[PATCH v2] Documentation/locking/locktypes: minor copy editor fixes

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From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Minor editorial fixes:
- add some hyphens in multi-word adjectives
- add some periods for consistency
- add "'" for possessive CPU's
- capitalize IRQ when it's an acronym and not part of a function name

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sebastian Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Joel Fernandes <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/locking/locktypes.rst |   16 ++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

--- linux-next-20200325.orig/Documentation/locking/locktypes.rst
+++ linux-next-20200325/Documentation/locking/locktypes.rst
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ rtmutex
 
 RT-mutexes are mutexes with support for priority inheritance (PI).
 
-PI has limitations on non PREEMPT_RT enabled kernels due to preemption and
+PI has limitations on non-PREEMPT_RT-enabled kernels due to preemption and
 interrupt disabled sections.
 
 PI clearly cannot preempt preemption-disabled or interrupt-disabled
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ kernel configuration including PREEMPT_R
 
 raw_spinlock_t is a strict spinning lock implementation in all kernels,
 including PREEMPT_RT kernels.  Use raw_spinlock_t only in real critical
-core code, low level interrupt handling and places where disabling
+core code, low-level interrupt handling and places where disabling
 preemption or interrupts is required, for example, to safely access
 hardware state.  raw_spinlock_t can sometimes also be used when the
 critical section is tiny, thus avoiding RT-mutex overhead.
@@ -160,20 +160,20 @@ spinlock_t
 
 The semantics of spinlock_t change with the state of PREEMPT_RT.
 
-On a non PREEMPT_RT enabled kernel spinlock_t is mapped to raw_spinlock_t
+On a non-PREEMPT_RT-enabled kernel spinlock_t is mapped to raw_spinlock_t
 and has exactly the same semantics.
 
 spinlock_t and PREEMPT_RT
 -------------------------
 
-On a PREEMPT_RT enabled kernel spinlock_t is mapped to a separate
+On a PREEMPT_RT-enabled kernel spinlock_t is mapped to a separate
 implementation based on rt_mutex which changes the semantics:
 
- - Preemption is not disabled
+ - Preemption is not disabled.
 
  - The hard interrupt related suffixes for spin_lock / spin_unlock
-   operations (_irq, _irqsave / _irqrestore) do not affect the CPUs
-   interrupt disabled state
+   operations (_irq, _irqsave / _irqrestore) do not affect the CPU's
+   interrupt disabled state.
 
  - The soft interrupt related suffix (_bh()) still disables softirq
    handlers.
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ fully preemptible context.  Instead, use
 spin_lock_irqsave() and their unlock counterparts.  In cases where the
 interrupt disabling and locking must remain separate, PREEMPT_RT offers a
 local_lock mechanism.  Acquiring the local_lock pins the task to a CPU,
-allowing things like per-CPU irq-disabled locks to be acquired.  However,
+allowing things like per-CPU IRQ-disabled locks to be acquired.  However,
 this approach should be used only where absolutely necessary.
 
 




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