linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] docs: livepatch: Fix a typo

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Date:   Thu, 25 Mar 2021 10:18:05 +0100 (CET)
From:   Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>
To:     Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@...il.com>
cc:     jpoimboe@...hat.com, jikos@...nel.org, pmladek@...e.com,
        joe.lawrence@...hat.com, corbet@....net,
        live-patching@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rdunlap@...radead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: livepatch: Fix a typo

On Thu, 25 Mar 2021, Bhaskar Chowdhury wrote:

> On 10:05 Thu 25 Mar 2021, Miroslav Benes wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >On Thu, 25 Mar 2021, Bhaskar Chowdhury wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> s/varibles/variables/
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@...il.com>
> >> ---
> >>  Documentation/livepatch/shadow-vars.rst | 2 +-
> >>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/Documentation/livepatch/shadow-vars.rst
> >> b/Documentation/livepatch/shadow-vars.rst
> >> index c05715aeafa4..8464866d18ba 100644
> >> --- a/Documentation/livepatch/shadow-vars.rst
> >> +++ b/Documentation/livepatch/shadow-vars.rst
> >> @@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ In-flight parent objects
> >>
> >>  Sometimes it may not be convenient or possible to allocate shadow
> >>  variables alongside their parent objects.  Or a livepatch fix may
> >> -require shadow varibles to only a subset of parent object instances.  In
> >> +require shadow variables to only a subset of parent object instances.  In
> >>  these cases, the klp_shadow_get_or_alloc() call can be used to attach
> >>  shadow variables to parents already in-flight.
> >
> >you sent the same fix a couple of weeks ago and Jon applied it.
> >
> Ah..difficult to remember....thanks for reminding ..it seems I need to keep
> track ...which I don't do at this moment ...so the patch get duplicated ..

Well, you definitely should.

> So.do you have any better policy to keep track???

I do not send a large amount of typo fixes, so it is quite easy to keep 
track of everything in my case. So please, just find something that suits 
you.

Miroslav