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From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@gmail.com>
Cc: perfbook@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] cpu/overheads: Don't break just after nn-mm
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2017 21:40:25 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20171104044025.GU3624@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <479e6ed4-b56d-a9d8-3f98-28439201a348@gmail.com>

On Sat, Nov 04, 2017 at 10:40:40AM +0900, Akira Yokosawa wrote:
> >From 96995ec9781970d633f554579465e9f053ec316a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2017 07:44:36 +0900
> Subject: [PATCH 2/3] cpu/overheads: Don't break just after nn-mm
> 
> Signed-off-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@gmail.com>

You lost me with this one.  Shouldn't there be a non-breaking space
between the "350-500" and the "sheets"?  Or is there some magic here
that I am missing?

							Thanx, Paul

> ---
>  cpu/overheads.tex | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/cpu/overheads.tex b/cpu/overheads.tex
> index bd4c814..366b071 100644
> --- a/cpu/overheads.tex
> +++ b/cpu/overheads.tex
> @@ -290,8 +290,8 @@ cycles, as shown in the ``Global Comms'' row.
>  	How can I possibly get my head around them?
>  \QuickQuizAnswer{
>  	Get a roll of toilet paper.
> -	In the USA, each roll will normally have somewhere around 350-500
> -	sheets.
> +	In the USA, each roll will normally have somewhere around
> +	350-500 sheets.
>  	Tear off one sheet to represent a single clock cycle, setting it aside.
>  	Now unroll the rest of the roll.
> 
> -- 
> 2.7.4
> 
> 


  reply	other threads:[~2017-11-04  4:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-11-04  1:38 [PATCH 0/3] Fix layout hiccups in answers to quick quizzes Akira Yokosawa
2017-11-04  1:39 ` [PATCH 1/3] hyphen2endash.sh: Add patterns for 'nn-mm days' and 'nn-mm sheets' Akira Yokosawa
2017-11-04  1:40 ` [PATCH 2/3] cpu/overheads: Don't break just after nn-mm Akira Yokosawa
2017-11-04  4:40   ` Paul E. McKenney [this message]
2017-11-04  5:24     ` Akira Yokosawa
2017-11-04 16:09       ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-11-04  1:41 ` [PATCH 3/3] Fix layout hiccups in answers to quick quizzes Akira Yokosawa

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