[libvirt] [PATCHv2] storage: FS: Tweak some comments and fix typos

Eric Blake eblake at redhat.com
Mon Jan 13 16:02:53 UTC 2014


On 01/13/2014 03:47 AM, Peter Krempa wrote:
> ---
> 
> Notes:
>     Version 2:
>     - tweak most of the messages
>     
>     I'm not going to push this without a review as I'm not a native speaker.
> 
>  src/storage/storage_backend_fs.c | 19 +++++++++----------
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

>   *
> - * Starts a directory or FS based storage pool.
> - *
> - *  - If it is a FS based pool, mounts the unlying source device on the pool
> + * Starts a directory or FS based storage pool. If the pool is a FS based
> + * pool the underlying source device will be mounted.

This one is ambiguous:

If 'FS' is pronounced 'filesystem', then it is correct as-is.  If it is
pronounced 'eff-ess', then you want:

s/a FS/an FS/

But with some rewording, you can avoid the need for an article, and thus
bypass the pronunciation ambiguity:

Starts a directory or FS based storage pool.  The underlying source
device will be mounted for FS based pools.

>   *
>   * Returns 0 on success, -1 on error
>   */
> @@ -739,7 +738,7 @@ error:
>   * VIR_STORAGE_POOL_BUILD_OVERWRITE is set, mkfs is always executed,
>   * any existed data on the target device is overwritten unconditionally.
>   *
> - *  - If it is a FS based pool, mounts the unlying source device on the pool
> + * If the pool is a FS based pool the underlying source device is mounted.

Same problem, same solution:

The underlying source device is mounted for FS based pools.


> - * Stops a FS based storage pool.
> + * Stops a FS based storage pool. If @pool is a FS based pool the underlying
> + * source device is unmounted. All cached data about volumes is released.

Trickier.  Also runs into singular/plural agreement ("all" pairs with
"are", "any" with "is").  How about:

Stops a file storage pool.  The underlying source device is unmounted
for FS based pools.  Any cached data about volumes is released.

-- 
Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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