Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH] Documentation: Fix typos

From: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr>
To: Alison Schofield <amsfield22@gmail.com>
Cc: Tamara Diaconita <diaconitatamara@gmail.com>,
	corbet@lwn.net,  outreachy-kernel@googlegroups.com,
	linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
	 Tamara Diaconita <diaconita.tamara@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH] Documentation: Fix typos
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2017 22:57:52 +0100 (CET)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1703152257450.4005@hadrien> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170315215619.GA4673@d830.WORKGROUP>

On Wed, 15 Mar 2017, Alison Schofield wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 09:07:56PM +0100, Julia Lawall wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 15 Mar 2017, Tamara Diaconita wrote:
> >
> > > Fix typos in sync_file.txt to make documentation grammatically correct.
> >
> > It's a bit picky, but you are not making the text grammatically correct,
> > You are fixing spelling mistakes, but not changing any aspect of the
> > grammar.
> >
> > julia
> >
>
> I'm wondering if there is one 'official' dictionary linux kernel
> follows?

Perhaps not, if there is no preference for US vs UK spelling.

julia

>
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Tamara Diaconita <diaconita.tamara@gmail.com>
> > > ---
> > >  Documentation/sync_file.txt | 2 +-
> > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/Documentation/sync_file.txt b/Documentation/sync_file.txt
> > > index 269681a..c3d033a 100644
> > > --- a/Documentation/sync_file.txt
> > > +++ b/Documentation/sync_file.txt
> > > @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ dma_fence_signal(), when it has finished using (or processing) that buffer.
> > >  Out-fences are fences that the driver creates.
> > >
> > >  On the other hand if the driver receives fence(s) through a sync_file from
> > > -userspace we call these fence(s) 'in-fences'. Receiveing in-fences means that
> > > +userspace we call these fence(s) 'in-fences'. Receiving in-fences means that
> > >  we need to wait for the fence(s) to signal before using any buffer related to
> > >  the in-fences.
> > >
> > > --
> > > 2.9.3
> > >
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