Re: [PATCH] [linux-next] Doc: x86: Fix typo in x86

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Fri Jul 01 2016 - 06:09:25 EST



* Masanari Iida <standby24x7@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This patch fix some spelling typo found in
> Documentation/x86.
>
> Signed-off-by: Masanari Iida <standby24x7@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/x86/intel_mpx.txt | 6 +++---
> Documentation/x86/tlb.txt | 4 ++--
> Documentation/x86/x86_64/machinecheck | 2 +-
> 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/x86/intel_mpx.txt b/Documentation/x86/intel_mpx.txt
> index 1a5a12184a35..4c40a85ae2b1 100644
> --- a/Documentation/x86/intel_mpx.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/x86/intel_mpx.txt
> @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ is how we expect the compiler, application and kernel to work together.
> MPX-instrumented.
> 3) The kernel detects that the CPU has MPX, allows the new prctl() to
> succeed, and notes the location of the bounds directory. Userspace is
> - expected to keep the bounds directory at that locationWe note it
> + expected to keep the bounds directory at that location We note it

So this documentation fix kept the much more obvious typo in place: that sentence
is missing a period ...

I fixed that in the patch, but next time please read the text you are patching ...

Thanks,

Ingo