linux-kernel - [PATCH] trivial select_parent documentation fix

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Date:	Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:35:51 -0400
From:	"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>
To:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
Cc:	viro@...IV.linux.org.uk, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hch@...radead.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, Trond.Myklebust@...app.com
Subject: [PATCH] trivial select_parent documentation fix

"Search list for X" sounds like you're trying to find X on a list.

Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@...hat.com>

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On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 10:23:30PM +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> IBM reported a deadlock in select_parent().

(And I went to look at select_parent() and got tripped up for a few
moments on this comment.  Arguably my reading comprehension is just
bad.)--b.

diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 8086636..a0b8d65 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -1141,7 +1141,7 @@ rename_retry:
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(have_submounts);
 
 /*
- * Search the dentry child list for the specified parent,
+ * Search the dentry child list of the specified parent,
  * and move any unused dentries to the end of the unused
  * list for prune_dcache(). We descend to the next level
  * whenever the d_subdirs list is non-empty and continue
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