linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/3] Documentation: Reword example about inotify's fd-per-instance design

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Date:	Sun, 24 Apr 2011 19:35:04 -0500
From:	Aaron Faanes <dafrito@...il.com>
To:	John McCutchan <john@...nmccutchan.com>,
	Robert Love <rlove@...ve.org>,
	Eric Paris <eparis@...isplace.org>
Cc:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Aaron Faanes <dafrito@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Documentation: Reword example about inotify's fd-per-instance design

Made the final example read more clearly by splitting it into a
couple more sentences.

Signed-off-by: Aaron Faanes <dafrito@...il.com>
---
 Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt |    6 +++---
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt
index 8d8cba1..fbb50ad 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt
@@ -246,9 +246,9 @@ A: An fd-per-watch quickly consumes more file descriptors than are allowed,
 
    - 1024 is still too low.  ;-)
 
-   When you talk about designing a file change notification system that
-   scales to 1000s of directories, juggling 1000s of fd's just does not seem
-   to be the right interface.  It is too heavy.
+   For example, consider the design of a file change notification system that
+   scales to 1000s of directories.  Juggling 1000s of fd's in this case is just
+   not the right interface.  It is too heavy.
 
    Additionally, it _is_ possible to have more than one instance and
    juggle more than one queue and thus more than one associated fd.  There
-- 
1.7.4.4

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