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Message-Id: <1231724358.2674.13.camel@hashbaz.i.decadent.org.uk>
Date:	Mon, 12 Jan 2009 01:39:18 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	Qinghuang Feng <qhfeng.kernel@...il.com>, davem@...emloft.net,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] NET: fix wrong English expression in comments

On Mon, 2009-01-12 at 09:05 +0800, Li Zefan wrote:
> > @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ struct inet_bind_bucket;
> >  struct inet_timewait_sock {
> >  	/*
> >  	 * Now struct sock also uses sock_common, so please just
> > -	 * don't add nothing before this first member (__tw_common) --acme
> > +	 * don't add anything before this first member (__tw_common) --acme
> 
> They are the same meaning...

A double-negative can be an informal way of reinforcing a negative, but
can sometimes mean the positive.  So this change would remove a minor
ambiguity.  However I think it should be clear that it is not compulsory
to add new members to the structure. ;-)

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings, Senior Software Engineer, Solarflare Communications
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They asked us to note that Solarflare product names are trademarked.


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