From: "Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@oracle.com>
To: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>
Cc: xfs <linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xfs_io: fix up typos in manpage
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2020 09:57:38 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201114175738.GP9695@magnolia> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e72196ec-314e-5ba6-aeb9-4cf637f4c95e@redhat.com>
On Sat, Nov 14, 2020 at 09:43:52AM -0600, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> We go in reverse direction, not reserve direction.
> We go in forward direction, not forwards direction.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>
Reserve all forwards,
Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@oracle.com>
--D
> ---
>
> diff --git a/man/man8/xfs_io.8 b/man/man8/xfs_io.8
> index caf3f15..1103dc4 100644
> --- a/man/man8/xfs_io.8
> +++ b/man/man8/xfs_io.8
> @@ -219,10 +219,10 @@ dump the contents of the buffer after reading,
> by default only the count of bytes actually read is dumped.
> .TP
> .B \-F
> -read the buffers in a forwards sequential direction.
> +read the buffers in a forward sequential direction.
> .TP
> .B \-B
> -read the buffers in a reserve sequential direction.
> +read the buffers in a reverse sequential direction.
> .TP
> .B \-R
> read the buffers in the give range in a random order.
> @@ -305,10 +305,10 @@ is used when the data to write is not coming from a file.
> The default buffer fill pattern value is 0xcdcdcdcd.
> .TP
> .B \-F
> -write the buffers in a forwards sequential direction.
> +write the buffers in a forward sequential direction.
> .TP
> .B \-B
> -write the buffers in a reserve sequential direction.
> +write the buffers in a reverse sequential direction.
> .TP
> .B \-R
> write the buffers in the give range in a random order.
>
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2020-11-14 15:43 [PATCH] xfs_io: fix up typos in manpage Eric Sandeen
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