[PATCH] fs: Fix typo from smpfs to smbfs in filesystem documentation

kth posted 1 patch 11 months ago
Documentation/admin-guide/highuid.rst | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
[PATCH] fs: Fix typo from smpfs to smbfs in filesystem documentation
Posted by kth 11 months ago
The documentation incorrectly referred to 'smbfs' as 'smpfs'. This change corrects that typo to ensure the documentation is accurate and not misleading.

Signed-off-by: Kang Taeho <kangtaeho2456@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/highuid.rst | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/highuid.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/highuid.rst
index 6ee70465c0ea..9239067563a1 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/highuid.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/highuid.rst
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ What's left to be done for 32-bit UIDs on all Linux architectures:
 
   Other filesystems have not been checked yet.
 
-- The ncpfs and smpfs filesystems cannot presently use 32-bit UIDs in
+- The ncpfs and smbfs filesystems cannot presently use 32-bit UIDs in
   all ioctl()s. Some new ioctl()s have been added with 32-bit UIDs, but
   more are needed. (as well as new user<->kernel data structures)
 
-- 
2.48.1
Re: [PATCH] fs: Fix typo from smpfs to smbfs in filesystem documentation
Posted by Matthew Wilcox 11 months ago
On Tue, Mar 11, 2025 at 02:41:29AM +0800, kth wrote:
> The documentation incorrectly referred to 'smbfs' as 'smpfs'. This change corrects that typo to ensure the documentation is accurate and not misleading.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kang Taeho <kangtaeho2456@gmail.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/admin-guide/highuid.rst | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/highuid.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/highuid.rst
> index 6ee70465c0ea..9239067563a1 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/highuid.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/highuid.rst
> @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ What's left to be done for 32-bit UIDs on all Linux architectures:
>  
>    Other filesystems have not been checked yet.
>  
> -- The ncpfs and smpfs filesystems cannot presently use 32-bit UIDs in
> +- The ncpfs and smbfs filesystems cannot presently use 32-bit UIDs in

ncpfs doesn't exist any more; it was removed many years ago.  And the
smbfs that is referred to here was replaced by cifs many years ago.

I have a feeling the entire highuid document should be deleted.  It
describes a transition that happened 25 years ago.
Re: [PATCH] fs: Fix typo from smpfs to smbfs in filesystem documentation
Posted by Jonathan Corbet 11 months ago
Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> writes:

> On Tue, Mar 11, 2025 at 02:41:29AM +0800, kth wrote:
>> The documentation incorrectly referred to 'smbfs' as 'smpfs'. This change corrects that typo to ensure the documentation is accurate and not misleading.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Kang Taeho <kangtaeho2456@gmail.com>
>> ---
>>  Documentation/admin-guide/highuid.rst | 2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/highuid.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/highuid.rst
>> index 6ee70465c0ea..9239067563a1 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/highuid.rst
>> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/highuid.rst
>> @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ What's left to be done for 32-bit UIDs on all Linux architectures:
>>  
>>    Other filesystems have not been checked yet.
>>  
>> -- The ncpfs and smpfs filesystems cannot presently use 32-bit UIDs in
>> +- The ncpfs and smbfs filesystems cannot presently use 32-bit UIDs in
>
> ncpfs doesn't exist any more; it was removed many years ago.  And the
> smbfs that is referred to here was replaced by cifs many years ago.
>
> I have a feeling the entire highuid document should be deleted.  It
> describes a transition that happened 25 years ago.

That seems like the right thing to do - it's essentially somebody's
"todo" list from 2000, which lacks relevance now.

Kang, would you like to submit a patch to simply remove the file
instead?

Thanks,

jon