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

[Michael Witten <mfwitten@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 23:53, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> preferably also change above to "to and from userspace." so that they are in the
> same respective order.

How about this:

diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl
index 68ae82d..a709a25 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ printk(KERN_INFO "my ip: %pI4\n", &amp;ipaddress);
 
   <sect1 id="routines-copy">
    <title>
-    <function>copy_{to,from}_user()</function>
+    <function>copy_{from,to}_user()</function>
     /
     <function>get_user()</function>
     /
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ printk(KERN_INFO "my ip: %pI4\n", &amp;ipaddress);
    </para>
 
    <para>
-    <function>put_user()</function> and <function>get_user()</function>
+    <function>get_user()</function> and <function>put_user()</function>
     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
     never be simply dereferenced: data should be copied using these

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