On Tue, 17 Mar 2020 22:44:25 -0700 Stephen Boyd <swboyd@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Add the missing word to make this sentence read properly. > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <swboyd@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst b/Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst > index a8518ac0d31d..9850c1e52607 100644 > --- a/Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst > +++ b/Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst > @@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ by a hardware interrupt on another CPU. This is where > interrupts on that cpu, then grab the lock. > :c:func:`spin_unlock_irq()` does the reverse. > > -The irq handler does not to use :c:func:`spin_lock_irq()`, because > +The irq handler does not need to use :c:func:`spin_lock_irq()`, because Please take out the :c:func: stuff while you're at it, we don't need that anymore. Just spin_lock_irq() will do the right thing. Thanks, jon