Re: Incomplete sentence in commit 405f3f465f7f

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On 2017/11/03 08:45:50 -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 03, 2017 at 11:53:00PM +0900, Akira Yokosawa wrote:
>> On 2017/11/03 06:59:48 -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
>>> On Thu, Nov 02, 2017 at 10:32:30PM +0900, Akira Yokosawa wrote:
>>>> Hi Paul,
>>>>
>>>> In commit 405f3f465f7f ("debugging,formal: Update for increased Linux kernel usage"),
>>>> there is an incomplete hunk of formal/formal.tex
>>>>
>>>> @@ -135,6 +147,7 @@ The larger overarching software construct is of course validated by testing.
>>>>         artifact from the viewpoint of formal verification, it is tiny
>>>>         compared to a great number of projects, including LLVM,
>>>>         \GCC, the Linux kernel, Hadoop, MongoDB, and a great many others.
>>>> +       In addition, 
>>>>
>>>>         Although formal verification is finally starting to show some
>>>>         promise, including more-recent L4 verifications involving greater
>>>>
>>>> What was your intention here?
>>>
>>> Those two words do leave quite a bit to the imagination, don't they?
>>
>> Indeed. ;-)
>>
>>>
>>> Good catch, thank you!  Does the patch below help?
>>>
>>> 							Thanx, Paul
>>>
>>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> commit 7f417104712459c70117333aa392d680350cae90
>>> Author: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Date:   Fri Nov 3 06:58:10 2017 -0700
>>>
>>>     formal: Complete verification-limitations thought in QQ12.33
>>>     
>>>     Reported-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>     Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> diff --git a/formal/formal.tex b/formal/formal.tex
>>> index 7c1aeac7d112..2fa410252197 100644
>>> --- a/formal/formal.tex
>>> +++ b/formal/formal.tex
>>> @@ -147,7 +147,9 @@ The larger overarching software construct is of course validated by testing.
>>>  	artifact from the viewpoint of formal verification, it is tiny
>>>  	compared to a great number of projects, including LLVM,
>>>  	\GCC, the Linux kernel, Hadoop, MongoDB, and a great many others.
>>> -	In addition, 
>>> +	In addition, this verification did have limits, as the researchers
>>> +	freely admit, to their credit:
>>> +	\url{https://wiki.sel4.systems/FrequentlyAskedQuestions#What_does_seL4.27s_formal_verification_mean.3F}.
>>
>> The next item in the page:
>>
>>     https://wiki.sel4.systems/FrequentlyAskedQuestions#Does_seL4_have_zero_bugs.3F
>>
>> looks more relevant to the "limits", doesn't it?
> 
> Fair enough, please see below.

Acked-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@xxxxxxxxx>

> 
> 							Thanx, Paul
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> commit 715dff95ec40599a67c6835be78a98de2d45c251
> Author: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date:   Fri Nov 3 06:58:10 2017 -0700
> 
>     formal: Complete verification-limitations thought in QQ12.33
>     
>     Reported-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@xxxxxxxxx>
>     Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> diff --git a/formal/formal.tex b/formal/formal.tex
> index 7c1aeac7d112..219395354106 100644
> --- a/formal/formal.tex
> +++ b/formal/formal.tex
> @@ -147,7 +147,9 @@ The larger overarching software construct is of course validated by testing.
>  	artifact from the viewpoint of formal verification, it is tiny
>  	compared to a great number of projects, including LLVM,
>  	\GCC, the Linux kernel, Hadoop, MongoDB, and a great many others.
> -	In addition, 
> +	In addition, this verification did have limits, as the researchers
> +	freely admit, to their credit:
> +	\url{https://wiki.sel4.systems/FrequentlyAskedQuestions#Does_seL4_have_zero_bugs.3F}.
>  
>  	Although formal verification is finally starting to show some
>  	promise, including more-recent L4 verifications involving greater
> 
> 

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