linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation: mm: use `s/higmem/highmem/` fix typo for highmem

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Message-ID: <63c82f8d56933_985ab294e1@iweiny-mobl.notmuch>
Date:   Wed, 18 Jan 2023 09:42:37 -0800
From:   Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>
To:     Deming Wang <wangdeming@...pur.com>, <corbet@....net>,
        <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, <fmdefrancesco@...il.com>,
        <bigeasy@...utronix.de>, <ira.weiny@...el.com>, <rppt@...nel.org>
CC:     <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Deming Wang <wangdeming@...pur.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: mm: use `s/higmem/highmem/` fix typo for
 highmem

Deming Wang wrote:
> We should use highmem replace higmem.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Deming Wang <wangdeming@...pur.com>

Reviewed-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>

> ---
>  Documentation/mm/highmem.rst | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/mm/highmem.rst b/Documentation/mm/highmem.rst
> index 59d1078f53df..7da4a0d175f0 100644
> --- a/Documentation/mm/highmem.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/mm/highmem.rst
> @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ list shows them in order of preference of use.
>    for pages which are known to not come from ZONE_HIGHMEM. However, it is
>    always safe to use kmap_local_page() / kunmap_local().
>  
> -  While it is significantly faster than kmap(), for the higmem case it
> +  While it is significantly faster than kmap(), for the highmem case it
>    comes with restrictions about the pointers validity. Contrary to kmap()
>    mappings, the local mappings are only valid in the context of the caller
>    and cannot be handed to other contexts. This implies that users must
> -- 
> 2.27.0
>