From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756679AbcFAASl (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 May 2016 20:18:41 -0400 Received: from bhuna.collabora.co.uk ([46.235.227.227]:44052 "EHLO bhuna.collabora.co.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750884AbcFAASk (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 May 2016 20:18:40 -0400 Date: Tue, 31 May 2016 21:18:29 -0300 From: Gustavo Padovan To: Javier Martinez Canillas Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jonathan Corbet , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Fix some grammar mistakes in sync_file.txt Message-ID: <20160601001829.GN15155@joana> References: <1463207316-3612-1-git-send-email-javier@osg.samsung.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1463207316-3612-1-git-send-email-javier@osg.samsung.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.6.0 (2016-04-01) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 2016-05-14 Javier Martinez Canillas : > There are two sentences in the Sync File documentation where the > english is a little off. This patch is an attempt to fix these. > > Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas > > --- > > Documentation/sync_file.txt | 6 +++--- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/sync_file.txt b/Documentation/sync_file.txt > index eaf8297dbca2..e8e2ebafe5fa 100644 > --- a/Documentation/sync_file.txt > +++ b/Documentation/sync_file.txt > @@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ > > This document serves as a guide for device drivers writers on what the > sync_file API is, and how drivers can support it. Sync file is the carrier of > -the fences(struct fence) that needs to synchronized between drivers or across > -process boundaries. > +the fences(struct fence) that are needed to synchronize between drivers or > +across process boundaries. > > The sync_file API is meant to be used to send and receive fence information > to/from userspace. It enables userspace to do explicit fencing, where instead > @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ in-fences and out-fences > Sync files can go either to or from userspace. When a sync_file is sent from > the driver to userspace we call the fences it contains 'out-fences'. They are > related to a buffer that the driver is processing or is going to process, so > -the driver an create out-fence to be able to notify, through fence_signal(), > +the driver creates an out-fence to be able to notify, through fence_signal(), > when it has finished using (or processing) that buffer. Out-fences are fences > that the driver creates. Thanks, Javier! Reviewed-by: Gustavo Padovan Gustavo