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Documentation: Fix some grammar mistakes in sync_file.txt

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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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Javier Martinez Canillas 2016-05-14 02:28:36 -04:00 committed by Jonathan Corbet
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This document serves as a guide for device drivers writers on what the 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 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 the fences(struct fence) that are needed to synchronize between drivers or
process boundaries. across process boundaries.
The sync_file API is meant to be used to send and receive fence information 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 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 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 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 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 when it has finished using (or processing) that buffer. Out-fences are fences
that the driver creates. that the driver creates.