On Fri, 30 Nov 2007, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 04:01:56PM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > On Fri, 30 Nov 2007, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 02:24:57PM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > -/* These macros are used to mark some functions or > > > > - * initialized data (doesn't apply to uninitialized data) > > > > - * as `initialization' functions. The kernel can take this > > > > - * as hint that the function is used only during the initialization > > > > - * phase and free up used memory resources after > > > > +/* These macros are used to mark functions and initialized > > > > + * data as 'initialization' objects, which tells the kernel that > > > > + * they are used only during the initialization phase and can be > > > > + * freed afterwards to recover memory. > > > > > > If you're going to get rid of 'some', then you need to change 'are' to > > > 'may be' or 'can be'. > > > > i'm sorry, i don't see a problem here. that replacement text looks > > perfectly unambiguous. how do you think it might be misinterpreted? > > It implies that all functions have to be marked as __init, which is > plainly not true. what nonsense. the word "some" is entirely superfluous there. are you saying you would be confused if i said something like, "these red tags are used to identify merchandise in the store that is on sale at 50% off." are you seriously saying that, without the word "some", you would think i was talking about every single piece of merchandise? rday ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca ======================================================================== - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
