Re: [PATCH 2/5] docs: fix repeated word 'that' across documentation

[Randy Dunlap]

On 5/8/26 10:15 AM, Shuah Khan wrote:
> On 5/8/26 10:37, Adrien Reynard wrote:
> 
> Missing commit log in all your patches - I don't patch 1/5 in
> my Inbox.
> 
>> Signed-off-by: Adrien Reynard <reynard.adrien.08@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>   Documentation/RCU/rcu.rst                          | 2 +-
>>   Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/overview.rst | 2 +-
>>   Documentation/filesystems/netfs_library.rst        | 2 +-
>>   Documentation/trace/histogram-design.rst           | 2 +-
>>   Documentation/trace/histogram.rst                  | 2 +-
>>   5 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/rcu.rst b/Documentation/RCU/rcu.rst
>> index bf6617b330a7..320ad3292b75 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/RCU/rcu.rst
>> +++ b/Documentation/RCU/rcu.rst
>> @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Frequently Asked Questions
>>     Just as with spinlocks, RCU readers are not permitted to
>>     block, switch to user-mode execution, or enter the idle loop.
>>     Therefore, as soon as a CPU is seen passing through any of these
>> -  three states, we know that that CPU has exited any previous RCU
>> +  three states, we know that CPU has exited any previous RCU
> 
> The original intent might have been to say, "that cpu", so adding
> the missing comma after the first "that" or change "that" to "the"
> would make sense.

Not a comma, please.
I don't see a problem with "that that," but "that the" could also be OK.

> 
> 
>>     read-side critical sections.  So, if we remove an item from a
>>     linked list, and then wait until all CPUs have switched context,
>>     executed in user mode, or executed in the idle loop, we can


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~Randy