Re: [PATCH 4/4] printk: correct some more typos

[Alex Elder <elder@linaro.org>]

On 07/17/2014 06:46 AM, Petr Mládek wrote:
> On Wed 2014-07-16 12:27:00, Alex Elder wrote:
>> This patch corrects a few more typographical errors in "printk.c".
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Alex Elder <elder@linaro.org>
>> ---
>>  kernel/printk/printk.c | 12 ++++++------
>>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
>> index 3f15d95..0cbd060 100644
>> --- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
>> +++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
>> @@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ static int console_may_schedule;
>>   *
>>   * The optional key/value pairs are attached as continuation lines starting
>>   * with a space character and terminated by a newline. All possible
>> - * non-prinatable characters are escaped in the "\xff" notation.
>> + * non-printable characters are escaped in the "\xff" notation.
>>   *
>>   * Users of the export format should ignore possible additional values
>>   * separated by ',', and find the message after the ';' character.
>> @@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ static int log_store(int facility, int level,
>>  		/* truncate the message if it is too long for empty buffer */
>>  		size = truncate_msg(&text_len, &trunc_msg_len,
>>  				    &dict_len, &pad_len);
>> -		/* survive when the log buffer is too small for trunc_msg */
>> +		/* survive when the log buffer is too small for truncate_msg */
> 
> It meant the trunc_msg = "<truncated>" string. So, the original text
> was more precise. I agree that it is a bit confusing :-)

Oh, I see now.  No it's not confusing, it's just that right here
trunc_msg[] is not mentioned--that's buried inside truncate_msg().

I don't feel strongly about this one, I'll drop this hunk.

					-Alex

> The other changes look correct.
> 
> Best Regards,
> Petr
> 
>>  		if (log_make_free_space(size))
>>  			return 0;
>>  	}
>> @@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ static ssize_t devkmsg_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
>>  	/*
>>  	 * If we couldn't merge continuation line fragments during the print,
>>  	 * export the stored flags to allow an optional external merge of the
>> -	 * records. Merging the records isn't always neccessarily correct, like
>> +	 * records. Merging the records isn't always necessarily correct, like
>>  	 * when we hit a race during printing. In most cases though, it produces
>>  	 * better readable output. 'c' in the record flags mark the first
>>  	 * fragment of a line, '+' the following.
>> @@ -2881,7 +2881,7 @@ bool kmsg_dump_get_buffer(struct kmsg_dumper *dumper, bool syslog,
>>  		prev = msg->flags;
>>  	}
>>  
>> -	/* last message in next interation */
>> +	/* last message in next iteration */
>>  	next_seq = seq;
>>  	next_idx = idx;
>>  
>> @@ -2907,7 +2907,7 @@ out:
>>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kmsg_dump_get_buffer);
>>  
>>  /**
>> - * kmsg_dump_rewind_nolock - reset the interator (unlocked version)
>> + * kmsg_dump_rewind_nolock - reset the iterator (unlocked version)
>>   * @dumper: registered kmsg dumper
>>   *
>>   * Reset the dumper's iterator so that kmsg_dump_get_line() and
>> @@ -2925,7 +2925,7 @@ void kmsg_dump_rewind_nolock(struct kmsg_dumper *dumper)
>>  }
>>  
>>  /**
>> - * kmsg_dump_rewind - reset the interator
>> + * kmsg_dump_rewind - reset the iterator
>>   * @dumper: registered kmsg dumper
>>   *
>>   * Reset the dumper's iterator so that kmsg_dump_get_line() and
>> -- 
>> 1.9.1
>>