Re: [PATCH] docs: filesystems: proc: fix typos
From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Tue Aug 18 2026 - 18:31:27 EST
On 8/18/26 2:46 PM, Drif Abdelmalek Mohamed Said wrote:
> Fix five typographical errors in the /proc filesystem documentation.
>
> Signed-off-by: Drif Abdelmalek Mohamed Said <drifabdelmalekmohamedsaid@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Thanks.
> ---
> Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst | 10 +++++-----
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
> index c102b62023cd..78a632fea2bf 100644
> --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
> @@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ ioctl()-based API that gives ability to flexibly and efficiently query and
> filter individual VMAs. This interface is binary and is meant for more
> efficient and easy programmatic use. `struct procmap_query`, defined in
> linux/fs.h UAPI header, serves as an input/output argument to the
> -`PROCMAP_QUERY` ioctl() command. See comments in linus/fs.h UAPI header for
> +`PROCMAP_QUERY` ioctl() command. See comments in linux/fs.h UAPI header for
> details on query semantics, supported flags, data returned, and general API
> usage information.
>
> @@ -576,14 +576,14 @@ encoded manner. The codes are the following:
>
> == =============================================================
> rd readable
> - wr writeable
> + wr writable
> ex executable
> sh shared
> mr may read
> mw may write
> me may execute
> ms may share
> - gd stack segment growns down
> + gd stack segment grows down
> pf pure PFN range
> lo pages are locked in memory
> io memory mapped I/O area
> @@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ size, in KB, that is backing the mapping up.
>
> Note that some kernel configurations do not track the precise number of times
> a page part of a larger allocation (e.g., THP) is mapped. In these
> -configurations, "mapmax" might corresponds to the average number of mappings
> +configurations, "mapmax" might correspond to the average number of mappings
> per page in such a larger allocation instead.
>
> 1.2 Kernel data
> @@ -2008,7 +2008,7 @@ For more information on mount propagation see:
> These files provide a method to access a task's comm value. It also allows for
> a task to set its own or one of its thread siblings comm value. The comm value
> is limited in size compared to the cmdline value, so writing anything longer
> -then the kernel's TASK_COMM_LEN (currently 16 chars, including the NUL
> +than the kernel's TASK_COMM_LEN (currently 16 chars, including the NUL
> terminator) will result in a truncated comm value.
>
>
--
~Randy