[PATCH] fixdep: make gendered language gender-neutral
Elsie Heck <[email protected]> Fri, 17 Jul 2026 13:59:39 -0600
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-kbuild,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Fix awkward phrasing and change instances of gendered language to gender-neutral in code comments to improve consistency and clarity. Signed-off-by: Elsie Heck <[email protected]> --- scripts/basic/fixdep.c | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/basic/fixdep.c b/scripts/basic/fixdep.c index cdd5da7e009b..54063d980442 100644 --- a/scripts/basic/fixdep.c +++ b/scripts/basic/fixdep.c @@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ * gcc produces a very nice and correct list of dependencies which * tells make when to remake a file. * - * To use this list as-is however has the drawback that virtually + * However, to use this list as-is has the drawback that virtually * every file in the kernel includes autoconf.h. * * If the user re-runs make *config, autoconf.h will be * regenerated. make notices that and will rebuild every file which * includes autoconf.h, i.e. basically all files. This is extremely - * annoying if the user just changed CONFIG_HIS_DRIVER from n to m. + * annoying if the user just changed CONFIG_USER_DRIVER from n to m. * * So we play the same trick that "mkdep" played before. We replace * the dependency on autoconf.h by a dependency on every config @@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ * which then let make pick up the changes and the files that use * the config symbols are rebuilt. * - * So if the user changes his CONFIG_HIS_DRIVER option, only the objects - * which depend on "include/config/HIS_DRIVER" will be rebuilt, - * so most likely only his driver ;-) + * So if the user changes their CONFIG_USER_DRIVER option, only the objects + * which depend on "include/config/USER_DRIVER" will be rebuilt, + * so most likely only the user's driver ;-) * * The idea above dates, by the way, back to Michael E Chastain, AFAIK. * -- 2.55.0