Use the possessive "its" instead of the contraction "it's"
in printed messages.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Cc: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
---
 drivers/md/md-cluster.c |    2 +-
 drivers/md/md.c         |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- linux-next-20211224.orig/drivers/md/md.c
+++ linux-next-20211224/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -8402,7 +8402,7 @@ int md_setup_cluster(struct mddev *mddev
 	spin_lock(&pers_lock);
 	/* ensure module won't be unloaded */
 	if (!md_cluster_ops || !try_module_get(md_cluster_mod)) {
-		pr_warn("can't find md-cluster module or get it's reference.\n");
+		pr_warn("can't find md-cluster module or get its reference.\n");
 		spin_unlock(&pers_lock);
 		return -ENOENT;
 	}
--- linux-next-20211224.orig/drivers/md/md-cluster.c
+++ linux-next-20211224/drivers/md/md-cluster.c
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ static int process_recvd_msg(struct mdde
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	if (WARN(mddev->cluster_info->slot_number - 1 == le32_to_cpu(msg->slot),
-		"node %d received it's own msg\n", le32_to_cpu(msg->slot)))
+		"node %d received its own msg\n", le32_to_cpu(msg->slot)))
 		return -1;
 	switch (le32_to_cpu(msg->type)) {
 	case METADATA_UPDATED:

On Sat, Dec 25, 2021 at 6:24 PM Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> wrote:
>
> Use the possessive "its" instead of the contraction "it's"
> in printed messages.
>
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
> Cc: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
> Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org

Applied to md-next.

Thanks!

> ---
>  drivers/md/md-cluster.c |    2 +-
>  drivers/md/md.c         |    2 +-
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> --- linux-next-20211224.orig/drivers/md/md.c
> +++ linux-next-20211224/drivers/md/md.c
> @@ -8402,7 +8402,7 @@ int md_setup_cluster(struct mddev *mddev
>         spin_lock(&pers_lock);
>         /* ensure module won't be unloaded */
>         if (!md_cluster_ops || !try_module_get(md_cluster_mod)) {
> -               pr_warn("can't find md-cluster module or get it's reference.\n");
> +               pr_warn("can't find md-cluster module or get its reference.\n");
>                 spin_unlock(&pers_lock);
>                 return -ENOENT;
>         }
> --- linux-next-20211224.orig/drivers/md/md-cluster.c
> +++ linux-next-20211224/drivers/md/md-cluster.c
> @@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ static int process_recvd_msg(struct mdde
>         int ret = 0;
>
>         if (WARN(mddev->cluster_info->slot_number - 1 == le32_to_cpu(msg->slot),
> -               "node %d received it's own msg\n", le32_to_cpu(msg->slot)))
> +               "node %d received its own msg\n", le32_to_cpu(msg->slot)))
>                 return -1;
>         switch (le32_to_cpu(msg->type)) {
>         case METADATA_UPDATED:

On 02/01/2022 00:06, Song Liu wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 25, 2021 at 6:24 PM Randy Dunlap<rdunlap@infradead.org>  wrote:
>> Use the possessive "its" instead of the contraction "it's"
>> in printed messages.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap<rdunlap@infradead.org>
>> Cc: Song Liu<song@kernel.org>
>> Cc:linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
> Applied to md-next.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
For the benefit of non-native English speakers, the possessive ending is 
NOT " 's ". In practice it usually does tend to be, though.

The regular historic possessive ending is -es. An apostrophe replaces 
elided letters - and for whatever reason in modern English that "e" is 
almost always elided, hence " 's " :-)

(Which is why the possessive plural ending is usually a trailing 
apostrophe. The possessive of (plural) cats was "catses", now 
abbreviated to " cats' ".)

However, with the word "it", the irregular possessive form is "its", and 
when you see " it's ", it's actually a contraction of " it is ", the "i" 
has been elided and replaced by the apostrophe.

I remember seeing a big sign outside a shop where they proudly announced 
they had been granted a "Certificate of Excellence". And in about 20 
words, they had the word "its" six times. Spelt wrong EVERY SINGLE TIME :-)

Cheers,
Wol