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Commit a33f3224 authored by Francis Galiegue's avatar Francis Galiegue Committed by Jiri Kosina
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Documentation/: it's -> its where appropriate


Fix obvious cases of "it's" being used when "its" was meant.

Signed-off-by: default avatarFrancis Galiegue <fgaliegue@gmail.com>
Acked-by: default avatarRandy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
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......@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Date: September 2008
Contact: Badari Pulavarty <pbadari@us.ibm.com>
Description:
The file /sys/devices/system/memory/memoryX/state
is read-write. When read, it's contents show the
is read-write. When read, its contents show the
online/offline state of the memory section. When written,
root can toggle the the online/offline state of a removable
memory section (see removable file description above)
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......@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ failure can be determined by:
Closing
This document, and the API itself, would not be in it's current
This document, and the API itself, would not be in its current
form without the feedback and suggestions from numerous individuals.
We would like to specifically mention, in no particular order, the
following people:
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......@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ void (*host_stop) (struct ata_host_set *host_set);
allocates space for a legacy IDE PRD table and returns.
</para>
<para>
->port_stop() is called after ->host_stop(). It's sole function
->port_stop() is called after ->host_stop(). Its sole function
is to release DMA/memory resources, now that they are no longer
actively being used. Many drivers also free driver-private
data from port at this time.
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......@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ The driver should return one of the following result codes:
- PCI_ERS_RESULT_NEED_RESET
Driver returns this if it thinks the device is not
recoverable in it's current state and it needs a slot
recoverable in its current state and it needs a slot
reset to proceed.
- PCI_ERS_RESULT_DISCONNECT
......@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ in working condition.
The driver is not supposed to restart normal driver I/O operations
at this point. It should limit itself to "probing" the device to
check it's recoverability status. If all is right, then the platform
check its recoverability status. If all is right, then the platform
will call resume() once all drivers have ack'd link_reset().
Result codes:
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......@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ NOTE: Smack labels are limited to 23 characters. The attr command
If you don't do anything special all users will get the floor ("_")
label when they log in. If you do want to log in via the hacked ssh
at other labels use the attr command to set the smack value on the
home directory and it's contents.
home directory and its contents.
You can add access rules in /etc/smack/accesses. They take the form:
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......@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Notes:
- The flash on board is divided into 3 partitions.
You should be careful to use flash on board.
It's partition is different from GraphicsClient Plus and GraphicsMaster
Its partition is different from GraphicsClient Plus and GraphicsMaster
- 16bpp mode requires a different cable than what ships with the board.
Contact ADS or look through the manual to wire your own. Currently,
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......@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ The driver only implements a four-wire touch panel protocol.
The touchscreen driver is maintenance free except for the pen-down or
touch threshold. Some resistive displays and board combinations may
require tuning of this threshold. The driver exposes some of it's
require tuning of this threshold. The driver exposes some of its
internal state in the sys filesystem. If the kernel is configured
with it, CONFIG_SYSFS, and sysfs is mounted at /sys, there will be a
directory
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......@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ counter decrement would not become globally visible until the
obj->active update does.
As a historical note, 32-bit Sparc used to only allow usage of
24-bits of it's atomic_t type. This was because it used 8 bits
24-bits of its atomic_t type. This was because it used 8 bits
as a spinlock for SMP safety. Sparc32 lacked a "compare and swap"
type instruction. However, 32-bit Sparc has since been moved over
to a "hash table of spinlocks" scheme, that allows the full 32-bit
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......@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
void bfin_gpio_irq_free(unsigned gpio);
The request functions will record the function state for a certain pin,
the free functions will clear it's function state.
the free functions will clear its function state.
Once a pin is requested, it can't be requested again before it is freed by
previous caller, otherwise kernel will dump stacks, and the request
function fail.
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......@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
This document describes the cache/tlb flushing interfaces called
by the Linux VM subsystem. It enumerates over each interface,
describes it's intended purpose, and what side effect is expected
describes its intended purpose, and what side effect is expected
after the interface is invoked.
The side effects described below are stated for a uniprocessor
......@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ require a whole different set of interfaces to handle properly.
The biggest problem is that of virtual aliasing in the data cache
of a processor.
Is your port susceptible to virtual aliasing in it's D-cache?
Is your port susceptible to virtual aliasing in its D-cache?
Well, if your D-cache is virtually indexed, is larger in size than
PAGE_SIZE, and does not prevent multiple cache lines for the same
physical address from existing at once, you have this problem.
......@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ one way to solve this (in particular SPARC_FLAG_MMAPSHARED).
Next, you have to solve the D-cache aliasing issue for all
other cases. Please keep in mind that fact that, for a given page
mapped into some user address space, there is always at least one more
mapping, that of the kernel in it's linear mapping starting at
mapping, that of the kernel in its linear mapping starting at
PAGE_OFFSET. So immediately, once the first user maps a given
physical page into its address space, by implication the D-cache
aliasing problem has the potential to exist since the kernel already
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......@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ Under below explanation, we assume CONFIG_MEM_RES_CTRL_SWAP=y.
we have to check if OLDPAGE/NEWPAGE is a valid page after commit().
8. LRU
Each memcg has its own private LRU. Now, it's handling is under global
Each memcg has its own private LRU. Now, its handling is under global
VM's control (means that it's handled under global zone->lru_lock).
