From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757077AbZJCTQk (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Oct 2009 15:16:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756859AbZJCTQj (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Oct 2009 15:16:39 -0400 Received: from smtp-out.google.com ([216.239.45.13]:20920 "EHLO smtp-out.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756829AbZJCTQj (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Oct 2009 15:16:39 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; s=beta; d=google.com; c=nofws; q=dns; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to: cc:content-type:x-system-of-record; b=pw/t5rKhCLAF7unrMrq+YXyZs+0hhZqxwjaNmiPTUcZYz/u66KWbnQJVljd/BNCXO KYyuS825Y2rKnfKxL89TQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <2f11576a0910030505w5a1289ebu78cdc3587caddc82@mail.gmail.com> References: <20091002173635.5F6C.A69D9226@jp.fujitsu.com> <20091002173955.5F72.A69D9226@jp.fujitsu.com> <6599ad830910021501s66cfc108r9a109b84b0f658a4@mail.gmail.com> <2f11576a0910030505w5a1289ebu78cdc3587caddc82@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 12:15:25 -0700 Message-ID: <6599ad830910031215o293687ceyd8177cb1c34a41b@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] cgroup: fix strstrip() abuse From: Paul Menage To: KOSAKI Motohiro Cc: LKML , linux-mm , Andrew Morton , Li Zefan Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-System-Of-Record: true Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 5:05 AM, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote: >> Thanks - although I think I'd s/abuse/misuse/ in the description. > > I don't know what's different between them. My dictionary is slightly quiet ;) > Is this X-rated word? if so, I'll resend it soon. Certainly not X-rated :-) Generally "abuse" carries a connotation of intent (or perhaps deliberate hackiness) whereas "misuse" simply indicates that the previous code was wrong. Paul