linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] lib: kstrtox: fix typo in comment

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Message-ID: <d9ac4b6c-e473-4c00-b016-a9cebdb59325@infradead.org>
Date:   Tue, 28 Nov 2023 08:26:03 -0800
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Wilken Gottwalt <wilken.gottwalt@...teo.net>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lib: kstrtox: fix typo in comment



On 11/28/23 00:27, Wilken Gottwalt wrote:
> Delete one of the double f's in "iff".
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wilken Gottwalt <wilken.gottwalt@...teo.net>

Nope, see:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_and_only_if

> ---
>  lib/kstrtox.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/kstrtox.c b/lib/kstrtox.c
> index d586e6af5e5a..b0a9fdce15b3 100644
> --- a/lib/kstrtox.c
> +++ b/lib/kstrtox.c
> @@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kstrtos8);
>   * @s: input string
>   * @res: result
>   *
> - * This routine returns 0 iff the first character is one of 'YyTt1NnFf0', or
> + * This routine returns 0 if the first character is one of 'YyTt1NnFf0', or
>   * [oO][NnFf] for "on" and "off". Otherwise it will return -EINVAL.  Value
>   * pointed to by res is updated upon finding a match.
>   */

-- 
~Randy