Thread (3 messages) 3 messages, 3 authors, 2021-06-02

Re: [PATCH] docs: Fix typos in Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst

From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Date: 2021-06-02 02:25:30
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On Tue, 01 Jun 2021 16:53:37 -0600
Jonathan Corbet [off-list ref] wrote:
Haocheng Xie [off-list ref] writes:
quoted
Fix the usage of "a/the" and improve the readability.

Signed-off-by: Haocheng Xie <redacted>
---
 Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst
index 62c98e9..11cc1c2 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst
+++ b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst
@@ -354,8 +354,8 @@ of ftrace. Here is a list of some of the key files:
 	is being directly called by the function. If the count is greater
 	than 1 it most likely will be ftrace_ops_list_func().
 
-	If the callback of the function jumps to a trampoline that is
-	specific to a the callback and not the standard trampoline,
+	If the callback of a function jumps to a trampoline which is
+	specific to the callback and which is not the standard trampoline,  
The "that" in the first line was actually correct and best left
unchanged.  I've applied the patch, but took the liberty of putting
"that" back.
Right. And if it is modifying the "the" here, it should be modifying
the "the function" in the previous paragraph as well.

-- Steve
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