linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] lib/string.c: fix a typo in comment: 'iff' -->'if'

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Date:   Thu, 28 Jun 2018 20:35:18 -0700
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, keescook@...omium.org,
        mawilcox@...rosoft.com, kstewart@...uxfoundation.org,
        aryabinin@...tuozzo.com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lib/string.c: fix a typo in comment: 'iff' -->'if'

On 06/28/2018 08:33 PM, YueHaibing wrote:
> Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>
> ---
>  lib/string.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Hi,

This isn't a typo.  "iff" means "if and only if".

> diff --git a/lib/string.c b/lib/string.c
> index 2c0900a..23ed944 100644
> --- a/lib/string.c
> +++ b/lib/string.c
> @@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(strsep);
>   * @s1: one string
>   * @s2: another string
>   *
> - * This routine returns true iff two strings are equal, treating both
> + * This routine returns true if two strings are equal, treating both
>   * NUL and newline-then-NUL as equivalent string terminations.  It's
>   * geared for use with sysfs input strings, which generally terminate
>   * with newlines but are compared against values without newlines.
> 


-- 
~Randy