Replace gendered pronouns with gender neutral ones. (#16844)

docs/JOURNAL_FILE_FORMAT.md

@@ -196,8 +196,8 @@ The currently used part of the file is the **header_size** plus the
 **arena_size** field of the header. If a writer needs to write to a file where
 the actual file size on disk is smaller than the reported value it shall
 immediately rotate the file and start a new one. If a writer is asked to write
-to a file with a header that is shorter than his own definition of the struct
-Header, he shall immediately rotate the file and start a new one.
+to a file with a header that is shorter than its own definition of the struct
+Header, it shall immediately rotate the file and start a new one.
 
 The **n_objects** field contains a counter for objects currently available in
 this file. As objects are appended to the end of the file this counter is

src/basic/path-lookup.h

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ struct LookupPaths {
         char **search_path;
 
         /* Where we shall create or remove our installation symlinks, aka "configuration", and where the user/admin
-         * shall place his own unit files. */
+         * shall place their own unit files. */
         char *persistent_config;
         char *runtime_config;
 

src/basic/procfs-util.c

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ int procfs_tasks_set_limit(uint64_t limit) {
 
         if (limit == 0) /* This makes no sense, we are userspace and hence count as tasks too, and we want to live,
                          * hence the limit conceptually has to be above 0. Also, most likely if anyone asks for a zero
-                         * limit he/she probably means "no limit", hence let's better refuse this to avoid
+                         * limit they probably mean "no limit", hence let's better refuse this to avoid
                          * confusion. */
                 return -EINVAL;
 

src/core/execute.c

@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ static int acquire_path(const char *path, int flags, mode_t mode) {
 
         if (connect(fd, &sa.sa, sa_len) < 0)
                 return errno == EINVAL ? -ENXIO : -errno; /* Propagate initial error if we get EINVAL, i.e. we have
-                                                           * indication that his wasn't an AF_UNIX socket after all */
+                                                           * indication that this wasn't an AF_UNIX socket after all */
 
         if ((flags & O_ACCMODE) == O_RDONLY)
                 r = shutdown(fd, SHUT_WR);

src/login/loginctl.c

@@ -1337,7 +1337,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                                 return log_oom();
 
                         /* If the user asked for a particular
-                         * property, show it to him, even if it is
+                         * property, show it to them, even if it is
                          * empty. */
                         arg_all = true;
                         break;

src/machine/machinectl.c

@@ -2672,7 +2672,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                                 return log_oom();
 
                         /* If the user asked for a particular
-                         * property, show it to him, even if it is
+                         * property, show it to them, even if it is
                          * empty. */
                         arg_all = true;
                         break;

src/timedate/timedatectl.c

@@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                                 return log_oom();
 
                         /* If the user asked for a particular
-                         * property, show it to him, even if it is
+                         * property, show it to them, even if it is
                          * empty. */
                         arg_all = true;
                         break;

src/udev/udev-builtin-net_id.c

@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ static int dev_pci_onboard(sd_device *dev, struct netnames *names) {
         /* Some BIOSes report rubbish indexes that are excessively high (2^24-1 is an index VMware likes to
          * report for example). Let's define a cut-off where we don't consider the index reliable anymore. We
          * pick some arbitrary cut-off, which is somewhere beyond the realistic number of physical network
-         * interface a system might have. Ideally the kernel would already filter his crap for us, but it
+         * interface a system might have. Ideally the kernel would already filter this crap for us, but it
          * doesn't currently. */
         if (idx > ONBOARD_INDEX_MAX)
                 return -ENOENT;