Re: [PATCH] Remove unnecessarily gendered language

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Disclaimer: didn't read through all of it.

On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 2:18 AM, Matthew Garrett
<matthew.garrett@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> --- a/drivers/scsi/mesh.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/mesh.c
> @@ -1190,8 +1190,8 @@ static void handle_msgin(struct mesh_state *ms)
>                         if (tp->sdtr_state != sdtr_sent) {
>                                 /* reply with an SDTR */
>                                 add_sdtr_msg(ms);
> -                               /* limit period to at least his value,
> -                                  offset to no more than his */
> +                               /* limit period to at least its value,
> +                                  offset to no more than its */
>                                 if (ms->msgout[3] < ms->msgin[3])
>                                         ms->msgout[3] = ms->msgin[3];
>                                 if (ms->msgout[4] > ms->msgin[4])

I think both occurrences of "his" should actually be "this".

BTW, the singular they  ("The caller must know what they are doing!")
feels a bit strange to me, but it seems to match the wikipedia article on
singular they. As a non-native English speaker, I was not familiar with it.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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