From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:45578 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S232909AbhHSRaR (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Aug 2021 13:30:17 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1629394180; bh=n92pgImMSAS7QSTRxCuBNDllLjQ5m3igDlL2H+TrPvo=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Reply-To:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=igKYChb7VXb8foZQhtx++p3dfaCOJaFREEUTwbe23w94VQ+ICGtP6gjmJrPo8OZXU F+PvJu2WmfNfFI4bJw9TWEtBNJT/Bj2uvhhBDJ1L/BsefbnlOJMgNmeAL1VFzY7YmA /xARWwi2F5ug721u3j1IVzzsRVNa30YeAdAiuHjPr790nJ3pWFzIO7NsyeQQQ1ihzI 0XYsXM8aMxfQdBfarQKIn84BUOBABpoh9JxbLgoMReebnteYoMFBxyA2C7TrtsFIFU Mvs1jCSIHk5yn7O/LCmfE6Vqzp74Xs4GKT1gH+YQ18TJJzJCv0D85wRyxtfa2/2343 hUeGoQiEgIRNA== Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2021 10:29:40 -0700 From: "Paul E. McKenney" Subject: Re: [PATCH-perfbook] Fix a little grammar mistake Message-ID: <20210819172940.GD4126399@paulmck-ThinkPad-P17-Gen-1> Reply-To: paulmck@kernel.org References: <1629359518-3861-1-git-send-email-zhouzhouyi@gmail.com> <031ce7cf-750e-7a2d-f2ba-5e7b661df2c2@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <031ce7cf-750e-7a2d-f2ba-5e7b661df2c2@gmail.com> List-ID: To: Akira Yokosawa Cc: Zhouyi Zhou , perfbook@vger.kernel.org, luyang.co@gmail.com On Thu, Aug 19, 2021 at 07:54:30PM +0900, Akira Yokosawa wrote: > Hello Zhouyi, > > On Thu, 19 Aug 2021 15:51:58 +0800, Zhouyi Zhou wrote: > > Hi Paul, > > > > I think there is a little grammer mistake in answer to quick quiz 10.8, > > I am not so sure because my English is not so well ;-) > > > > Thanks > > Zhouyi > > > > Signed-off-by: Zhouyi Zhou > > --- > > datastruct/datastruct.tex | 2 +- > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > diff --git a/datastruct/datastruct.tex b/datastruct/datastruct.tex > > index adb102d..68341f2 100644 > > --- a/datastruct/datastruct.tex > > +++ b/datastruct/datastruct.tex > > @@ -963,1 +963,1 @@ not recommended for production use. > > In theory, it isn't any safer, and a useful exercise would be > > to run these programs on larger systems. > > In practice, there are a lot more systems with more than 28~CPUs > > - than there are systems with more than 448 CPUs. > > This can be parsed as follows: > > In practice, there are a lot more X than there are Y. > > , where > > X: systems with more than 28~CPUs > Y: systems with more than 448 CPUs > > So there is no grammatical error here. > Three uses of "than" in a sentence might be confusing, though. > > Paul might have an idea of a less-confusing sentence. Three "than"s in one sentence is a bit excessive, now that you guys mention it. How about this? In practice, there are a lot more 28-CPU systems than there are 448-CPU systems. I do not believe that the "more than"s are really adding much here. Thoughts? Thanx, Paul > Thanks, Akira > > > + are systems with more than 448 CPUs. > > In addition, other testing has shown that RCU read-side primitives > > offer consistent performance and scalability up to at least 1024 CPUs. > > }\QuickQuizEnd > >