From: Rob Gardner <rob.gardner@oracle.com>
To: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de>,
Andrew Kreimer <algonell@gmail.com>,
"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Andreas Larsson <andreas@gaisler.com>
Cc: sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] oradax: fix typo in dax_dbg message
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2025 21:44:24 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9eae09e8-d842-4fde-ae10-921d8d844d94@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e0de2eabd5026b1225964a272c87605052cd156c.camel@physik.fu-berlin.de>
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
prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-01-27 4:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-01-23 20:17 Andrew Kreimer
2025-01-23 20:23 ` Rob Gardner
2025-01-26 18:07 ` Andrew Kreimer
2025-01-26 18:32 ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2025-01-27 4:44 ` Rob Gardner [this message]
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