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From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To: "Björn Persson" <Bjorn@xn--rombobjrn-67a.se>
Cc: Wang Zihan <jiyu03@qq.com>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
	kuba@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net: switchdev: fix duplicate word in documentation
Date: Sat, 2 May 2026 16:09:24 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <a5482c59-2a35-44ce-b112-9c07e8ca7892@lunn.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260502132446.5b2c51cf@tag.xn--rombobjrn-67a.se>

On Sat, May 02, 2026 at 01:24:46PM +0200, Björn Persson wrote:
> Wang Zihan wrote:
> > @@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ The switchdev driver can know a particular port's position in the topology by
> >  monitoring NETDEV_CHANGEUPPER notifications.  For example, a port moved into a
> >  bond will see its upper master change.  If that bond is moved into a bridge,
> >  the bond's upper master will change.  And so on.  The driver will track such
> > -movements to know what position a port is in in the overall topology by
> > +movements to know what position a port is in the overall topology by
> >  registering for netdevice events and acting on NETDEV_CHANGEUPPER.
> >  
> >  L2 Forwarding Offload
> 
> This change claims that a port is a position. The preceding sentences,
> talking about "a particular port's position" and a port being moved,
> make it clear that a port is *in* a position *in* the topology. The
> port is not itself a position.

I assume this is a fix to make a bot happy, without actually checking
if the bot is correct.

Maybe to prevent a recurrence of the bot driver not validating the bot
output, a ',' should be added?

    Andrew

---
pw-bot: cr

  reply	other threads:[~2026-05-02 14:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-02  6:07 [PATCH v2] net: switchdev: fix duplicate word in documentation Wang Zihan
2026-05-02 11:24 ` Björn Persson
2026-05-02 14:09   ` Andrew Lunn [this message]
2026-05-02 14:32     ` Jonas Gorski

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