Re: [PATCH] rust: num: fix typos in Bounded documentation

From: Yury Norov

Date: Tue Dec 16 2025 - 14:15:45 EST


On Thu, Dec 04, 2025 at 11:43:36AM +0900, Nakamura Shuta wrote:
> Fix several typos and grammatical errors in the Bounded type documentation:
> - "less significant bits" -> "least significant bits"
> - "with in" -> "within"
> - "withheld" -> "upheld"
> - "// This" -> "// This" (double space)
> - "doesn't fits" -> "doesn't fit" (2 occurrences)
>
> Reported-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Closes: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1210
> Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1210

This prints the same link twice... Does that worth it?

Regardless,

Acked-by: Yury Norov (NVIDIA) <yury.norov@xxxxxxxxxx>

> Signed-off-by: Nakamura Shuta <nakamura.shuta@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> rust/kernel/num/bounded.rs | 12 ++++++------
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/num/bounded.rs b/rust/kernel/num/bounded.rs
> index f870080af..c3ee79ba9 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/num/bounded.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/num/bounded.rs
> @@ -40,11 +40,11 @@ fn fits_within<T: Integer>(value: T, num_bits: u32) -> bool {
> fits_within!(value, T, num_bits)
> }
>
> -/// An integer value that requires only the `N` less significant bits of the wrapped type to be
> +/// An integer value that requires only the `N` least significant bits of the wrapped type to be
> /// encoded.
> ///
> /// This limits the number of usable bits in the wrapped integer type, and thus the stored value to
> -/// a narrower range, which provides guarantees that can be useful when working with in e.g.
> +/// a narrower range, which provides guarantees that can be useful when working within e.g.
> /// bitfields.
> ///
> /// # Invariants
> @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ fn fits_within<T: Integer>(value: T, num_bits: u32) -> bool {
> /// # Examples
> ///
> /// The preferred way to create values is through constants and the [`Bounded::new`] family of
> -/// constructors, as they trigger a build error if the type invariants cannot be withheld.
> +/// constructors, as they trigger a build error if the type invariants cannot be upheld.
> ///
> /// ```
> /// use kernel::num::Bounded;
> @@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ fn fits_within<T: Integer>(value: T, num_bits: u32) -> bool {
> /// ```
> /// use kernel::num::Bounded;
> ///
> -/// // This succeeds because `15` can be represented with 4 unsigned bits.
> +/// // This succeeds because `15` can be represented with 4 unsigned bits.
> /// assert!(Bounded::<u8, 4>::try_new(15).is_some());
> ///
> /// // This fails because `16` cannot be represented with 4 unsigned bits.
> @@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ fn fits_within<T: Integer>(value: T, num_bits: u32) -> bool {
> /// let v: Option<Bounded<u16, 8>> = 128u32.try_into_bounded();
> /// assert_eq!(v.as_deref().copied(), Some(128));
> ///
> -/// // Fails because `128` doesn't fits into 6 bits.
> +/// // Fails because `128` doesn't fit into 6 bits.
> /// let v: Option<Bounded<u16, 6>> = 128u32.try_into_bounded();
> /// assert_eq!(v, None);
> /// ```
> @@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
> /// let v: Option<Bounded<u16, 8>> = 128u32.try_into_bounded();
> /// assert_eq!(v.as_deref().copied(), Some(128));
> ///
> -/// // Fails because `128` doesn't fits into 6 bits.
> +/// // Fails because `128` doesn't fit into 6 bits.
> /// let v: Option<Bounded<u16, 6>> = 128u32.try_into_bounded();
> /// assert_eq!(v, None);
> /// ```
> --
> 2.51.0