linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5] i387: math_state_restore() isn't called from asm

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Message-ID: <20120223135758.8611.qmail@science.horizon.com>
Date:	23 Feb 2012 08:57:58 -0500
From:	"George Spelvin" <linux@...izon.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	linux@...izon.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] i387: math_state_restore() isn't called from asm

> + * Must be called with kernel preemption disabled (eg with local
> + * local interrupts as in the case of do_device_not_available).

"eg with local local interrupts"?

As long as I'm quibbling, "exempli gratia" deserves periods to make the
abbreviation, and a parenthetical comment at the end of a sentence is
usually better set off with a comma.

+ * Must be called with kernel preemption disabled, e.g. with local
+ * interrupts disabled as in the case of do_device_not_available.
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