Re: [PATCH RFC 01/10] qemu/: fix some comment spelling errors

[Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>]

On 8/12/20 9:12 AM, Alex Bennée wrote:
> 
> zhaolichang <zhaolichang@huawei.com> writes:
> 
>> I found that there are many spelling errors in the comments of qemu,
>> so I used the spellcheck tool to check the spelling errors
>> and finally found some spelling errors in the folder.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: zhaolichang <zhaolichang@huawei.com>
>> ---
> <snip>
> 
>> diff --git a/gdbstub.c b/gdbstub.c
>> index f3a318c..bbe66b5 100644
>> --- a/gdbstub.c
>> +++ b/gdbstub.c
>> @@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ static uint32_t gdb_get_cpu_pid(CPUState *cpu)
>>   {
>>       /* TODO: In user mode, we should use the task state PID */
>>       if (cpu->cluster_index == UNASSIGNED_CLUSTER_INDEX) {
>> -        /* Return the default process' PID */
>> +        /* Return the default process's PID */
> 
> Hmm I thought this was correct usage as s's -> s' but apparently that is
> only a given rule for possessive plural nouns (processes' PIDs) -
> although apparently it is possible to have singular nouns in plural
> forms so what do I know :-/

Yes, this is one case where s's is valid.  But if it bothers you, you 
can always rewrite to:

/* Return the PID of the default process */

> 
> Reviewed-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
> 

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