Re: [PATCH] Fix comment style of `do_execveat_common()`

Re: [PATCH] Fix comment style of `do_execveat_common()`

[Jan Kara]

On Mon 14-04-25 07:07:57, Cabbaken Q wrote:
> From 46fab5ecc860f26f790bec2a902a54bae58dfca7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Ruoyu Qiu <cabbaken@outlook.com>
> Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2025 14:56:28 +0800
> Subject: [PATCH] Fix comment style of `do_execveat_common()`
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ruoyu Qiu <cabbaken@outlook.com>

Thanks for the patch but I think fixing one extra space in a comment isn't
really worth the effort of all the people involved in handling a patch.

								Honza

> ---
>  fs/exec.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
> index 8e4ea5f1e64c..51dad7af5083 100644
> --- a/fs/exec.c
> +++ b/fs/exec.c
> @@ -1903,7 +1903,7 @@ static int do_execveat_common(int fd, struct filename *filename,
>       /*
>        * We move the actual failure in case of RLIMIT_NPROC excess from
>        * set*uid() to execve() because too many poorly written programs
> -      * don't check setuid() return code.  Here we additionally recheck
> +      * don't check setuid() return code. Here we additionally recheck
>        * whether NPROC limit is still exceeded.
>        */
>       if ((current->flags & PF_NPROC_EXCEEDED) &&
> --
> 2.49.0
> 
> 
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@suse.com>
SUSE Labs, CR

Re: [PATCH] Fix comment style of `do_execveat_common()`

[Matthew Wilcox]

On Mon, Apr 14, 2025 at 03:58:37PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> On Mon 14-04-25 07:07:57, Cabbaken Q wrote:
> > From 46fab5ecc860f26f790bec2a902a54bae58dfca7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > From: Ruoyu Qiu <cabbaken@outlook.com>
> > Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2025 14:56:28 +0800
> > Subject: [PATCH] Fix comment style of `do_execveat_common()`
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Ruoyu Qiu <cabbaken@outlook.com>
> 
> Thanks for the patch but I think fixing one extra space in a comment isn't
> really worth the effort of all the people involved in handling a patch.

The correct number of spaces after a full stop is disputed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentence_spacing

Do not send patches to adjust the number of spaces between sentences.
You are wrong to change it.