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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2008-04-22 03:36:46 +0400 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2008-04-22 03:36:46 +0400 |
commit | e9b62693ae0a1e13ccc97a6792d9a7770c8d1b5b (patch) | |
tree | c676609730533fc1b7c5e01992e46b6eaf75f99b /Documentation/DocBook | |
parent | 548453fd107f789f5f1bc2dc13cc432ceb3b5efd (diff) | |
parent | 838cb6aba4cebcf4fcd06b90e2adf890bef884ac (diff) | |
download | linux-e9b62693ae0a1e13ccc97a6792d9a7770c8d1b5b.tar.xz |
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/juhl/trivial
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/juhl/trivial: (24 commits)
DOC: A couple corrections and clarifications in USB doc.
Generate a slightly more informative error msg for bad HZ
fix typo "is" -> "if" in Makefile
ext*: spelling fix prefered -> preferred
DOCUMENTATION: Use newer DEFINE_SPINLOCK macro in docs.
KEYS: Fix the comment to match the file name in rxrpc-type.h.
RAID: remove trailing space from printk line
DMA engine: typo fixes
Remove unused MAX_NODES_SHIFT
MAINTAINERS: Clarify access to OCFS2 development mailing list.
V4L: Storage class should be before const qualifier (sn9c102)
V4L: Storage class should be before const qualifier
sonypi: Storage class should be before const qualifier
intel_menlow: Storage class should be before const qualifier
DVB: Storage class should be before const qualifier
arm: Storage class should be before const qualifier
ALSA: Storage class should be before const qualifier
acpi: Storage class should be before const qualifier
firmware_sample_driver.c: fix coding style
MAINTAINERS: Add ati_remote2 driver
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Fixed up trivial conflicts in firmware_sample_driver.c
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/DocBook')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/writing_usb_driver.tmpl | 14 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl index 435413ca40dc..77c42f40be5d 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl @@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ The change is shown below, in standard patch format: the }; -static DEFINE_MUTEX(cache_lock); -+static spinlock_t cache_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED; ++static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(cache_lock); static LIST_HEAD(cache); static unsigned int cache_num = 0; #define MAX_CACHE_SIZE 10 @@ -1238,7 +1238,7 @@ Here is the "lock-per-object" implementation: - int popularity; }; - static spinlock_t cache_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED; + static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(cache_lock); @@ -77,6 +84,7 @@ obj->id = id; obj->popularity = 0; diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/writing_usb_driver.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/writing_usb_driver.tmpl index d4188d4ff535..eeff19ca831b 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/writing_usb_driver.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/writing_usb_driver.tmpl @@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ useful documents, at the USB home page (see Resources). An excellent introduction to the Linux USB subsystem can be found at the USB Working Devices List (see Resources). It explains how the Linux USB subsystem is - structured and introduces the reader to the concept of USB urbs, which - are essential to USB drivers. + structured and introduces the reader to the concept of USB urbs + (USB Request Blocks), which are essential to USB drivers. </para> <para> The first thing a Linux USB driver needs to do is register itself with @@ -162,8 +162,8 @@ static int __init usb_skel_init(void) module_init(usb_skel_init); </programlisting> <para> - When the driver is unloaded from the system, it needs to unregister - itself with the USB subsystem. This is done with the usb_unregister + When the driver is unloaded from the system, it needs to deregister + itself with the USB subsystem. This is done with the usb_deregister function: </para> <programlisting> @@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ static int skel_probe(struct usb_interface *interface, were passed to the USB subsystem will be called from a user program trying to talk to the device. The first function called will be open, as the program tries to open the device for I/O. We increment our private usage - count and save off a pointer to our internal structure in the file + count and save a pointer to our internal structure in the file structure. This is done so that future calls to file operations will enable the driver to determine which device the user is addressing. All of this is done with the following code: @@ -252,8 +252,8 @@ file->private_data = dev; send to the device based on the size of the write urb it has created (this size depends on the size of the bulk out end point that the device has). Then it copies the data from user space to kernel space, points the urb to - the data and submits the urb to the USB subsystem. This can be shown in - he following code: + the data and submits the urb to the USB subsystem. This can be seen in + the following code: </para> <programlisting> /* we can only write as much as 1 urb will hold */ |