From: "George Spelvin" <linux@horizon.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org
Cc: linux@horizon.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] i387: math_state_restore() isn't called from asm
Date: 23 Feb 2012 08:57:58 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120223135758.8611.qmail@science.horizon.com> (raw)
> + * Must be called with kernel preemption disabled (eg with local
> + * local interrupts as in the case of do_device_not_available).
"eg with local local interrupts"?
As long as I'm quibbling, "exempli gratia" deserves periods to make the
abbreviation, and a parenthetical comment at the end of a sentence is
usually better set off with a comma.
+ * Must be called with kernel preemption disabled, e.g. with local
+ * interrupts disabled as in the case of do_device_not_available.
next reply other threads:[~2012-02-23 14:04 UTC|newest]
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2012-02-23 13:57 George Spelvin [this message]
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2012-02-22 20:54 [PATCH 0/5] i387: stable kernel backport Linus Torvalds
2012-02-22 20:56 ` [PATCH 1/5] i387: math_state_restore() isn't called from asm Linus Torvalds
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