Re: [PATCH] sysdeps: Fix comment typos in sysdeps/unix/sysdep.h

Collin Funk <[email protected]> Sat, 01 Aug 2026 10:54:07 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lib.glibc.alpha
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Ryota Saito <[email protected]> writes:

> Fix grammar in the comments describing __SYSCALL_CANCEL_CALL and
> __INTERNAL_SYSCALL_CANCEL_CALL.
> ---
>  sysdeps/unix/sysdep.h | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysdep.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysdep.h
> index a6ce5348ec..365c582296 100644
> --- a/sysdeps/unix/sysdep.h
> +++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysdep.h
> @@ -199,8 +199,8 @@ long int __syscall_cancel (__syscall_arg_t arg1, __syscall_arg_t arg2,
>  #define __SYSCALL_CANCEL_DISP(b,...) \
>    __SYSCALL_CANCEL_CONCAT (b,__SYSCALL_CANCEL_NARGS(__VA_ARGS__))(__VA_ARGS__)
>  
> -/* Issue a cancellable syscall defined first argument plus any other argument
> -   required.  If and error occurs its value, the macro returns -1 and sets
> +/* Issue a cancellable syscall defined by the first argument plus any other
> +   argument required.  If an error occurs, the macro returns -1 and sets
>     errno accordingly.  */
>  #define __SYSCALL_CANCEL_CALL(...) \
>    __SYSCALL_CANCEL_DISP (__SYSCALL_CANCEL, __VA_ARGS__)
> @@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ long int __syscall_cancel (__syscall_arg_t arg1, __syscall_arg_t arg2,
>  			     __SSC (a7), __NR_##name)
>  
>  /* Issue a cancellable syscall defined by syscall number NAME plus any other
> -   argument required.  If an error occurs its value is returned as an negative
> +   argument required.  If an error occurs its value is returned as a negative
>     number unmodified and errno is not set.  */
>  #define __INTERNAL_SYSCALL_CANCEL_CALL(...) \
>    __SYSCALL_CANCEL_DISP (__INTERNAL_SYSCALL_CANCEL, __VA_ARGS__)

Looks obvious to me. Before I commit it, can I add a "Signed-off-by" to
make it clear that it is not covered by an assignment and that you have
read the DCO [1]?

Other than that:

Reviewed-by: Collin Funk <[email protected]>

Collin

[1] https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/Contribution%20checklist#Copyright_and_license