linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] ioctl_userfaultfd.2, userfaultfd.2: add minor fault mode

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Date:   Sat, 2 Apr 2022 23:48:51 +0200
From:   "Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)" <alx.manpages@...il.com>
To:     Axel Rasmussen <axelrasmussen@...gle.com>
Cc:     Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>,
        Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>,
        Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
        Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>,
        Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-man@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ioctl_userfaultfd.2, userfaultfd.2: add minor fault
 mode

Hi Axel,

On 3/22/22 17:31, Axel Rasmussen wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 2, 2021 at 5:21 AM Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
> <alx.manpages@...il.com> wrote:
>>>>> +mode, user-space will receive a page-fault notification
>>
>> s/user-space/user space/
>>
>> See the following extract from man-pages(7):
>>
>>     Preferred terms
>>         The  following  table  lists some preferred terms to use in
>>         man pages, mainly to ensure consistency across pages.
>>
>>         Term                 Avoid using              Notes
>>         ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
>>         [...]
>>         user space           userspace
>>
>> However, when user space is used as an adjective, per the usual English
>> rules, we write "user-space".  Example: "a user-space program".
> 
> 100% agreed that "user space" is more correct, but this man page
> already has many instances of "user-space" in it. I'd suggest we
> either fix all of them, or just follow the existing convention within
> this page.
> 
> How about, leaving this as-is for this patch, to keep the diff tidy,
> and I can send a follow-up patch to fix all the instances of this in
> this page?
> 

Sure.  Sorry for the delay.

Thanks,

Alex

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Alejandro Colomar
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http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/