linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] UAPI: fix a spelling mistake

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Date:   Wed, 29 Jun 2022 08:02:36 -0700
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Zhang Jiaming <jiaming@...china.com>, mpe@...erman.id.au,
        benh@...nel.crashing.org, paulus@...ba.org
Cc:     linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        liqiong@...china.com, renyu@...china.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] UAPI: fix a spelling mistake

Hi--

On 6/28/22 23:27, Zhang Jiaming wrote:
> Change 'informations' to 'information'.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zhang Jiaming <jiaming@...china.com>
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/bootx.h | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/bootx.h b/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/bootx.h
> index 6728c7e24e58..eb0769e50e93 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/bootx.h
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/bootx.h
> @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ typedef struct boot_info_map_entry
>  } boot_info_map_entry_t;
>  
>  
> -/* Here are the boot informations that are passed to the bootstrap
> +/* Here are the boot information that are passed to the bootstrap

I would say:

/* Here is the boot information that is passed to the bootstrap.

I.e., use "is" instead of "are" and add a period at the end.

>   * Note that the kernel arguments and the device tree are appended
>   * at the end of this structure. */
>  typedef struct boot_infos

-- 
~Randy