[libvirt] [PATCH] Various typos and misspellings
Eric Blake
eblake at redhat.com
Thu Oct 11 22:46:35 UTC 2012
On 10/11/2012 03:53 PM, Peter Krempa wrote:
>>> # Due to the coarse granularity of schedular timeslices, if
>>> # we ask for a sleep of 500ms in order to satisfy a timer, we
>>> - # may return upto 1 schedular timeslice early. So even though
>>> + # may return up to 1 schedular timeslice early. So even though
>>
>> Also s/schedular/scheduler/ when touching the line.
>
> Hm, I looked it up in the dictionary and now I'm not sure. I'm rather
> keeping it in the pre-existing condition and open for discussion for the
> ones more qualified in questions of English grammar than me :)
schedular - adjective
scheduler - noun
You want the noun form (we are talking about the kernel scheduler entity
[noun]; and not describing a timeslice that has an attribute of aiding
schedules [adjective]. So it is mis-spelled, and you are correct to
change it.
--
Eric Blake eblake at redhat.com +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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