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From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
To: Masanari Iida <standby24x7@gmail.com>
Cc: corbet@lwn.net, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, tglx@linutronix.de,
	mingo@redhat.com, hpa@zytor.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [linux-next] Doc: x86: Fix typo in x86
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2016 09:59:58 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160701075958.GA15093@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160701034601.30308-1-standby24x7@gmail.com>


* Masanari Iida <standby24x7@gmail.com> wrote:

> This patch fix some spelling typo found in
> Documentation/x86.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Masanari Iida <standby24x7@gmail.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/x86/intel_mpx.txt       | 6 +++---
>  Documentation/x86/tlb.txt             | 4 ++--
>  Documentation/x86/x86_64/machinecheck | 2 +-
>  3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/x86/intel_mpx.txt b/Documentation/x86/intel_mpx.txt
> index 1a5a12184a35..4c40a85ae2b1 100644
> --- a/Documentation/x86/intel_mpx.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/x86/intel_mpx.txt
> @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ is how we expect the compiler, application and kernel to work together.
>     MPX-instrumented.
>  3) The kernel detects that the CPU has MPX, allows the new prctl() to
>     succeed, and notes the location of the bounds directory. Userspace is
> -   expected to keep the bounds directory at that locationWe note it
> +   expected to keep the bounds directory at that location We note it

So this documentation fix kept the much more obvious typo in place: that sentence 
is missing a period ...

I fixed that in the patch, but next time please read the text you are patching ...

Thanks,

	Ingo

  reply	other threads:[~2016-07-01 10:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-07-01  3:46 [PATCH] [linux-next] Doc: x86: Fix typo in x86 Masanari Iida
2016-07-01  7:59 ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
2016-07-01  8:12 ` [tip:x86/urgent] x86/Documentation: Fix various typos in Documentation/x86/ files tip-bot for Masanari Iida

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