linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation/livepatch: Update terminology in livepatch

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Message-ID: <CAJjsb4oWN6Owg45SQomLx0G7ZkCnfepLiJJ=uZukHTYfvq2OfA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 23:26:25 +0530
From: Attreyee M <tintinm2017@...il.com>
To: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, jpoimboe@...nel.org, jikos@...nel.org, mbenes@...e.cz, 
	pmladek@...e.com, joe.lawrence@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, live-patching@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/livepatch: Update terminology in livepatch

Hello maintainers,

I wanted to ask if this patch of mine is accepted as of now.

Thank you
Attreyee Mukherjee


On Tue, 26 Dec 2023 at 10:22, Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Dec 23, 2023 at 03:08:54PM -0700, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> > attreyee-muk <tintinm2017@...il.com> writes:
> >
> > > Update the sentence in livepatch.rst to: "Functions are there for a reason. Take some input parameters, acquire or release locks, read, process, and write some data in a defined way."
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Attreyee Mukherjee <tintinm2017@...il.com>
> > > ---
> > >  Documentation/livepatch/livepatch.rst | 2 +-
> > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > So this is a classic example of saying what you have done, but not why.
> > What makes this a change that we want?
>
> I think what he intended was "The word 'get' is not the correct antonym to
> 'release' in the context of locking. Replace it with 'acquire'".
>
> Thanks.
>
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