Re: [PATCH] mm: Kconfig: Use verb *use* in plural form in description

[Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>]

On Tue, Jun 03, 2025 at 11:38:47AM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> On 03.06.25 11:31, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 03, 2025 at 08:13:03AM +0200, Paul Menzel wrote:
> > > *workloads* is plural requiring the verb *use* in plural form.
> > >
> > > Fixes: e13e7922d034 ("mm: add CONFIG_PAGE_BLOCK_ORDER to select page block order")
> >
> > I think a fixes is unnecessary here :) I mean strictly true, but we don't
> > need to backport a typo fix :P
> >
> > > Signed-off-by: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de>
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
> >
> > > ---
> > > Reading the sentence it feels like, something is missing before the
> > > *please*, but I am no native speaker.
> >
> > Seems ok to me as a native speaker! Though I don't claim to be the most
> > erudite...
> >
> > >
> > >   mm/Kconfig | 2 +-
> > >   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig
> > > index f8bb8f070d0d..e3a07687ed0b 100644
> > > --- a/mm/Kconfig
> > > +++ b/mm/Kconfig
> > > @@ -1022,7 +1022,7 @@ config PAGE_BLOCK_ORDER
> > >   	  or MAX_PAGE_ORDER.
> > >
> > >   	  Reducing pageblock order can negatively impact THP generation
> > > -	  success rate. If your workloads uses THP heavily, please use this
> > > +	  success rate. If your workloads use THP heavily, please use this
>
> Should this be "use THPs" ?

I would say not, because in this context it's 'THP' as a feature rather than as
individiual transparent huge pages.

But, to repeat, I am far from erudite ;)

>
> --
> Cheers,
>
> David / dhildenb
>