linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] nvme/host: fixup some typos

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Message-ID: <80d2135c5bb4430a35c0eb9cd59138b4f4811547.camel@wdc.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2026 23:09:03 +0000
From: Wilfred Mallawa <wilfred.mallawa@....com>
To: hch <hch@....de>
CC: "kbusch@...nel.org" <kbusch@...nel.org>, "axboe@...nel.dk"
	<axboe@...nel.dk>, "dlemoal@...nel.org" <dlemoal@...nel.org>,
	"linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"sagi@...mberg.me" <sagi@...mberg.me>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org"
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] nvme/host: fixup some typos

On Wed, 2026-01-07 at 14:15 +0100, hch wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 07, 2026 at 10:33:37AM +0000, Wilfred Mallawa wrote:
> > > I don't see a typo here, just a reformatting to a different
> > > comment
> > > style not very commonly used in the nvme code.
> > 
> > It's just the extra white space before the "This avoids". Is that
> > not a
> > typo?
> 
> Double spaces after the end of a sentence is common style for fixed
> width font text and recommended by various (usually older) coding
> guidelines.  But even typesetting for variable-sided fonts sometimes
> add extra space, in TeX this is known as "french spacing"
> 

Ah I see, thanks for letting me know!

Wilfred