Re: [PATCH] lib/string.c: fix a typo in comment: 'iff' -->'if'

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Thu Jun 28 2018 - 23:35:30 EST


On 06/28/2018 08:33 PM, YueHaibing wrote:
> Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> lib/string.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Hi,

This isn't a typo. "iff" means "if and only if".

> diff --git a/lib/string.c b/lib/string.c
> index 2c0900a..23ed944 100644
> --- a/lib/string.c
> +++ b/lib/string.c
> @@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(strsep);
> * @s1: one string
> * @s2: another string
> *
> - * This routine returns true iff two strings are equal, treating both
> + * This routine returns true if two strings are equal, treating both
> * NUL and newline-then-NUL as equivalent string terminations. It's
> * geared for use with sysfs input strings, which generally terminate
> * with newlines but are compared against values without newlines.
>


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~Randy