Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 04:32:27PM +0200, 'Marco Elver' via HUST OS Kernel Contribution wrote: >> On Tue, 15 Oct 2024 at 16:11, Dongliang Mu <mudongliangabcd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > >> > On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 10:09 PM Haoyang Liu <tttturtleruss@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > > >> > > fix a typo in dev-tools/kmsan.rst >> > > >> > > Signed-off-by: Haoyang Liu <tttturtleruss@xxxxxxxxxxx> >> > > --- >> > > Documentation/dev-tools/kmsan.rst | 2 +- >> > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) >> > > >> > > diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kmsan.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kmsan.rst >> > > index 6a48d96c5c85..0dc668b183f6 100644 >> > > --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kmsan.rst >> > > +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kmsan.rst >> > > @@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ KMSAN shadow memory >> > > ------------------- >> > > >> > > KMSAN associates a metadata byte (also called shadow byte) with every byte of >> > > -kernel memory. A bit in the shadow byte is set iff the corresponding bit of the >> > > +kernel memory. A bit in the shadow byte is set if the corresponding bit of the >> > >> > This is not a typo. iff is if and only if >> >> +1 >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_and_only_if >> > > Does "iff" really add anything over regular "if"? I would have thought the > "only if" could be assumed in this case. Or if it's really necessary then we > could spell it out. Somebody "fixing" occurrences of "iff" are a regular occurrence; it's an attractive nuisance for non-native speakers. For that reason alone, I'm coming to the conclusion that we should just spell it out when that is the intended meaning. jon
