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

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Message-ID: <87k0enwdua.fsf@meer.lwn.net>
Date:   Tue, 25 Jan 2022 17:16:45 -0700
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Takahiro Itazuri <itazur@...zon.com>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, trivial@...nel.org,
        Takahiro Itazuri <zulinx86@...il.com>,
        Takahiro Itazuri <itazur@...zon.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: fix typo in Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst

Takahiro Itazuri <itazur@...zon.com> writes:

> Change copy_from_user*( to copy_from_user() .
>
> Signed-off-by: Takahiro Itazuri <itazur@...zon.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