Re: [PATCH] cpu: Fix typos

["Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>]

On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 10:25:45AM +0800, Junchang Wang wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 11, 2018 at 11:59 PM Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, Nov 11, 2018 at 08:51:33AM +0900, Akira Yokosawa wrote:
> > > On 2018/11/10 20:49:21 +0800, Junchang Wang wrote:
> > > > Signed-off-by: Junchang Wang <junchangwang@gmail.com>
> > > > ---
> > > > Hi Paul,
> > > >
> > > > This is the only patch for Chapter CPU. Please take a look.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > --Junchang
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > >  cpu/overheads.tex | 4 ++--
> > > >  cpu/overview.tex  | 2 +-
> > > >  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/cpu/overheads.tex b/cpu/overheads.tex
> > > > index 2474cfe..17b120b 100644
> > > > --- a/cpu/overheads.tex
> > > > +++ b/cpu/overheads.tex
> > > > @@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ displayed in
> > > >  Table~\ref{tab:cpu:Performance of Synchronization Mechanisms on 4-CPU 1.8GHz AMD Opteron 844 System}.
> > > >  This system's clock period rounds to 0.6\,ns.
> > > >  Although it is not unusual for modern microprocessors to be able to
> > > > -retire multiple instructions per clock period, the operations's costs are
> > > > +retire multiple instructions per clock period, the operations' costs are
> > > >  nevertheless normalized to a clock period in the third column, labeled
> > > >  ``Ratio''.
> > > >  The first thing to note about this table is the large values of many of
> > > > @@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ It is clear that the combination of speculative execution and cloud
> > > >  computing needs more than a bit of rework!
> > > >
> > > >  A fifth hardware optimization is large caches, allowing individual
> > > > -CPUs to operate on larger datasets without incuring expensive cache
> > > > +CPUs to operate on larger datasets without incurring expensive cache
> > > >  misses.
> > >
> > > Nice catches!
> >
> > Indeed!!!  ;-)
> >
> > > >  Although large caches can degrade energy efficiency and cache-miss
> > > >  latency, the ever-growing cache sizes on production microprocessors
> > > > diff --git a/cpu/overview.tex b/cpu/overview.tex
> > > > index 071cf7c..9e91a7b 100644
> > > > --- a/cpu/overview.tex
> > > > +++ b/cpu/overview.tex
> > > > @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ where the race always goes to the swiftest.
> > > >  \ContributedBy{Figure}{fig:cpu:CPU Performance at its Best}{Melissa Broussard}
> > > >  \end{figure}
> > > >
> > > > -Although there are a few CPU-bound benchmarks that approach the ideal
> > > > +Although there are a few CPU-bound benchmarks that approach the ideal case
> > > >  shown in Figure~\ref{fig:cpu:CPU Performance at its Best},
> > >
> > > "ideal" can be used as a noun. I don't think this hunk is necessary.
> >
> 
> Hi Akira,
> 
> You are right. I never realized this until you helped point this out.
> I checked my dictionary which says that ideal can be used as a noun
> and means 'a perfect example of what something should be like'; in
> this respect, word 'case' is unnecessary. Thank you so much. Happy
> learning :-)
> 
> > This is quite true, but making it a bit less confusing to non-native
> > English speakers is worth something.  Not that I am volunteering to
> > confine myself to the 850-word vocabulary of Basic English, mind you!  ;-)
> >
> > So Akira has a good point, but I will take Junchang's patch.
> 
> Hi Paul,
> 
> Thanks. Then I will explicitly mark this type of patches as
> suggestions if there are any in the future. It is a great pleasure to
> help improve the book.

For my part, I am looking forward to more feedback and patches!

							Thanx, Paul

> Best Regards,
> --Junchang
> 
> 
> >
> >                                                         Thanx, Paul
> >
> > >         Thanks, Akira
> > >
> > > >  the typical program more closely resembles an obstacle course than
> > > >  a race track.
> > > >
> > >
> >
>