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

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Message-ID: <22bb151b-d651-597b-21b6-0e6346ac32c9@huawei.com>
Date:   Fri, 29 Jun 2018 11:44:51 +0800
From:   YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>
To:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        <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 2018/6/29 11:35, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> 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".

ok, my poor english, thank you.

> 
>> 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.
>>
> 
>