linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sched: Fixed typo in comment

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20230717105504.GG4253@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:   Mon, 17 Jul 2023 12:55:04 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Chin Yik Ming <yikming2222@...il.com>
Cc:     mingo@...hat.com, juri.lelli@...hat.com,
        vincent.guittot@...aro.org, dietmar.eggemann@....com,
        rostedt@...dmis.org, bsegall@...gle.com, mgorman@...e.de,
        bristot@...hat.com, vschneid@...hat.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sched: Fixed typo in comment

On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 02:49:52PM +0800, Chin Yik Ming wrote:
> task_struct's state member is prefixed by "__"

This isn't a typo, the member got renamed long after these comments were
written.

Also, nobody should be accessing task->__state, so it being spelled
wrong in a comment doesn't seem like a problem to me.