linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] Fix typo in RWH_WRITE_LIFE_NOT

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Date:   Thu, 25 Oct 2018 16:19:27 +0200
From:   Eugene Syromiatnikov <esyr@...hat.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>,
        "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Shaohua Li <shli@...nel.org>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, linux-raid@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Fix typo in RWH_WRITE_LIFE_NOT_SET constant name

On Sat, Oct 06, 2018 at 07:51:14PM +0200, Eugene Syromiatnikov wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> This is a small fix of a typo (or, more specifically, some remnant of
> the old patch version spelling) in RWH_WRITE_LIFE_NOT_SET constant,
> which is named as RWF_WRITE_LIFE_NOT_SET currently.  Since the name
> with "H" is used in man page and everywhere else, it's probably worth
> to make the name used in the fcntl.h UAPI header in line with it.
> Second follow-up patch updates (the sole) usage site of this constant
> in kernel to use the new spelling.
> 
> The old name is retained as it is part of UAPI now.

Hello, are there issues with the patches?

> Eugene Syromiatnikov (2):
>   fcntl: fix typo in RWH_WRITE_LIFE_NOT_SET r/w hint
>   drivers/md/raid5.c: use the new spelling of RWH_WRITE_LIFE_NOT_SET
> 
>  drivers/md/raid5.c               | 4 ++--
>  fs/fcntl.c                       | 2 +-
>  include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h       | 9 ++++++++-
>  tools/include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h | 9 ++++++++-
>  4 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.1.4
>