linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arch: powerpc: mm: fixed spelling error.

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Date:	Wed, 23 Mar 2016 10:36:52 +1100
From:	Andrew Donnellan <andrew.donnellan@....ibm.com>
To:	mistryalok <alokn73@...il.com>, benh@...nel.crashing.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, paulus@...ba.org,
	aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, scottwood@...escale.com,
	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arch: powerpc: mm: fixed spelling error.

Hi Alok

Thanks for wanting to contribute to the Linux kernel!

On 22/03/16 20:43, mistryalok wrote:
> Fixed spelling error.
> Signed-off-by: Alok Mistry <alokn73@...il.com>
> ---
>   		/*
> -		 * No CPU has hugepages but lacks no execute, so we
> +		 * No CPU has huge pages but lacks no execute, so we
>   		 * don't need to worry about that case
>   		 */

Within the kernel, we have a lot of internal terminology. If you grep 
through the kernel source code, you'll find that in both the 
documentation and the code, we do use the term "hugepage". We also use 
"huge page", but "hugepage" is more common. Therefore I wouldn't call it 
a spelling error, just an internal term :)

Andrew

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Andrew Donnellan              OzLabs, ADL Canberra
andrew.donnellan@....ibm.com  IBM Australia Limited