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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdXtPREdgoXK4wyBJiZmubDtsT5Cjjn44MzGVnpu_Ph=YQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 8 Sep 2022 19:45:58 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Cc:     wangjianli <wangjianli@...rlc.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        Anton Ivanov <anton.ivanov@...bridgegreys.com>,
        linux-um <linux-um@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] um/kernel: fix repeated words in comments

On Thu, Sep 8, 2022 at 2:56 PM Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 2022-09-08 at 20:54 +0800, wangjianli wrote:
> > Delete the redundant word 'in'.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: wangjianli <wangjianli@...rlc.com>
> > ---
> >  arch/um/kernel/physmem.c | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/physmem.c b/arch/um/kernel/physmem.c
> > index e7c7b53a1435..91485119ae67 100644
> > --- a/arch/um/kernel/physmem.c
> > +++ b/arch/um/kernel/physmem.c
> > @@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ __uml_setup("iomem=", parse_iomem,
> >  );
> >
> >  /*
> > - * This list is constructed in parse_iomem and addresses filled in in
> > + * This list is constructed in parse_iomem and addresses filled in
> >   * setup_iomem, both of which run during early boot.  Afterwards, it's
> >
> Fine, I guess, but honestly - that sentence doesn't parse well either

Not fine, the repeated "in" is correct.
Q: "Where are addresses filled in?"
A: "In setup_iomem".

> way. Might be worth addressing that at the same time...

addresses are filled in?

General note: please stop submitting these patches for auto-detected
repeated words.  There are too many false positives.
Thanks!

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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