linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: Fix typos

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Message-ID: <f07fcf282934c1e6cd3984b9a386e77da637afb7.camel@HansenPartnership.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2025 16:54:24 -0400
From: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
To: Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>
Cc: "Martin K . Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>, 
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Bjorn Helgaas
	 <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: Fix typos

On Wed, 2025-07-23 at 15:47 -0500, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 23, 2025 at 04:39:14PM -0400, James Bottomley wrote:
> > On Wed, 2025-07-23 at 15:26 -0500, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> > ...
> 
> > >  			 * Device's PID has changed. We need to
> > > cleanup
> > >  			 * and re-login. If there is another
> > > device
> > > with
> > > -			 * the the newly discovered pid, send an
> > > scn
> > > notice
> > > -			 * so that its new pid can be
> > > discovered.
> > > +			 * the newly discovered PID, send an scn
> > > notice
> > > +			 * so that its new PID can be
> > > discovered.
> > >  			 */
> > 
> > so pid was inconsistently capitalised in a comment, but now scn
> > looks like it should be capitalised as well, so I think we can live
> > with the inconsistency rather than have tonnes of patches trying to
> > capitalise all the TLAs.
> 
> The motivator for this particular hunk was the doubled "the":
> s/the the/the/

Well, I get it, I really do; but if I have to live with less than 12
items in the supermarket instead of fewer, I'm sure the world can cope
with double the's in comments ... and don't get me started on the
difference between effect and affect.

Regards,

James