docs: fix typo in Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst

[PATCH] docs: fix typo in Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst

Posted by Takahiro Itazuri 4 years, 5 months ago

Change copy_from_user*( to copy_from_user() .

Signed-off-by: Takahiro Itazuri <itazur@amazon.com>
---
 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 e6cd40663ea5..4cbd50edf277 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ Pete Zaitcev gives the following summary:
 
 -  If you are in a process context (any syscall) and want to lock other
    process out, use a mutex. You can take a mutex and sleep
-   (``copy_from_user*(`` or ``kmalloc(x,GFP_KERNEL)``).
+   (``copy_from_user()`` or ``kmalloc(x,GFP_KERNEL)``).
 
 -  Otherwise (== data can be touched in an interrupt), use
    spin_lock_irqsave() and
-- 
2.31.1

Re: [PATCH] docs: fix typo in Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst

Posted by Jonathan Corbet 4 years, 5 months ago

Takahiro Itazuri <itazur@amazon.com> writes:

> Change copy_from_user*( to copy_from_user() .
>
> Signed-off-by: Takahiro Itazuri <itazur@amazon.com>
> ---
>  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 e6cd40663ea5..4cbd50edf277 100644
> --- a/Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst
> @@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ Pete Zaitcev gives the following summary:
>  
>  -  If you are in a process context (any syscall) and want to lock other
>     process out, use a mutex. You can take a mutex and sleep
> -   (``copy_from_user*(`` or ``kmalloc(x,GFP_KERNEL)``).
> +   (``copy_from_user()`` or ``kmalloc(x,GFP_KERNEL)``).
>  

Applied, thanks.

jon