netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 7/8] docs: netdev: break down the instance locking info per ops struct

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Message-ID: <20250408080838.5a040d2f@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2025 08:08:38 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Joe Damato <jdamato@...tly.com>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com,
 pabeni@...hat.com, andrew+netdev@...n.ch, horms@...nel.org,
 sdf@...ichev.me, hramamurthy@...gle.com, kuniyu@...zon.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 7/8] docs: netdev: break down the instance
 locking info per ops struct

On Mon, 7 Apr 2025 19:34:34 -0700 Joe Damato wrote:
> > +Similarly to ``ndos`` the instance lock is only held for select drivers.
> > +For "ops locked" drivers all ethtool ops without an exception should
> > +be called under the instance lock.  
> 
> Extreme nit (which you can ignore): "without an exception" read
> oddly to me. Did you mean "without exception" ?

I guess I'll never understand indefinite articles.
Let me change to "without exceptions".
AFAIU plural forms are a get out of jail free card..