linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers: mtd: Better word replace a not so good word in the file mtd

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Date:   Fri, 5 Feb 2021 14:26:18 +0100
From:   Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
To:     Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@...il.com>
Cc:     richard@....at, vigneshr@...com, linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rdunlap@...radead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers: mtd: Better word replace a not so good word in
 the file mtd_blkdevs.c

Hi Bhaskar,

Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@...il.com> wrote on Fri,  5 Feb 2021
18:11:51 +0530:

> s/fucking/invite/
> 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
> index fb8e12d590a1..756a0995e474 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
> @@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ int register_mtd_blktrans(struct mtd_blktrans_ops *tr)
>  	int ret;
> 
>  	/* Register the notifier if/when the first device type is
> -	   registered, to prevent the link/init ordering from fucking
> +	   registered, to prevent the link/init ordering from invite
>  	   us over. */

invite us over?

I'm not a native English speaker but this does not bring any value to
my ears. Worse, I don't even get the point. Better rewrite the comment
entirely than just swapping "fucking" with a random word, no?

Thanks,
Miquèl