[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: fix typo in coding style

Dariusz Sosnowski dsosnowski at nvidia.com
Fri Oct 29 15:19:02 CEST 2021


This patch fixes a typo in DPDK Coding Style, in Return Values section,
i.e. replaces "indicated may" with "indicated by".

Fixes: 36032e46be40 ("doc: add coding style")
Cc: stable at dpdk.org

Signed-off-by: Dariusz Sosnowski <dsosnowski at nvidia.com>
---
 doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst
index b27b5fcfdb..506f706ebd 100644
--- a/doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ Return Value
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 * Functions which create objects, or allocate memory, should return pointer types, and NULL on error.
-  The error type should be indicated may setting the variable ``rte_errno`` appropriately.
+  The error type should be indicated by setting the variable ``rte_errno`` appropriately.
 * Functions which work on bursts of packets, such as RX-like or TX-like functions, should return the number of packets handled.
 * Other functions returning int should generally behave like system calls:
   returning 0 on success and -1 on error, setting ``rte_errno`` to indicate the specific type of error.
-- 
2.25.1



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