linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [linux-next] Doc: x86: Fix typo in x86

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Date:	Fri, 1 Jul 2016 09:59:58 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Masanari Iida <standby24x7@...il.com>
Cc:	corbet@....net, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com,
	hpa@...or.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [linux-next] Doc: x86: Fix typo in x86


* Masanari Iida <standby24x7@...il.com> wrote:

> This patch fix some spelling typo found in
> Documentation/x86.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Masanari Iida <standby24x7@...il.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/x86/intel_mpx.txt       | 6 +++---
>  Documentation/x86/tlb.txt             | 4 ++--
>  Documentation/x86/x86_64/machinecheck | 2 +-
>  3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/x86/intel_mpx.txt b/Documentation/x86/intel_mpx.txt
> index 1a5a12184a35..4c40a85ae2b1 100644
> --- a/Documentation/x86/intel_mpx.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/x86/intel_mpx.txt
> @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ is how we expect the compiler, application and kernel to work together.
>     MPX-instrumented.
>  3) The kernel detects that the CPU has MPX, allows the new prctl() to
>     succeed, and notes the location of the bounds directory. Userspace is
> -   expected to keep the bounds directory at that locationWe note it
> +   expected to keep the bounds directory at that location We note it

So this documentation fix kept the much more obvious typo in place: that sentence 
is missing a period ...

I fixed that in the patch, but next time please read the text you are patching ...

Thanks,

	Ingo