Re: [PATCH] kernel: cpu: resctrl: Minor typo fix in the file pseudo_lock.c

[Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@gmail.com>]

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On 11:01 Wed 17 Mar 2021, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>On 3/17/21 10:54 AM, Reinette Chatre wrote:
>> Hi Bhaskar,
>>
>> Thank you very much for catching this typo.
>>
>> My feedback [1] to a previous patch from you applies here also. The prefix should be "x86/resctrl:" for contributions to this area.
>

>Bhaskar,
>Pretty much all of your patches need to have improved Subject: lines.
>The file name that is being modified should not be at the end of the Subject.
>

Noted, ...I was trying to feed the owner of the file as much as possible , so
the person can struggle less to understand and hover,considering the load they
might have on their shoulder.

>>
>> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/7e3a5c13-db5c-7399-2b80-f1284786ea77@intel.com/
>>
>> On 3/17/2021 1:40 AM, Bhaskar Chowdhury wrote:
>>>
>>> s/derefence/dereference/
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@gmail.com>
>>> ---
>>>   arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/pseudo_lock.c | 2 +-
>>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/pseudo_lock.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/pseudo_lock.c
>>> index e916646adc69..43990a882b36 100644
>>> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/pseudo_lock.c
>>> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/pseudo_lock.c
>>> @@ -1307,7 +1307,7 @@ int rdtgroup_pseudo_lock_create(struct rdtgroup *rdtgrp)
>>>            * If the thread does not get on the CPU for whatever
>>>            * reason and the process which sets up the region is
>>>            * interrupted then this will leave the thread in runnable
>>> -         * state and once it gets on the CPU it will derefence
>>> +         * state and once it gets on the CPU it will dereference
>>>            * the cleared, but not freed, plr struct resulting in an
>>>            * empty pseudo-locking loop.
>>>            */
>>> --
>>> 2.30.2
>>>
>>
>> Reinette
>
>
>--
>~Randy
>

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