From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
To: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>,
Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc tools: fix 'path' typos
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:43:29 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87fr0klia6.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260806055634.1293294-1-rdunlap@infradead.org>
Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> writes:
> Correct "patch" or "patches" to "path" or "paths" in comments.
>
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
> ---
> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
> Cc: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
> Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>
>
> tools/docs/documentation-file-ref-check | 2 +-
> tools/docs/sphinx-build-wrapper | 4 ++--
> 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> --- linux-next-20260805.orig/tools/docs/documentation-file-ref-check
> +++ linux-next-20260805/tools/docs/documentation-file-ref-check
> @@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ while (<IN>) {
> # Check if exists, evaluating wildcards
> next if (grep -e, glob("$ref $fulref"));
>
> - # Accept relative Documentation patches for tools/
> + # Accept relative Documentation paths for tools/
> if ($f =~ m/tools/) {
> my $path = $f;
> $path =~ s,(.*)/.*,$1,;
> --- linux-next-20260805.orig/tools/docs/sphinx-build-wrapper
> +++ linux-next-20260805/tools/docs/sphinx-build-wrapper
> @@ -99,9 +99,9 @@ class SphinxBuilder:
>
> def get_path(self, path, use_cwd=False, abs_path=False):
> """
> - Ancillary routine to handle patches the right way, as shell does.
> + Ancillary routine to handle paths the right way, as shell does.
>
> - It first expands "~" and "~user". Then, if patch is not absolute,
> + It first expands "~" and "~user". Then, if path is not absolute,
> join self.srctree. Finally, if requested, convert to abspath.
> """
Applied, thanks.
jon
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2026-08-06 5:56 [PATCH] doc tools: fix 'path' typos Randy Dunlap
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