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From: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
To: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>,
	linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
	linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-f2fs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,
	linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org, Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>,
	Seth Forshee <sforshee@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: filesystems: correct possessive "its"
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2022 17:56:55 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Yw6Hp8l/7p3wbiGq@mit.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Yw56rVwBRg0LbC41@ZenIV>

On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 10:01:33PM +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 29, 2022 at 04:54:29PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> >  compress_log_size=%u	 Support configuring compress cluster size, the size will
> > -			 be 4KB * (1 << %u), 16KB is minimum size, also it's
> > +			 be 4KB * (1 << %u), 16KB is minimum size, also its
> >  			 default size.
> 
> That one doesn't look like possesive to me - more like "default size is 16KB and
> values below that are not allowed"...

That being said, it could also be rewritten to be easier to
understand.  e.g., "The default and minimum size is 16kb."

	     	   		    	    	 - Ted





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From: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
To: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>,
	linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-f2fs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,
	linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org, Seth Forshee <sforshee@kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH] Documentation: filesystems: correct possessive "its"
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2022 17:56:55 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Yw6Hp8l/7p3wbiGq@mit.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Yw56rVwBRg0LbC41@ZenIV>

On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 10:01:33PM +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 29, 2022 at 04:54:29PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> >  compress_log_size=%u	 Support configuring compress cluster size, the size will
> > -			 be 4KB * (1 << %u), 16KB is minimum size, also it's
> > +			 be 4KB * (1 << %u), 16KB is minimum size, also its
> >  			 default size.
> 
> That one doesn't look like possesive to me - more like "default size is 16KB and
> values below that are not allowed"...

That being said, it could also be rewritten to be easier to
understand.  e.g., "The default and minimum size is 16kb."

	     	   		    	    	 - Ted






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  reply	other threads:[~2022-08-30 22:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-08-29 23:54 [PATCH] Documentation: filesystems: correct possessive "its" Randy Dunlap
2022-08-29 23:54 ` [f2fs-dev] " Randy Dunlap
2022-08-30  0:16 ` Darrick J. Wong
2022-08-30  0:16   ` [f2fs-dev] " Darrick J. Wong
2022-08-30  7:50 ` Christian Brauner
2022-08-30  7:50   ` [f2fs-dev] " Christian Brauner
2022-08-30 18:12 ` Jaegeuk Kim
2022-08-30 18:12   ` [f2fs-dev] " Jaegeuk Kim
2022-08-30 21:01 ` Al Viro
2022-08-30 21:01   ` [f2fs-dev] " Al Viro
2022-08-30 21:56   ` Theodore Ts'o [this message]
2022-08-30 21:56     ` Theodore Ts'o
2022-08-31  1:22     ` Randy Dunlap
2022-08-31  1:22       ` [f2fs-dev] " Randy Dunlap

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