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From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
To: Tomas Glozar <tglozar@redhat.com>,
	"Luis Claudio R. Goncalves" <lgoncalv@redhat.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
	linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] Documentation/rtla: Include BPF sample collection
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2025 16:47:41 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87cyefe0ky.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAP4=nvRCtRwXReMt8+vxjLVqtL_pR9OyKo0HS417+93QR84mUA@mail.gmail.com>

Tomas Glozar <tglozar@redhat.com> writes:

> út 11. 3. 2025 v 14:07 odesílatel Luis Claudio R. Goncalves
> <lgoncalv@redhat.com> napsal:
>>
>> In the last phrase, s/is/are/. So that "If either... or... are unavailable".
>>
>> Luis
>>
>
> All references I found on this topic say the verb should be singular
> (since both "BPF" and "the osnoise:timerlat_sample tracepoint" are
> singular). Search for "either or subject verb agreement", e.g. [1].
>
> [1] https://www.englishgrammar.org/subjectverb-agreement-2/

I concur with that reasoning, FWIW.

What is the intended path to get this one upstream; should I take it?

Thanks,

jon

  reply	other threads:[~2025-03-17 22:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-03-11 11:49 [PATCH 0/4] Documentation/rtla: Cover BPF sample collection Tomas Glozar
2025-03-11 11:49 ` [PATCH 1/4] Documentation/rtla: Fix duplicate text about timerlat tracer Tomas Glozar
2025-03-11 11:49 ` [PATCH 2/4] Documentation/rtla: Fix typo in rtla-timerlat.rst Tomas Glozar
2025-03-11 11:49 ` [PATCH 3/4] Documentation/rtla: Fix typo in common_timerlat_description.rst Tomas Glozar
2025-03-11 11:49 ` [PATCH 4/4] Documentation/rtla: Include BPF sample collection Tomas Glozar
2025-03-11 13:07   ` Luis Claudio R. Goncalves
2025-03-11 13:20     ` Tomas Glozar
2025-03-17 22:47       ` Jonathan Corbet [this message]
2025-03-24 23:53         ` Steven Rostedt
2025-04-14 16:43           ` Jonathan Corbet
2025-03-11 13:09 ` [PATCH 0/4] Documentation/rtla: Cover " Luis Claudio R. Goncalves

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