From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail203.messagelabs.com (mail203.messagelabs.com [216.82.254.243]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 078756B009D for ; Sat, 3 Oct 2009 15:15:13 -0400 (EDT) Received: from wpaz37.hot.corp.google.com (wpaz37.hot.corp.google.com [172.24.198.101]) by smtp-out.google.com with ESMTP id n93JFSmh015488 for ; Sat, 3 Oct 2009 12:15:28 -0700 Received: from pxi9 (pxi9.prod.google.com [10.243.27.9]) by wpaz37.hot.corp.google.com with ESMTP id n93JFDgc000689 for ; Sat, 3 Oct 2009 12:15:26 -0700 Received: by pxi9 with SMTP id 9so1987235pxi.4 for ; Sat, 03 Oct 2009 12:15:25 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <2f11576a0910030505w5a1289ebu78cdc3587caddc82@mail.gmail.com> References: <20091002173635.5F6C.A69D9226@jp.fujitsu.com> <20091002173955.5F72.A69D9226@jp.fujitsu.com> <6599ad830910021501s66cfc108r9a109b84b0f658a4@mail.gmail.com> <2f11576a0910030505w5a1289ebu78cdc3587caddc82@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 12:15:25 -0700 Message-ID: <6599ad830910031215o293687ceyd8177cb1c34a41b@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] cgroup: fix strstrip() abuse From: Paul Menage Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org To: KOSAKI Motohiro Cc: LKML , linux-mm , Andrew Morton , Li Zefan List-ID: On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 5:05 AM, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote: >> Thanks - although I think I'd s/abuse/misuse/ in the description. > > I don't know what's different between them. My dictionary is slightly quiet ;) > Is this X-rated word? if so, I'll resend it soon. Certainly not X-rated :-) Generally "abuse" carries a connotation of intent (or perhaps deliberate hackiness) whereas "misuse" simply indicates that the previous code was wrong. Paul -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org