Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 21 Feb 2003 10:00:59 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 21 Feb 2003 10:00:59 -0500 Received: from stroke.of.genius.brain.org ([206.80.113.1]:26812 "EHLO stroke.of.genius.brain.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 21 Feb 2003 10:00:36 -0500 Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 10:10:38 -0500 From: "Murray J. Root" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.5.x, 2.4.x ...] very small Message-ID: <20030221151038.GA1224@Master.Wizards> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20030221144448Z267481-29901+571@vger.kernel.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030221144448Z267481-29901+571@vger.kernel.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1055 Lines: 30 On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 03:25:17PM +0100, javaman wrote: > A very small patch (my first patch :-) for Documentation/spinlocks.txt: > it replace "IFF" with "IF" ;-) > > bye, > Paolo > > --- Documentation/spinlocks.txt.orig Fri Feb 21 15:02:01 2003 > +++ Documentation/spinlocks.txt Fri Feb 21 15:02:44 2003 > @@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ > > If you have a case where you have to protect a data structure across > several CPU's and you want to use spinlocks you can potentially use > -cheaper versions of the spinlocks. IFF you know that the spinlocks are > +cheaper versions of the spinlocks. IF you know that the spinlocks are > never used in interrupt handlers, you can use the non-irq versions: > > spin_lock(&lock); > IFF is usually an abbreviation for "If and only if", not a typo. -- Murray J. Root - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/