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* [PATCH] doc: fix a typo in adding-syscalls.rst
@ 2018-10-18 15:47 corwin
  2018-10-18 18:05 ` Jonathan Corbet
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: corwin @ 2018-10-18 15:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jonathan Corbet
  Cc: Dominik Brodowski, Ingo Molnar, linux-doc, Jiri Kosina,
	Guillaume Dore

From: Guillaume Dore <corwin@poussif.eu>

There was a typo in adding-syscalls.rst that could mislead developers
to add a C filename in a makefile instead of an object filename.
This error, while not keeping developers from contributing could slow
the development process down by introducing build errors.

Signed-off-by: Guillaume Dore <corwin@poussif.eu>
---
 Documentation/process/adding-syscalls.rst | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/process/adding-syscalls.rst b/Documentation/process/adding-syscalls.rst
index 0d4f29bc798b..88a7d5c8bb2f 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/adding-syscalls.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/adding-syscalls.rst
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ normally be optional, so add a ``CONFIG`` option (typically to
    by the option.
  - Make the option depend on EXPERT if it should be hidden from normal users.
  - Make any new source files implementing the function dependent on the CONFIG
-   option in the Makefile (e.g. ``obj-$(CONFIG_XYZZY_SYSCALL) += xyzzy.c``).
+   option in the Makefile (e.g. ``obj-$(CONFIG_XYZZY_SYSCALL) += xyzzy.o``).
  - Double check that the kernel still builds with the new CONFIG option turned
    off.
 
-- 
2.19.1


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* Re: [PATCH] doc: fix a typo in adding-syscalls.rst
  2018-10-18 15:47 [PATCH] doc: fix a typo in adding-syscalls.rst corwin
@ 2018-10-18 18:05 ` Jonathan Corbet
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Jonathan Corbet @ 2018-10-18 18:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: corwin; +Cc: Dominik Brodowski, Ingo Molnar, linux-doc, Jiri Kosina

On Thu, 18 Oct 2018 17:47:50 +0200
corwin@poussif.eu wrote:

> There was a typo in adding-syscalls.rst that could mislead developers
> to add a C filename in a makefile instead of an object filename.
> This error, while not keeping developers from contributing could slow
> the development process down by introducing build errors.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Guillaume Dore <corwin@poussif.eu>

Applied, thanks.

jon

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