linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tools/memory-model: Fix smp_mb__after

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Message-ID: <20210305190957.GE2696@paulmck-ThinkPad-P72>
Date:   Fri, 5 Mar 2021 11:09:57 -0800
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
To:     Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
Cc:     Björn Töpel <bjorn.topel@...el.com>,
        Björn Töpel <bjorn.topel@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
        Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@...il.com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
        Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        Jade Alglave <j.alglave@....ac.uk>,
        Luc Maranget <luc.maranget@...ia.fr>,
        Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@...il.com>,
        Daniel Lustig <dlustig@...dia.com>,
        Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tools/memory-model: Fix smp_mb__after_spinlock() spelling

On Fri, Mar 05, 2021 at 01:59:24PM -0500, Alan Stern wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 05, 2021 at 10:26:50AM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 05, 2021 at 04:41:49PM +0100, Björn Töpel wrote:
> > > On 2021-03-05 16:36, Alan Stern wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Mar 05, 2021 at 11:28:23AM +0100, Björn Töpel wrote:
> > > > > From: Björn Töpel <bjorn.topel@...el.com>
> > > > > 
> > > > > A misspelled invokation of git-grep, revealed that
> > > > -------------------^
> > > > 
> > > > Smetimes my brain is a little slow...  Do you confirm that this is a
> > > > joke?
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > I wish, Alan. I wish.
> > > 
> > > Looks like I can only spel function names correctly.
> > 
> > Heh!  I missed that one completely.  Please see below for a wortschmied
> > commit.
> > 
> > 							Thanx, Paul
> > 
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > commit 1c737ce34715db9431f6b034f92dbf09d954126d
> > Author: Björn Töpel <bjorn.topel@...el.com>
> > Date:   Fri Mar 5 11:28:23 2021 +0100
> > 
> >     tools/memory-model: Fix smp_mb__after_spinlock() spelling
> >     
> >     A misspelled git-grep regex revealed that smp_mb__after_spinlock()
> >     was misspelled in explanation.txt.
> >     
> >     This commit adds the missing "_" to smp_mb__after_spinlock().
> 
> Strictly speaking, the commit adds a missing "_" to 
> smp_mb_after_spinlock().  If it added anything to 
> smp_mb__after_spinlock(), the result would be incorrect.
> 
> How about just:
> 
>     A misspelled git-grep regex revealed that smp_mb__after_spinlock()
>     was misspelled in explanation.txt.  This commit adds the missing "_".

Very good, updated as you suggest, thank you!

							Thanx, Paul