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diff --git a/Documentation/unaligned-memory-access.txt b/Documentation/unaligned-memory-access.txt index 6223eace3c09..b0472ac5226a 100644 --- a/Documentation/unaligned-memory-access.txt +++ b/Documentation/unaligned-memory-access.txt | |||
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ here; a summary of the common scenarios is presented below: | |||
57 | unaligned access to be corrected. | 57 | unaligned access to be corrected. |
58 | - Some architectures are not capable of unaligned memory access, but will | 58 | - Some architectures are not capable of unaligned memory access, but will |
59 | silently perform a different memory access to the one that was requested, | 59 | silently perform a different memory access to the one that was requested, |
60 | resulting a a subtle code bug that is hard to detect! | 60 | resulting in a subtle code bug that is hard to detect! |
61 | 61 | ||
62 | It should be obvious from the above that if your code causes unaligned | 62 | It should be obvious from the above that if your code causes unaligned |
63 | memory accesses to happen, your code will not work correctly on certain | 63 | memory accesses to happen, your code will not work correctly on certain |
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ memory and you wish to avoid unaligned access, its usage is as follows: | |||
209 | 209 | ||
210 | u32 value = get_unaligned((u32 *) data); | 210 | u32 value = get_unaligned((u32 *) data); |
211 | 211 | ||
212 | These macros work work for memory accesses of any length (not just 32 bits as | 212 | These macros work for memory accesses of any length (not just 32 bits as |
213 | in the examples above). Be aware that when compared to standard access of | 213 | in the examples above). Be aware that when compared to standard access of |
214 | aligned memory, using these macros to access unaligned memory can be costly in | 214 | aligned memory, using these macros to access unaligned memory can be costly in |
215 | terms of performance. | 215 | terms of performance. |