Re: [PATCH] mm: trivial: fix typos

[Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>]

On 10/07/13 09:23, Seth Jennings wrote:
> Fix comment typos in swapfile.c
> 
> Signed-off-by: Seth Jennings <sjenning@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
>  mm/swapfile.c | 14 +++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c
> index 3963fc2..7968c1b 100644
> --- a/mm/swapfile.c
> +++ b/mm/swapfile.c
> @@ -1179,7 +1179,7 @@ static int unuse_pte_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
>  	 * some architectures (e.g. x86_32 with PAE) we might catch a glimpse
>  	 * of unmatched parts which look like swp_pte, so unuse_pte must
>  	 * recheck under pte lock.  Scanning without pte lock lets it be
> -	 * preemptible whenever CONFIG_PREEMPT but not CONFIG_HIGHPTE.
> +	 * preemptable whenever CONFIG_PREEMPT but not CONFIG_HIGHPTE.

Do you have a dictionary source that backs this one up?

The kernel source uses either spelling.

dict.org doesn't find either spelling.
m-w.com doesn't find either spelling.
However, dictionary.com finds preemptible but not preemptable.


>  	 */
>  	pte = pte_offset_map(pmd, addr);
>  	do {



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~Randy