Re: [PATCH] time: jiffies.c: fix typos in comment

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Sun Oct 24 2010 - 14:09:19 EST


On Sun, 24 Oct 2010, Kyle Moffett wrote:
> Thomas,
>
> Please reread the patch again, I think it does exactly what he said it
> did. Specifically, the old text is:
> >> * the timer interrupt frequency HZ and it suffers
> >> * inaccuracies caused by missed or lost timer
> >> * interrupts and the inability for the timer
> >> * interrupt hardware to accuratly tick at the
> >> * requested HZ value. It is also not reccomended
> >> * for "tick-less" systems.
>
> While the new text is:
> >> * the timer interrupt frequency HZ and it suffers
> >> * inaccuracies caused by missed or lost timer
> >> * interrupts and the inability for the timer
> >> * interrupt hardware to accurately tick at the
> >> * requested HZ value. It is also not recommended
> >> * for "tick-less" systems.
>
> I misread it the first time myself, mentally combining the second line
> of the old text with the new text; what you probably saw was:
>
> >> - * requested HZ value. It is also not reccomended
> >> + * interrupt hardware to accurately tick at the
> >> + * requested HZ value.

Crap yes. I read it twice and still failed to parse it correctly.

Thanks,

tglx
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