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

[Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:15:58 -0800 (PST) Michael Witten wrote:

> 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:

Yes, that's fine.  Thanks.

> 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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