From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
To: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>
Cc: anish singh <anish198519851985@gmail.com>,
akpm@linux-foundation.org, tglx@linutronix.de,
chuansheng.liu@intel.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [Watchdog][Trivial] Added comments to explain watchdog_disabled variable
Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2013 09:42:45 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130216084245.GD18953@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130215162959.GF98867@redhat.com>
* Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com> wrote:
> > >> > + /*
> > >> > + * We shouldn't enable watchdog threads if it is
> > >> > + * disabled.This is done by watchdog_disabled
> > >> > + * variable check in watchdog_*_all_cpus function.
> > >
> > > It has two grammatic and a stylistic error in it, plus misses
> > Would you mind pointing it out to me the grammatical mistakes
> > as I am not that good with grammar.
>
> I am not entirely sure which ones Ingo is referring to, but what I see are
>
> 'disabled.This' needs a space after period
> 'This is done by watchdog_disabled' needs a 'the' after 'by'
> 'variable check in watchdog..' needs a 'the' after 'in'.
>
> in addition to the missing ()'s after 'watchdog_*_all_cpus.
There's also a plural/singular mismatch between 'watchdog
threads' and 'if it is disabled'.
Thanks,
Ingo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-02-16 8:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-02-03 16:01 [PATCH] [Watchdog][Trivial] Added comments to explain watchdog_disabled variable anish kumar
2013-02-13 7:17 ` anish singh
2013-02-13 9:21 ` Ingo Molnar
2013-02-13 9:58 ` anish singh
2013-02-15 16:29 ` Don Zickus
2013-02-16 8:42 ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
2013-02-16 11:38 ` anish kumar
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2013-02-16 12:14 anish kumar
2013-02-18 20:48 ` Don Zickus
2013-03-06 11:47 ` anish singh
2013-03-07 15:40 ` Don Zickus
2013-02-01 13:49 anish kumar
2013-02-01 14:59 ` Don Zickus
2013-02-02 3:16 ` anish kumar
2013-02-01 13:33 anish kumar
2013-02-01 13:50 ` anish kumar
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