Re: [PATCH 1/2] md/raid5: fix typo

From: Yuanhan Liu
Date: Thu Apr 30 2015 - 03:21:31 EST


On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 05:14:26PM +1000, NeilBrown wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Apr 2015 15:01:16 +0800 Yuanhan Liu <yuanhan.liu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > bion -> bios
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Yuanhan Liu <yuanhan.liu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/md/raid5.c | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
> > index 697d77a..2651bda 100644
> > --- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
> > +++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
> > @@ -2919,7 +2919,7 @@ schedule_reconstruction(struct stripe_head *sh, struct stripe_head_state *s,
> > }
> >
> > /*
> > - * Each stripe/dev can have one or more bion attached.
> > + * Each stripe/dev can have one or more bios attached.
> > * toread/towrite point to the first in a chain.
> > * The bi_next chain must be in order.
> > */
>
> That was intentional. "bios" as a plural looks too much like "BIOS" which is
> in the ROM of computers.
>
> Children and oxen are plurals with an 'n' at the end. So I used 'bion'.
> Private joke?

Interesting.

>
> I'd rather leave it as it is.

Okay, and sorry for the noise.

--yliu
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