linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kernel:user_namespace

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Message-ID: <87382n2mur.fsf@x220.int.ebiederm.org>
Date:	Sat, 23 May 2015 13:02:52 -0500
From:	ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:	Shailendra Verma <shailendra.capricorn@...il.com>
Cc:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel:user_namespace - Fix for typos in comments.

Shailendra Verma <shailendra.capricorn@...il.com> writes:

> Signed-off-by: Shailendra Verma <shailendra.capricorn@...il.com>
> ---
>  kernel/user_namespace.c |    8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/user_namespace.c b/kernel/user_namespace.c
> index 4109f83..02a1197 100644
> --- a/kernel/user_namespace.c
> +++ b/kernel/user_namespace.c
> @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ int create_user_ns(struct cred *new)
>  	/*
>  	 * Verify that we can not violate the policy of which files
>  	 * may be accessed that is specified by the root directory,
> -	 * by verifing that the root directory is at the root of the
> +	 * by verifying that the root directory is at the root of the
>  	 * mount namespace which allows all files to be accessed.
>  	 */
>  	if (current_chrooted())
> @@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ static ssize_t map_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
>  	 *
>  	 * There is a one time data dependency between reading the
>  	 * count of the extents and the values of the extents.  The
> -	 * desired behavior is to see the values of the extents that
                   ^^^^^^^^ In american englic behavior is a correct spelling.
                            I don't know why the brits throw in extraneous letters.
> +	 * desired behaviour is to see the values of the extents that
>  	 * were written before the count of the extents.
>  	 *
>  	 * To achieve this smp_wmb() is used on guarantee the write
> @@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ static ssize_t map_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
>  		    (next_line != NULL))
>  			goto out;
>  	}
> -	/* Be very certaint the new map actually exists */
> +	/* Be very certain the new map actually exists */
>  	if (new_map.nr_extents == 0)
>  		goto out;
>  
> @@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ static bool new_idmap_permitted(const struct file *file,
>  
>  	/* Allow the specified ids if we have the appropriate capability
>  	 * (CAP_SETUID or CAP_SETGID) over the parent user namespace.
> -	 * And the opener of the id file also had the approprpiate capability.
> +	 * And the opener of the id file also had the appropriate capability.
>  	 */
>  	if (ns_capable(ns->parent, cap_setid) &&
>  	    file_ns_capable(file, ns->parent, cap_setid))
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