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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-08-06 21:03:53 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-08-06 21:03:53 -0700
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Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial
Pull trivial tree changes from Jiri Kosina: "Summer edition of trivial tree updates" * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial: (23 commits) doc: fix two typos in watchdog-api.txt irq-gic: remove file name from heading comment MAINTAINERS: Add miscdevice.h to file list for char/misc drivers. scsi: mvsas: mv_sas.c: Fix for possible null pointer dereference doc: replace "practise" with "practice" in Documentation befs: remove check for CONFIG_BEFS_RW scsi: doc: fix 'SCSI_NCR_SETUP_MASTER_PARITY' drivers/usb/phy/phy.c: remove a leading space mfd: fix comment cpuidle: fix comment doc: hpfall.c: fix missing null-terminate after strncpy call usb: doc: hotplug.txt code typos kbuild: fix comment in Makefile.modinst SH: add proper prompt to SH_MAGIC_PANEL_R2_VERSION ARM: msm: Remove MSM_SCM crypto: Remove MPILIB_EXTRA doc: CN: remove dead link, kerneltrap.org no longer works media: update reference, kerneltrap.org no longer works hexagon: update reference, kerneltrap.org no longer works doc: LSM: update reference, kerneltrap.org no longer works ...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/PCI/MSI-HOWTO.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/SubmittingDrivers4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/SubmittingPatches4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/laptops/freefall.c1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/scsi/ncr53c8xx.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/security/LSM.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/zh_CN/SubmittingDrivers4
7 files changed, 6 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/PCI/MSI-HOWTO.txt b/Documentation/PCI/MSI-HOWTO.txt
index 10a9369..0d920d5 100644
--- a/Documentation/PCI/MSI-HOWTO.txt
+++ b/Documentation/PCI/MSI-HOWTO.txt
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ Some devices are known to have faulty MSI implementations. Usually this
is handled in the individual device driver, but occasionally it's necessary
to handle this with a quirk. Some drivers have an option to disable use
of MSI. While this is a convenient workaround for the driver author,
-it is not good practise, and should not be emulated.
+it is not good practice, and should not be emulated.
5.4. Finding why MSIs are disabled on a device
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingDrivers b/Documentation/SubmittingDrivers
index 36d16bb..31d3726 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingDrivers
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingDrivers
@@ -146,10 +146,6 @@ LWN.net:
Porting drivers from prior kernels to 2.6:
http://lwn.net/Articles/driver-porting/
-KernelTrap:
- Occasional Linux kernel articles and developer interviews
- http://kerneltrap.org/
-
KernelNewbies:
Documentation and assistance for new kernel programmers
http://kernelnewbies.org/
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
index 7e9abb8..dcadffc 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -396,13 +396,13 @@ you are responsible for last-minute changes. Example :
[lucky@maintainer.example.org: struct foo moved from foo.c to foo.h]
Signed-off-by: Lucky K Maintainer <lucky@maintainer.example.org>
-This practise is particularly helpful if you maintain a stable branch and
+This practice is particularly helpful if you maintain a stable branch and
want at the same time to credit the author, track changes, merge the fix,
and protect the submitter from complaints. Note that under no circumstances
can you change the author's identity (the From header), as it is the one
which appears in the changelog.
-Special note to back-porters: It seems to be a common and useful practise
+Special note to back-porters: It seems to be a common and useful practice
to insert an indication of the origin of a patch at the top of the commit
message (just after the subject line) to facilitate tracking. For instance,
here's what we see in 2.6-stable :
diff --git a/Documentation/laptops/freefall.c b/Documentation/laptops/freefall.c
index aab2ff0..d417318 100644
--- a/Documentation/laptops/freefall.c
+++ b/Documentation/laptops/freefall.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ static int set_unload_heads_path(char *device)
if (strlen(device) <= 5 || strncmp(device, "/dev/", 5) != 0)
return -EINVAL;
strncpy(devname, device + 5, sizeof(devname) - 1);
+ devname[sizeof(devname) - 1] = '\0';
strncpy(device_path, device, sizeof(device_path) - 1);
snprintf(unload_heads_path, sizeof(unload_heads_path) - 1,
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/ncr53c8xx.txt b/Documentation/scsi/ncr53c8xx.txt
index cda5f8f..1d508dc 100644
--- a/Documentation/scsi/ncr53c8xx.txt
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/ncr53c8xx.txt
@@ -1095,7 +1095,7 @@ SCSI_NCR_SETUP_FORCE_SYNC_NEGO (default: not defined)
SCSI_NCR_SETUP_MASTER_PARITY (default: defined)
If defined, master parity checking is enabled.
-SCSI_NCR_SETUP_MASTER_PARITY (default: defined)
+SCSI_NCR_SETUP_SCSI_PARITY (default: defined)
If defined, SCSI parity checking is enabled.
SCSI_NCR_PROFILE_SUPPORT (default: not defined)
diff --git a/Documentation/security/LSM.txt b/Documentation/security/LSM.txt
index c335a76..3db7e67 100644
--- a/Documentation/security/LSM.txt
+++ b/Documentation/security/LSM.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ system, building their checks on top of the defined capability hooks.
For more details on capabilities, see capabilities(7) in the Linux
man-pages project.
-Based on http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/Documenting_Security_Module_Intent,
+Based on https://lkml.org/lkml/2007/10/26/215,
a new LSM is accepted into the kernel when its intent (a description of
what it tries to protect against and in what cases one would expect to
use it) has been appropriately documented in Documentation/security/.
diff --git a/Documentation/zh_CN/SubmittingDrivers b/Documentation/zh_CN/SubmittingDrivers
index 5889f8d..d313f5d 100644
--- a/Documentation/zh_CN/SubmittingDrivers
+++ b/Documentation/zh_CN/SubmittingDrivers
@@ -150,10 +150,6 @@ LWN.net:
将旧版内核的驱动程序移植到 2.6 版:
http://lwn.net/Articles/driver-porting/
-KernelTrap:
- Linux 内核的最新动态以及开发者访谈
- http://kerneltrap.org/
-
内核新手(KernelNewbies):
为新的内核开发者提供文档和帮助
http://kernelnewbies.org/
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