linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] overlayfs.rst: Fix and improve grammar

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Message-ID: <dd660b4c-fe71-4237-a9ea-e574785e152f@infradead.org>
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2025 08:48:37 -0800
From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
 Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>, Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>,
 Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc: linux-unionfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] overlayfs.rst: Fix and improve grammar



On 1/7/25 12:44 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>   - Correct "in a way the" to "in a way that",
>   - Add a comma to improve readability.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
> ---
>  Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.rst | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.rst
> index 4c8387e1c88068fa..a93dddeae199491a 100644
> --- a/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.rst
> @@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ Non-directories
>  Objects that are not directories (files, symlinks, device-special
>  files etc.) are presented either from the upper or lower filesystem as
>  appropriate.  When a file in the lower filesystem is accessed in a way
> -the requires write-access, such as opening for write access, changing
> +that requires write-access, such as opening for write access, changing
>  some metadata etc., the file is first copied from the lower filesystem
>  to the upper filesystem (copy_up).  Note that creating a hard-link
>  also requires copy_up, though of course creation of a symlink does
> @@ -549,8 +549,8 @@ Nesting overlayfs mounts
>  
>  It is possible to use a lower directory that is stored on an overlayfs
>  mount. For regular files this does not need any special care. However, files
> -that have overlayfs attributes, such as whiteouts or "overlay.*" xattrs will be
> -interpreted by the underlying overlayfs mount and stripped out. In order to
> +that have overlayfs attributes, such as whiteouts or "overlay.*" xattrs, will
> +be interpreted by the underlying overlayfs mount and stripped out. In order to
>  allow the second overlayfs mount to see the attributes they must be escaped.
>  
>  Overlayfs specific xattrs are escaped by using a special prefix of

Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>

Thanks.

-- 
~Randy