linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][next] kernel/user.c: Fix spelling mistake "cpunter" -> "counter"

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Message-ID: <e67d1ff8-f872-c1af-7f1c-03ac9e9d7d2e@infradead.org>
Date:   Wed, 4 Aug 2021 06:35:09 -0700
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        "Eric W . Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        Alexey Gladkov <legion@...nel.org>
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] kernel/user.c: Fix spelling mistake "cpunter" ->
 "counter"

On 8/4/21 5:06 AM, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> There is a spelling mistake in a panic message. Fix it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> ---
>   kernel/user.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/user.c b/kernel/user.c
> index a2673f940506..7fc40af8d8ac 100644
> --- a/kernel/user.c
> +++ b/kernel/user.c
> @@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ static int __init uid_cache_init(void)
>   		INIT_HLIST_HEAD(uidhash_table + n);
>   
>   	if (percpu_counter_init(&root_user.epoll_watches, 0, GFP_KERNEL))
> -		panic("percpu cpunter alloc failed");
> +		panic("percpu counter alloc failed");
>   
>   	/* Insert the root user immediately (init already runs as root) */
>   	spin_lock_irq(&uidhash_lock);
> 

Nick Piggin has reworded that panic message text in a patch
yesterday so this patch isn't needed.

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/1628051945.fens3r99ox.astroid@bobo.none/


thanks.
-- 
~Randy