kernel: Change word in comment to a correct form to convey the meaning

[PATCH] kernel: Change word in comment to a correct form to convey the meaning

Posted by Bhaskar Chowdhury 4 hours ago

s/irreproducibly/irreproducible/

Signed-off-by: Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@gmail.com>
---
 kernel/context_tracking.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/context_tracking.c b/kernel/context_tracking.c
index a743e7ffa6c0..fda4ec211963 100644
--- a/kernel/context_tracking.c
+++ b/kernel/context_tracking.c
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ct_idle_exit);
  * If your architecture's idle loop does do upcalls to user mode (or does
  * anything else that results in unbalanced calls to the irq_enter() and
  * irq_exit() functions), RCU will give you what you deserve, good and hard.
- * But very infrequently and irreproducibly.
+ * But very infrequently and irreproducible.
  *
  * Use things like work queues to work around this limitation.
  *
--
2.53.0

Re: [PATCH] kernel: Change word in comment to a correct form to convey the meaning

Posted by Paul E. McKenney 3 hours ago

On Mon, Jun 08, 2026 at 04:07:19AM +0530, Bhaskar Chowdhury wrote:
> s/irreproducibly/irreproducible/
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@gmail.com>
> ---
>  kernel/context_tracking.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/context_tracking.c b/kernel/context_tracking.c
> index a743e7ffa6c0..fda4ec211963 100644
> --- a/kernel/context_tracking.c
> +++ b/kernel/context_tracking.c
> @@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ct_idle_exit);
>   * If your architecture's idle loop does do upcalls to user mode (or does
>   * anything else that results in unbalanced calls to the irq_enter() and
>   * irq_exit() functions), RCU will give you what you deserve, good and hard.
> - * But very infrequently and irreproducibly.
> + * But very infrequently and irreproducible.

OK, I will bite...  Don't both these words need to be in adverb form?
What am I missing?

							Thanx, Paul

>   *
>   * Use things like work queues to work around this limitation.
>   *
> --
> 2.53.0
>

Re: [PATCH] kernel: Change word in comment to a correct form to convey the meaning

Posted by Bhaskar Chowdhury 2 hours ago

On 16:55 Sun 07 Jun 2026, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
>On Mon, Jun 08, 2026 at 04:07:19AM +0530, Bhaskar Chowdhury wrote:
>> s/irreproducibly/irreproducible/
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@gmail.com>
>> ---
>>  kernel/context_tracking.c | 2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/kernel/context_tracking.c b/kernel/context_tracking.c
>> index a743e7ffa6c0..fda4ec211963 100644
>> --- a/kernel/context_tracking.c
>> +++ b/kernel/context_tracking.c
>> @@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ct_idle_exit);
>>   * If your architecture's idle loop does do upcalls to user mode (or does
>>   * anything else that results in unbalanced calls to the irq_enter() and
>>   * irq_exit() functions), RCU will give you what you deserve, good and hard.
>> - * But very infrequently and irreproducibly.
>> + * But very infrequently and irreproducible.
>
>OK, I will bite...  Don't both these words need to be in adverb form?
>What am I missing?
>
I think I missed the mark and misconceived. Sorry about the noise.

>							Thanx, Paul
>
>>   *
>>   * Use things like work queues to work around this limitation.
>>   *
>> --
>> 2.53.0
>>

--
Thanks,
Bhaskar

"Here's looking at you kid"-- Casablanca
https://about.me/unixbhaskar

Re: [PATCH] kernel: Change word in comment to a correct form to convey the meaning

Posted by Paul E. McKenney an hour ago

On Mon, Jun 08, 2026 at 05:53:01AM +0530, Bhaskar Chowdhury wrote:
> On 16:55 Sun 07 Jun 2026, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 08, 2026 at 04:07:19AM +0530, Bhaskar Chowdhury wrote:
> > > s/irreproducibly/irreproducible/
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@gmail.com>
> > > ---
> > >  kernel/context_tracking.c | 2 +-
> > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/kernel/context_tracking.c b/kernel/context_tracking.c
> > > index a743e7ffa6c0..fda4ec211963 100644
> > > --- a/kernel/context_tracking.c
> > > +++ b/kernel/context_tracking.c
> > > @@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ct_idle_exit);
> > >   * If your architecture's idle loop does do upcalls to user mode (or does
> > >   * anything else that results in unbalanced calls to the irq_enter() and
> > >   * irq_exit() functions), RCU will give you what you deserve, good and hard.
> > > - * But very infrequently and irreproducibly.
> > > + * But very infrequently and irreproducible.
> > 
> > OK, I will bite...  Don't both these words need to be in adverb form?
> > What am I missing?
> > 
> I think I missed the mark and misconceived. Sorry about the noise.

No problem, been there, done that!  ;-)

							Thanx, Paul

> > >   *
> > >   * Use things like work queues to work around this limitation.
> > >   *
> > > --
> > > 2.53.0
> > > 
> 
> --
> Thanks,
> Bhaskar
> 
> "Here's looking at you kid"-- Casablanca
> https://about.me/unixbhaskar