not "fixing" accepted British or
Canadian spelling.  See
http://www3.telus.net/linguisticsissues/BritishCanadianAmerican.htm

Many others can be found by Googling.  Hmm, my spelling checker doesn't
like googling yet.

Steven

Re: [PATCH 2.5.x, 2.4.x ...] very small

[Paolo Ornati]

On Friday 21 February 2003 16:08, you wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Feb 2003, javaman wrote:
> > A very small patch (my first patch :-) for Documentation/spinlocks.txt:
> > it replace "IFF" with "IF" ;-)
>
> The IFF is just a way of saying "if and only if". So it's not actually a
> typo, it's just that some of the kernel people probably took a few too
> many courses in mathematics and their English-language skills were
> impacted by it.
>
> 			Linus

... sorry, I'm Italian and my English isn't very well ;-)
next time I'll look at http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=XX

BYE,
Paolo

Re: [PATCH 2.5.x, 2.4.x ...] very small

[Thomas Molina]

On Fri, 21 Feb 2003, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> The IFF is just a way of saying "if and only if". So it's not actually a
> typo, it's just that some of the kernel people probably took a few too 
> many courses in mathematics and their English-language skills were 
> impacted by it.

And the only people I ever heard use "impacted" were dentists, government 
bureaucrats, and military officers.