[PATCH] Documentation: KVM: fix punctuation for e.g. and i.e.

[PATCH] Documentation: KVM: fix punctuation for e.g. and i.e.

[Afkari Zergaw]

Add missing commas after "e.g." and "i.e." in the KVM API
documentation to improve readability and follow standard
punctuation usage.

Signed-off-by: Afkari Zergaw <afkarizergaw12@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
index fc5736839edd..c8500f0e913a 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
@@ -6346,12 +6346,12 @@ A KVM_MEM_GUEST_MEMFD region _must_ have a valid guest_memfd (private memory) an
 userspace_addr (shared memory).  However, "valid" for userspace_addr simply
 means that the address itself must be a legal userspace address.  The backing
 mapping for userspace_addr is not required to be valid/populated at the time of
-KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION2, e.g. shared memory can be lazily mapped/allocated
+KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION2, e.g., shared memory can be lazily mapped/allocated
 on-demand.
 
-When mapping a gfn into the guest, KVM selects shared vs. private, i.e consumes
+When mapping a gfn into the guest, KVM selects shared vs. private, i.e., consumes
 userspace_addr vs. guest_memfd, based on the gfn's KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_PRIVATE
-state.  At VM creation time, all memory is shared, i.e. the PRIVATE attribute
+state.  At VM creation time, all memory is shared, i.e., the PRIVATE attribute
 is '0' for all gfns.  Userspace can control whether memory is shared/private by
 toggling KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_PRIVATE via KVM_SET_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES as needed.
 
-- 
2.43.0

[PATCH] Documentation: KVM: fix punctuation for e.g. and i.e.

[Afkari Zergaw]

Add missing commas after "e.g." and "i.e." in the KVM API
documentation to improve readability and follow standard
punctuation usage.

Signed-off-by: Afkari Zergaw <afkarizergaw12@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
index fc5736839edd..c8500f0e913a 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
@@ -6346,12 +6346,12 @@ A KVM_MEM_GUEST_MEMFD region _must_ have a valid guest_memfd (private memory) an
 userspace_addr (shared memory).  However, "valid" for userspace_addr simply
 means that the address itself must be a legal userspace address.  The backing
 mapping for userspace_addr is not required to be valid/populated at the time of
-KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION2, e.g. shared memory can be lazily mapped/allocated
+KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION2, e.g., shared memory can be lazily mapped/allocated
 on-demand.
 
-When mapping a gfn into the guest, KVM selects shared vs. private, i.e consumes
+When mapping a gfn into the guest, KVM selects shared vs. private, i.e., consumes
 userspace_addr vs. guest_memfd, based on the gfn's KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_PRIVATE
-state.  At VM creation time, all memory is shared, i.e. the PRIVATE attribute
+state.  At VM creation time, all memory is shared, i.e., the PRIVATE attribute
 is '0' for all gfns.  Userspace can control whether memory is shared/private by
 toggling KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_PRIVATE via KVM_SET_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES as needed.
 
-- 
2.43.0

Re: [PATCH] Documentation: KVM: fix punctuation for e.g. and i.e.

[Greg KH]

On Mon, Mar 02, 2026 at 01:36:09AM +0000, Afkari Zergaw wrote:
> Add missing commas after "e.g." and "i.e." in the KVM API
> documentation to improve readability and follow standard
> punctuation usage.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Afkari Zergaw <afkarizergaw12@gmail.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Any reason you forgot to cc: the actual maintainers for this file?
Please always use scripts/get_maintainers.pl for who to send patches to.

thanks,

greg k-h

Re: [PATCH] Documentation: KVM: fix punctuation for e.g. and i.e.

[Dan Carpenter]

On Mon, Mar 02, 2026 at 01:36:09AM +0000, Afkari Zergaw wrote:
> Add missing commas after "e.g." and "i.e." in the KVM API
> documentation to improve readability and follow standard
> punctuation usage.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Afkari Zergaw <afkarizergaw12@gmail.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
> index fc5736839edd..c8500f0e913a 100644
> --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
> @@ -6346,12 +6346,12 @@ A KVM_MEM_GUEST_MEMFD region _must_ have a valid guest_memfd (private memory) an
>  userspace_addr (shared memory).  However, "valid" for userspace_addr simply
>  means that the address itself must be a legal userspace address.  The backing
>  mapping for userspace_addr is not required to be valid/populated at the time of
> -KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION2, e.g. shared memory can be lazily mapped/allocated
> +KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION2, e.g., shared memory can be lazily mapped/allocated
>  on-demand.

Google says this is an America vs Britain thing.

regards,
dan carpenter