Re: [PATCH 06/25] Docs: kernel-hacking: wording

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On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:20:28 +0000 Michael Witten wrote:

> 
> Changed plurality to match that of the text in
> the following parentheses.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael Witten <mfwitten@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl
> index fa97cf3..7cf7671 100644
> --- a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl
> +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl
> @@ -496,7 +496,7 @@
>  
>     <para>
>      <function>put_user()</function> and <function>get_user()</function>
> -    are used to get and put single values (such as an int, char, or
> +    are used to get and put a single value (such as an int, char, or
>      long) from and to userspace.  A pointer into userspace should

preferably also change above to "to and from userspace." so that they are in the
same respective order.

>      never be simply dereferenced: data should be copied using these
>      routines.  Both return <constant>-EFAULT</constant> or 0.
> -- 


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~Randy
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