Re: [PATCH v2] Docs/mm: fix typos and grammar in page_tables.rst

From: Jonathan Corbet

Date: Mon Feb 09 2026 - 11:19:04 EST


Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>> -the fact that Torvald's first computer had 4MB of physical memory. Entries in
>> -this single table were referred to as *PTE*:s - page table entries.
>> +the fact that Torvalds's first computer had 4MB of physical memory. Entries in
>> +this single table were referred to as *PTEs* - page table entries.
>
> I'm unsure about this change of "*PTE*:s" to "*PTEs*". Is that special
> rst syntax to keep PTE highlighted without highlighting the 's'?

No, it was just a typo - look how the current version is rendered on
https://docs.kernel.org/mm/page_tables.html.

Thanks,

jon