Re: [PATCH] Documentation: admin-guide: Correct spelling of "userspace"

From: Randy Dunlap

Date: Tue Oct 14 2025 - 13:59:55 EST




On 10/14/25 7:57 AM, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> Akiyoshi Kurita <weibu@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> The term "userspace" should be a single word. Fix the typo
>> "userpace" accordingly.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Akiyoshi Kurita <weibu@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst | 2 +-
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst
>> index a0cc017e4424..ed1f8f1e86c5 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst
>> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst
>> @@ -186,6 +186,6 @@ More detailed explanation for tainting
>>
>> 18) ``N`` if an in-kernel test, such as a KUnit test, has been run.
>>
>> - 19) ``J`` if userpace opened /dev/fwctl/* and performed a FWTCL_RPC_DEBUG_WRITE
>> + 19) ``J`` if userspace opened /dev/fwctl/* and performed a FWTCL_RPC_DEBUG_WRITE
>> to use the devices debugging features. Device debugging features could
>> cause the device to malfunction in undefined ways.
>
> Applied, thanks.

Comparing to the "MSDOS" spelling patch:

did you check/count "userspace" vs. "user space" vs. "user-space"
in the kernel source tree?

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~Randy