[PATCH] Documentation: pci: Use term requester ID as per standard

[PATCH] Documentation: pci: Use term requester ID as per standard

[Emilio Perez]

The PCIe standard never use the term requestor ID and therefore it might
lead to confusion.

Signed-off-by: Emilio Perez <emiliopeju@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/PCI/pcieaer-howto.rst | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/PCI/pcieaer-howto.rst b/Documentation/PCI/pcieaer-howto.rst
index 4b71e2f43ca7..7b30598b4fde 100644
--- a/Documentation/PCI/pcieaer-howto.rst
+++ b/Documentation/PCI/pcieaer-howto.rst
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ error message to the Root Port above it when it captures
 an error. The Root Port, upon receiving an error reporting message,
 internally processes and logs the error message in its AER
 Capability structure. Error information being logged includes storing
-the error reporting agent's requestor ID into the Error Source
+the error reporting agent's requester ID into the Error Source
 Identification Registers and setting the error bits of the Root Error
 Status Register accordingly. If AER error reporting is enabled in the Root
 Error Command Register, the Root Port generates an interrupt when an
-- 
2.50.1

Re: [PATCH] Documentation: pci: Use term requester ID as per standard

[Bjorn Helgaas]

On Mon, Aug 18, 2025 at 03:31:21AM +0100, Emilio Perez wrote:
> The PCIe standard never use the term requestor ID and therefore it might
> lead to confusion.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Emilio Perez <emiliopeju@gmail.com>

Applied to pci/aer for v6.18, thanks!

I also capitalized "Requester" as a hint that this term is
specifically defined by the spec.  And capitalized "PCI" in the
subject to follow historical convention for this file.

> ---
>  Documentation/PCI/pcieaer-howto.rst | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/PCI/pcieaer-howto.rst b/Documentation/PCI/pcieaer-howto.rst
> index 4b71e2f43ca7..7b30598b4fde 100644
> --- a/Documentation/PCI/pcieaer-howto.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/PCI/pcieaer-howto.rst
> @@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ error message to the Root Port above it when it captures
>  an error. The Root Port, upon receiving an error reporting message,
>  internally processes and logs the error message in its AER
>  Capability structure. Error information being logged includes storing
> -the error reporting agent's requestor ID into the Error Source
> +the error reporting agent's requester ID into the Error Source
>  Identification Registers and setting the error bits of the Root Error
>  Status Register accordingly. If AER error reporting is enabled in the Root
>  Error Command Register, the Root Port generates an interrupt when an
> -- 
> 2.50.1
>