From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ms.lwn.net (ms.lwn.net [45.79.88.28]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CCD6A213E9C; Tue, 14 Oct 2025 18:22:07 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1760466129; cv=none; b=IF2o/zR8gWftT81boeiMCkS1RvIEF7ZAvaqUnIXNwME9+LjG9a2tI+G17gb6HbpZKGUwUKPLOuaaSDYrsVt3OLCqfgLIe/IUXJAW7BlE3hWwRZyk1zDNKKoKxPkcqABK0BTXs62lHuP+T2ESyxhi4FMOJhUwMgKsVp2ulDdOZbo= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1760466129; c=relaxed/simple; bh=cCUURDd07Yw9p/jOHDANOrc/VydF7BvuWq/CmhJ9tA4=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=NFWyERtTY52qtwe3rJbu2G/ELMib/M31TfYUaErBHys/XVvk4NxMa9H1t3fnvtCPyIuPAkyHV9QXbsHhd4GgWJBNkcC5SqS1pRWxv4AyDXKxbqqcmaCDdIyzeG2uUNp5tL4pJo9usn0dCvwvG0qXsTSM4oO4PFFJwburi+qzGKQ= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b=QdPUfnCY; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b="QdPUfnCY" DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net 781B740B18 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1760466126; bh=CBzFDqgIBt7OUHVz+Kf+Lf4hpJX8ECAmro/oMxEjUzw=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=QdPUfnCYGG2KdH28Gwm2VX02LtL/rO3sRF5MS5NHcRHAtwwf0yDudfztzQQ7qkK4m X4HpxoaTcx/VDlxbFG5migLzyR4TNs6n+s/QPybHP+j5sWryQOzWBfUqeTQPFObhXw l3rU7w8TUvKI3GPZSAO1tBCOzvlxwOxBgu42NrY6258wp8uIjTWoF+LkRMEifrLS1D 3OHOXWPwuTzMrkHGobdtX5TytpFt9/udZ2YfQ86sgX+J12fL9W5qQARtHMwK/k2iaY OKG0HAvpWRaSFavGs2rrosTRjqHmLETM3Odfbvv7gFc6u8TEdWPxahYa+D9sdy1SAD HVZFX+oUt5X7Q== Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:280:4600:2da9::1fe]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 781B740B18; Tue, 14 Oct 2025 18:22:06 +0000 (UTC) From: Jonathan Corbet To: Randy Dunlap , Akiyoshi Kurita , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Cc: Dave Jiang , Jonathan Cameron , Shannon Nelson , Jason Gunthorpe , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: admin-guide: Correct spelling of "userspace" In-Reply-To: <431ee7b1-3296-4230-a9d8-47445e664e36@infradead.org> References: <20250926190019.41788-1-weibu@redadmin.org> <87seflbken.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> <431ee7b1-3296-4230-a9d8-47445e664e36@infradead.org> Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2025 12:22:05 -0600 Message-ID: <87v7kh9wdu.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Randy Dunlap writes: > On 10/14/25 7:57 AM, Jonathan Corbet wrote: >> Akiyoshi Kurita writes: >> >>> The term "userspace" should be a single word. Fix the typo >>> "userpace" accordingly. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Akiyoshi Kurita >>> --- >>> Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst | 2 +- >>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) >>> >>> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst >>> index a0cc017e4424..ed1f8f1e86c5 100644 >>> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst >>> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst >>> @@ -186,6 +186,6 @@ More detailed explanation for tainting >>> >>> 18) ``N`` if an in-kernel test, such as a KUnit test, has been run. >>> >>> - 19) ``J`` if userpace opened /dev/fwctl/* and performed a FWTCL_RPC_DEBUG_WRITE >>> + 19) ``J`` if userspace opened /dev/fwctl/* and performed a FWTCL_RPC_DEBUG_WRITE >>> to use the devices debugging features. Device debugging features could >>> cause the device to malfunction in undefined ways. >> >> Applied, thanks. > > Comparing to the "MSDOS" spelling patch: > > did you check/count "userspace" vs. "user space" vs. "user-space" > in the kernel source tree? No, but this patch was fixing "userpace", which is overtly wrong. It turns out that there's a surprising number of those, too, but still far fewer. jon