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Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2024 15:14:35 -0600 From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net> To: Nir Lichtman <nir@...htman.org>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] English fixes in vmalloced kernel stacks documentation Thanks for working to improve our documentation! That said... Nir Lichtman <nir@...htman.org> writes: > From cdc9d82bad7111ab1f132d1264fa6ffa323c26b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Nir Lichtman <nir@...htman.org> > Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2024 23:57:11 +0300 > Subject: [PATCH] English fixes in vmalloced kernel stacks documentation All patches need a proper changelog, and this is not it. Please have a look at Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst for information on how to describe your change. Please pay attention to the section on Signed-off-by while you are there as well. > --- > Documentation/mm/vmalloced-kernel-stacks.rst | 10 +++++----- > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/mm/vmalloced-kernel-stacks.rst b/Documentation/mm/vmalloced-kernel-stacks.rst > index fc8c67833..b4ca3176e 100644 > --- a/Documentation/mm/vmalloced-kernel-stacks.rst > +++ b/Documentation/mm/vmalloced-kernel-stacks.rst > @@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ Introduction > > Kernel stack overflows are often hard to debug and make the kernel > susceptible to exploits. Problems could show up at a later time making > -it difficult to isolate and root-cause. > +it difficult to pinpoint their root cause. This is a change in meaning and is not necessarily an improvement. The other changes are fine. Thanks, jon
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