linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] oradax: fix typo in dax

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Message-ID: <9eae09e8-d842-4fde-ae10-921d8d844d94@oracle.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2025 21:44:24 -0700
From: Rob Gardner <rob.gardner@...cle.com>
To: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@...sik.fu-berlin.de>,
        Andrew Kreimer <algonell@...il.com>,
        "David S . Miller"
 <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Andreas Larsson <andreas@...sler.com>
Cc: sparclinux@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] oradax: fix typo in dax_dbg message

On 1/26/25 11:32, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> Hi Rob,
>
> On Thu, 2025-01-23 at 13:23 -0700, Rob Gardner wrote:
>> That is not a typo. "Copyin" is correct as it refers to copying data in
>> from user space.
> If it's "copying in" data from user space, it should be spelled "copy in"
> and not "copyin" unless my English grammar skills are failing me.
>

The resulting phrase "copy in of user CCB buffer" would contain two 
consecutive prepositions, which is poor English grammar. ;)

There used to be a kernel function called copyin() that was changed to 
copy_from_user() in the dim past. But I think "copyin" is still widely 
understood as an /operation/, not an English word, kind of like "ccb".

Apologies to all for cluttering up multiple lists with this trivia.

Rob