Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Tue, 26 Dec 2023 11:51:53 +0700 | From | Bagas Sanjaya <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Documentation/livepatch: Update terminology in livepatch |
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On Sat, Dec 23, 2023 at 03:08:54PM -0700, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > attreyee-muk <tintinm2017@gmail.com> writes: > > > Update the sentence in livepatch.rst to: "Functions are there for a reason. Take some input parameters, acquire or release locks, read, process, and write some data in a defined way." > > > > Signed-off-by: Attreyee Mukherjee <tintinm2017@gmail.com> > > --- > > Documentation/livepatch/livepatch.rst | 2 +- > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > So this is a classic example of saying what you have done, but not why. > What makes this a change that we want?
I think what he intended was "The word 'get' is not the correct antonym to 'release' in the context of locking. Replace it with 'acquire'".
Thanks.
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