linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] md/raid5: fix typo

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Message-ID: <20150430171426.46d03aa1@notabene.brown>
Date:	Thu, 30 Apr 2015 17:14:26 +1000
From:	NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>
To:	Yuanhan Liu <yuanhan.liu@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	linux-raid@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] md/raid5: fix typo

On Thu, 30 Apr 2015 15:01:16 +0800 Yuanhan Liu <yuanhan.liu@...ux.intel.com>
wrote:

> bion -> bios
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yuanhan Liu <yuanhan.liu@...ux.intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/md/raid5.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
> index 697d77a..2651bda 100644
> --- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
> +++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
> @@ -2919,7 +2919,7 @@ schedule_reconstruction(struct stripe_head *sh, struct stripe_head_state *s,
>  }
>  
>  /*
> - * Each stripe/dev can have one or more bion attached.
> + * Each stripe/dev can have one or more bios attached.
>   * toread/towrite point to the first in a chain.
>   * The bi_next chain must be in order.
>   */

That was intentional.  "bios" as a plural looks too much like "BIOS" which is
in the ROM of computers.

Children and oxen are plurals with an 'n' at the end.  So I used 'bion'.
Private joke?

I'd rather leave it as it is.

Thanks,
NeilBrown

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