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

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Message-ID: <Z33MPLsHoqmniFUE@archie.me>
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2025 07:52:12 +0700
From: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>
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 Tue, Jan 07, 2025 at 09:44:28AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> 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

Looks good, thanks!

Reviewed-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>

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