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authorJavier Martinez Canillas <javier@osg.samsung.com>2016-05-14 02:28:36 -0400
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2016-06-03 13:24:16 -0600
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Documentation: Fix some grammar mistakes in sync_file.txt
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 <javier@osg.samsung.com> Reviewed-by: Gustavo Padovan <gustavo.padovan@collabora.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/sync_file.txt b/Documentation/sync_file.txt
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+++ 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.