[PATCH] powerpc: Fix typos and field name in comments

Gustavo Romero gromero@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Tue Aug 13 18:53:00 GMT 2019


Hi Tulio,

On 08/13/2019 03:28 PM, Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho wrote:
> Hi Gustavo,
> 
> The patch looks mostly good to me except for one line where I have a question.
> I plan to push it after getting a confirmation from you.
> 
> Gustavo Romero <gromero@linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:
> 
>> Fix a couple of typos and v_regs field name in mcontext_t.
> 
> 
>> diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
>> index 225da01..39f50b8 100644
>> --- a/ChangeLog
>> +++ b/ChangeLog
>> @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
>> +2019-08-12  Gustavo Romero  <gromero@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> +
>> +	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/sys/ucontext.h: Fix typos and
>> +	field name in mcontext_t struct.
>> +
> 
> Remember to put the ChangeLog in the commit message for you next patch.  ;-)
> For more information:
> https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/Contribution%20checklist#Properly_Formatted_GNU_ChangeLog

Got it.


>> diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/sys/ucontext.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/sys/ucontext.h
>> index 640381a..6093ade 100644
>> --- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/sys/ucontext.h
>> +++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/sys/ucontext.h
>> @@ -75,12 +75,12 @@ typedef struct
>>    * a sigcontext.  For older kernel (without Altivec) the sigcontext matches
>>    * the mcontext upto but not including the v_regs field.  For kernels that
>>    * don't set AT_HWCAP or return AT_HWCAP without PPC_FEATURE_HAS_ALTIVEC the
>> - * v_regs field may not exist and should not be referenced.  The v_regd field
>> - * can be refernced safely only after verifying that PPC_FEATURE_HAS_ALTIVEC
>> + * v_regs field may not exist and should not be referenced.  The v_regs field
>> + * can be referenced safely only after verifying that PPC_FEATURE_HAS_ALTIVEC
> 
> OK.
> 
>>   
>>   /* Number of general registers.  */
>> -# define __NGREG	48	/* includes r0-r31, nip, msr, lr, etc.   */
>> +# define __NGREG	48	/* includes r0-r31, nip, msr, lr, etc.  */
> 
> I'm afraid this modification should not be here.
> Or am I missing a fix here?

I see 3 spaces in the original version. Since in that file I found comments
ending with 1 or 2 spaces before "*/" I thought it would be good to remove
at least 1 space from these 3 spaces. But we can discard that nit if you deem it
not right, sure.


>> @@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ typedef struct {
>>    * either NULL (if this processor does not support the VMX feature) or the
>>    * address of the first quadword within the allocated (vmx_reserve) area.
>>    *
>> - * The pointer (v_regs) of vector type (elf_vrreg_t) is essentually
>> + * The pointer (v_regs) of vector type (elf_vrreg_t) is essentially
> 
> OK.
> 
> Thanks,

Thanks for reviewing and sponsoring it.


Best regards,
Gustavo



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