Almost all routines around memcg's LRU is called by global LRU's
list management functions under zone->lru_lock().
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......@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ some of the pages cached in the cgroup (page cache pages).
4.2 Task migration
When a task migrates from one cgroup to another, it's charge is not
When a task migrates from one cgroup to another, its charge is not
carried forward by default. The pages allocated from the original cgroup still
remain charged to it, the charge is dropped when the page is freed or
reclaimed.
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......@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ int cn_netlink_send(struct cn_msg *msg, u32 __groups, int gfp_mask);
int gfp_mask - GFP mask.
Note: When registering new callback user, connector core assigns
netlink group to the user which is equal to it's id.idx.
netlink group to the user which is equal to its id.idx.
/*****************************************/
Protocol description.
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......@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ This application requires the following to function properly as of now.
* Cards that fall in this category
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
At present the cards that fall in this category are the Twinhan and it's
At present the cards that fall in this category are the Twinhan and its
clones, these cards are available as VVMER, Tomato, Hercules, Orange and
so on.
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Thanks go to the following people for patches and contributions:
Michael Hunold <m.hunold@gmx.de>
for the initial saa7146 driver and it's recent overhaul
for the initial saa7146 driver and its recent overhaul
Christian Theiss
for his work on the initial Linux DVB driver
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......@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ found to be inadequate, in this case. The Generic Netlink system was
used for this as raw Netlink would lead to a significant increase in
complexity. There's no question that the Generic Netlink system is an
elegant solution for common case ioctl functions but it's not a complete
replacement probably because it's primary purpose in life is to be a
replacement probably because its primary purpose in life is to be a
message bus implementation rather than specifically an ioctl replacement.
While it would be possible to work around this there is one concern
that lead to the decision to not use it. This is that the autofs
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......@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ Mount Options
Specify the IP and/or port the client should bind to locally.
There is normally not much reason to do this. If the IP is not
specified, the client's IP address is determined by looking at the
address it's connection to the monitor originates from.
address its connection to the monitor originates from.
wsize=X
Specify the maximum write size in bytes. By default there is no
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......@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ You'll want to start heartbeating on a volume which all the nodes in
your lockspace can access. The easiest way to do this is via
ocfs2_hb_ctl (distributed with ocfs2-tools). Right now it requires
that an OCFS2 file system be in place so that it can automatically
find it's heartbeat area, though it will eventually support heartbeat
find its heartbeat area, though it will eventually support heartbeat
against raw disks.
Please see the ocfs2_hb_ctl and mkfs.ocfs2 manual pages distributed
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......@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ flags, it will return EBADR and the contents of fm_flags will contain
the set of flags which caused the error. If the kernel is compatible
with all flags passed, the contents of fm_flags will be unmodified.
It is up to userspace to determine whether rejection of a particular
flag is fatal to it's operation. This scheme is intended to allow the
flag is fatal to its operation. This scheme is intended to allow the
fiemap interface to grow in the future but without losing
compatibility with old software.
......@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ If this flag is set, the kernel will sync the file before mapping extents.
* FIEMAP_FLAG_XATTR
If this flag is set, the extents returned will describe the inodes
extended attribute lookup tree, instead of it's data tree.
extended attribute lookup tree, instead of its data tree.
Extent Mapping
......@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ struct fiemap_extent {
};
All offsets and lengths are in bytes and mirror those on disk. It is valid
for an extents logical offset to start before the request or it's logical
for an extents logical offset to start before the request or its logical
length to extend past the request. Unless FIEMAP_EXTENT_NOT_ALIGNED is
returned, fe_logical, fe_physical, and fe_length will be aligned to the
block size of the file system. With the exception of extents flagged as
......@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ been allocated for the file yet.
* FIEMAP_EXTENT_DELALLOC
- This will also set FIEMAP_EXTENT_UNKNOWN.
Delayed allocation - while there is data for this extent, it's
Delayed allocation - while there is data for this extent, its
physical location has not been allocated yet.
* FIEMAP_EXTENT_ENCODED
......@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ Data is located within a meta data block.
Data is packed into a block with data from other files.
* FIEMAP_EXTENT_UNWRITTEN
Unwritten extent - the extent is allocated but it's data has not been
Unwritten extent - the extent is allocated but its data has not been
initialized. This indicates the extent's data will be all zero if read
through the filesystem but the contents are undefined if read directly from
the device.
......@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ VFS -> File System Implementation
File systems wishing to support fiemap must implement a ->fiemap callback on
their inode_operations structure. The fs ->fiemap call is responsible for
defining it's set of supported fiemap flags, and calling a helper function on
defining its set of supported fiemap flags, and calling a helper function on
each discovered extent:
struct inode_operations {
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......@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ Mount options
'default_permissions'
By default FUSE doesn't check file access permissions, the
filesystem is free to implement it's access policy or leave it to
filesystem is free to implement its access policy or leave it to
the underlying file access mechanism (e.g. in case of network
filesystems). This option enables permission checking, restricting
access based on file mode. It is usually useful together with the
......@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ or may honor them by sending a reply to the _original_ request, with
the error set to EINTR.
It is also possible that there's a race between processing the
original request and it's INTERRUPT request. There are two possibilities:
original request and its INTERRUPT request. There are two possibilities:
1) The INTERRUPT request is processed before the original request is
processed
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