[PATCH] docs: sched: Update sched-rt-group Documentation For Gender Inclusiveness

[PATCH] docs: sched: Update sched-rt-group Documentation For Gender Inclusiveness

[Joseph Salisbury]

Document assumes root user is he:
"assumes root knows what he is doing."

Update documentation for inclusivness, since root is not limited by gender.

Fixes: 60aa605dfce2 ("sched: rt: document the risk of small values in the bandwidth settings")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Joseph Salisbury <joseph.salisbury@canonical.com>
---
 Documentation/scheduler/sched-rt-group.rst | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-rt-group.rst b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-rt-group.rst
index 655a096ec8fb..e55fee6772c4 100644
--- a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-rt-group.rst
+++ b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-rt-group.rst
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Real-Time group scheduling
 ==========
 
  Fiddling with these settings can result in an unstable system, the knobs are
- root only and assumes root knows what he is doing.
+ root only and assumes root knows what they are doing.
 
 Most notable:
 
-- 
2.34.1

Re: [PATCH] docs: sched: Update sched-rt-group Documentation For Gender Inclusiveness

[Phil Auld]

On Wed, May 04, 2022 at 10:14:24PM -0400 Joseph Salisbury wrote:
> Document assumes root user is he:
> "assumes root knows what he is doing."
> 
> Update documentation for inclusivness, since root is not limited by gender.
> 
> Fixes: 60aa605dfce2 ("sched: rt: document the risk of small values in the bandwidth settings")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Joseph Salisbury <joseph.salisbury@canonical.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/scheduler/sched-rt-group.rst | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-rt-group.rst b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-rt-group.rst
> index 655a096ec8fb..e55fee6772c4 100644
> --- a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-rt-group.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-rt-group.rst
> @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Real-Time group scheduling
>  ==========
>  
>   Fiddling with these settings can result in an unstable system, the knobs are
> - root only and assumes root knows what he is doing.
> + root only and assumes root knows what they are doing.
>

Now there's a singular vs plural problem.

"... assumes root users know ..."  ?



Cheers,
Phil

>  Most notable:
>  
> -- 
> 2.34.1
> 

-- 

Re: [PATCH] docs: sched: Update sched-rt-group Documentation For Gender Inclusiveness

[Joseph Salisbury]

On 5/6/22 10:29, Phil Auld wrote:
> On Wed, May 04, 2022 at 10:14:24PM -0400 Joseph Salisbury wrote:
>> Document assumes root user is he:
>> "assumes root knows what he is doing."
>>
>> Update documentation for inclusivness, since root is not limited by gender.
>>
>> Fixes: 60aa605dfce2 ("sched: rt: document the risk of small values in the bandwidth settings")
>> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
>> Signed-off-by: Joseph Salisbury <joseph.salisbury@canonical.com>
>> ---
>>   Documentation/scheduler/sched-rt-group.rst | 2 +-
>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-rt-group.rst b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-rt-group.rst
>> index 655a096ec8fb..e55fee6772c4 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-rt-group.rst
>> +++ b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-rt-group.rst
>> @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Real-Time group scheduling
>>   ==========
>>   
>>    Fiddling with these settings can result in an unstable system, the knobs are
>> - root only and assumes root knows what he is doing.
>> + root only and assumes root knows what they are doing.
>>
> Now there's a singular vs plural problem.
>
> "... assumes root users know ..."  ?
Thanks for the feedback, Phil.

Your suggestion makes more sense.  I'll wait for any additional 
responses before sending a v2 with your suggestion.
>
>
>
> Cheers,
> Phil
>
>>   Most notable:
>>   
>> -- 
>> 2.34.1
>>