Re: [PATCH 1/1] exec: fix typo and grammar mistake in comment

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On 8/25/21 8:14 PM, Adrian Huang wrote:
From: Adrian Huang <ahuang12@xxxxxxxxxx>

1. backwords -> backwards
2. Remove 'and'

  3. correct the possessive form of "process"


Signed-off-by: Adrian Huang <ahuang12@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
  fs/exec.c | 4 ++--
  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 38f63451b928..7178aee0d781 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ static int copy_strings(int argc, struct user_arg_ptr argv,
  		if (!valid_arg_len(bprm, len))
  			goto out;
- /* We're going to work our way backwords. */

That could just be a pun. Maybe Al knows...

+		/* We're going to work our way backwards. */
  		pos = bprm->p;
  		str += len;
  		bprm->p -= len;
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ static int copy_strings(int argc, struct user_arg_ptr argv,
  }
/*
- * Copy and argument/environment string from the kernel to the processes stack.
+ * Copy argument/environment strings from the kernel to the processe's stack.

Either process's stack or process' stack. Not what is typed there.
I prefer process's, just as this reference does:
  https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/process-or-processs.1704502/

   */
  int copy_string_kernel(const char *arg, struct linux_binprm *bprm)
  {



--
~Randy




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