Re: [PATCH] locking: fcntl.h: drop duplicated word in a comment

From: Matthew Wilcox
Date: Fri Jul 17 2020 - 23:19:25 EST


On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 07:54:13PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> +++ linux-next-20200714/include/uapi/asm-generic/fcntl.h
> @@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
> * record locks, but are "owned" by the open file description, not the
> * process. This means that they are inherited across fork() like BSD (flock)
> * locks, and they are only released automatically when the last reference to
> - * the the open file against which they were acquired is put.
> + * the open file against which they were acquired is put.

This is the kind of sentence up with which I shall not put!

How about "This means that they are inherited across fork() like BSD
(flock) locks, and they are automatically released when the last
reference is released for the file they were acquired against.

Even that is a bit too convoluted for my tastes. Better suggestions
welcome.