From: Sebastian Fricke <sebastian.fricke.linux@gmail.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: sebastian.fricke.linux@gmail.com, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH] include/linux/miscdevice.h - Fix typo/grammar
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2020 07:43:45 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200803054346.4285-1-sebastian.fricke.linux@gmail.com> (raw)
Improve the clarity and grammar of descriptive comment on top of the
minor number assignments.
Fix a typo within 2 comments for macros.
s/This helps in eleminating of boilerplate code.
/This helps to eliminate boilerplate code./
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Fricke <sebastian.fricke.linux@gmail.com>
---
include/linux/miscdevice.h | 10 +++++-----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/miscdevice.h b/include/linux/miscdevice.h
index c7a93002a3c1..0676f18093f9 100644
--- a/include/linux/miscdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/miscdevice.h
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
#include <linux/device.h>
/*
- * These allocations are managed by device@lanana.org. If you use an
- * entry that is not in assigned your entry may well be moved and
- * reassigned, or set dynamic if a fixed value is not justified.
+ * These allocations are managed by device@lanana.org. If you need
+ * an entry that is not assigned here, it can be moved and
+ * reassigned or dynamically set if a fixed value is not justified.
*/
#define PSMOUSE_MINOR 1
@@ -93,14 +93,14 @@ extern void misc_deregister(struct miscdevice *misc);
/*
* Helper macro for drivers that don't do anything special in the initcall.
- * This helps in eleminating of boilerplate code.
+ * This helps to eliminate boilerplate code.
*/
#define builtin_misc_device(__misc_device) \
builtin_driver(__misc_device, misc_register)
/*
* Helper macro for drivers that don't do anything special in module init / exit
- * call. This helps in eleminating of boilerplate code.
+ * call. This helps to eliminate boilerplate code.
*/
#define module_misc_device(__misc_device) \
module_driver(__misc_device, misc_register, misc_deregister)
--
2.20.1
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