From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ms.lwn.net (ms.lwn.net [45.79.88.28]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0156C3C063C; Thu, 14 May 2026 12:18:37 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1778761120; cv=none; b=SIXK3QssX/5U3X/zTft1MYK8IgeYANzlJ3C/Iw/CfseL5x/dqWiXvjFSxoZ7UCsxz75jR7a5dNZoCxmsUrVYKiesK9oypP3M7fzsoVdja/JNCD8HoGYgA0MvuEjCrpuqQBiqthPF3thE1to2Zp6nrzFvbvIKFfusQPwcFh/dTbk= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1778761120; c=relaxed/simple; bh=7Ce1dQFNjxZfuSYtyx4eg3KwdQtZxUBgmuZmELs/KaA=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=bdCsC1J6jOVMhWrgbkMeu4NA10Zf/9nU4Lr+mxvPUVLzBoQm22yZKyY1M9+phFyTYDGdNqY+OUETpthmV0Whvu8yMeV1bOFW7Xw3tJx+iqrgh8Dc83QzNPsMb/GqqmDUFB7gad1+2RJN5QoVLIf3kWQ83h6Opv8JutXCnl2v0aY= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b=Z2lb6/SQ; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b="Z2lb6/SQ" DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net 9CDD3410B5 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1778761116; bh=+NAlYa14LpWq+vBr6UEy9Ob3K0Kek3sjvK31oTD8wEM=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=Z2lb6/SQs1rSVYxx38HpGECyOXvT19Nn6emhfmaT3/akBrqAJu/Am++QMuzSk3NVb dAJ/ig2fSKjrZ9lT8WZMSeJdAcaAKYjLh6rGyKbnEU699nrV7TaGKhYEujnSYWwnuI k2/EqOpmjBWW9qBrM1gv4BwJ7n+kQd+IancRK689ioqFzlJjQC+sKsaSwAdqhHz1K6 KiSPmmCgFeyYLcj0/2X9fc/hFhp9pqt9bBOPUPDhH2yM8UJG8cWPvovq/8jyebYq1I sUG0MU7vavtZFO5xDqXy8H9bTazvxeIzyFLOPXhLnSrDwVOhY2RJddF0jMDTAQcxmy 1j6FivMGiwYFQ== Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:280:4600:27b:67c:16ff:fe81:5f9b]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (prime256v1) server-signature ECDSA (prime256v1) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9CDD3410B5; Thu, 14 May 2026 12:18:36 +0000 (UTC) From: Jonathan Corbet To: WangYuli , Chen-Shi-Hong , linux@leemhuis.info Cc: skhan@linuxfoundation.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] docs: reporting-issues: replace "these advices" with "all of this advice" In-Reply-To: References: <20260514082808.655-1-eric039eric@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 14 May 2026 06:18:35 -0600 Message-ID: <87zf22uquc.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable WangYuli writes: > I searched the kernel tree for the misspelling "advices" (the word > "advice" is uncountable) and found the following occurrences: > > " > > =C2=A0 >rg-i "advices" > > tools/perf/trace/beauty/mmap.c > =C2=A0 68: =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0static DEFINE_STRARRAY(ma= dvise_advices, "MADV_"); > =C2=A0 70: =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0if (behavior < strarray__= madvise_advices.nr_entries &&=20 > strarray__madvise_advices.entries[behavior] !=3D NULL) > =C2=A0 71: =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0= =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0return scnprintf(bf, size, "MADV_%s",=20 > strarray__madvise_advices.entries[behavior]); Please, no. If you start churning the code in that way you will certainly get pushback. Typo fixes are a fine way to learn the process, but I really hope that contributors will move on quickly to more substantial work. Thanks, jon