linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] docs: block: fix stat.rst document error

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Message-ID: <87eedhilr9.fsf@meer.lwn.net>
Date:   Fri, 04 Jun 2021 11:26:50 -0600
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Gao Mingfei <g199209@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        trivial@...nel.org, Gao Mingfei <g199209@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: block: fix stat.rst document error

Gao Mingfei <g199209@...il.com> writes:

> There are 17 decimal vaules, not 11.
>
> Previous committers forgot to change this number when adding
> new fields.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gao Mingfei <g199209@...il.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/block/stat.rst | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/block/stat.rst b/Documentation/block/stat.rst
> index 77311335c08b..a1cd9db2058f 100644
> --- a/Documentation/block/stat.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/block/stat.rst
> @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ A.
>     each, it would be impossible to guarantee that a set of readings
>     represent a single point in time.
>  
> -The stat file consists of a single line of text containing 11 decimal
> +The stat file consists of a single line of text containing 17 decimal
>  values separated by whitespace.  The fields are summarized in the
>  following table, and described in more detail below.

I've applied this.  I rewrote the changelog, though, to better fit
kernel style:

	Update the description of the device stat files to include the
        proper number of fields.

Thanks,

jon