linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kernel:ptrace - Fix typo in comment in function __ptrace

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Message-ID: <206340.1432430374@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>
Date:	Sat, 23 May 2015 21:19:34 -0400
From:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To:	Shailendra Verma <shailendra.capricorn@...il.com>
Cc:	Roland McGrath <roland@...k.frob.com>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel:ptrace - Fix typo in comment in function __ptrace_unlink().

On Sat, 23 May 2015 10:38:35 +0530, Shailendra Verma said:

> --- a/kernel/ptrace.c
> +++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
> @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ void __ptrace_unlink(struct task_struct *child)
>
>  	/*
>  	 * If transition to TASK_STOPPED is pending or in TASK_TRACED, kick
> -	 * @child in the butt.  Note that @resume should be used iff @child
> +	 * @child in the butt.  Note that @resume should be used if @child

Probably incorrect, as it appears to be using 'iff' in the mathematical
sense of 'if and only if'....

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