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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-01-07 22:31:52 +0300
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-01-07 22:31:52 +0300
commit57c44c5f6fb0a8002feb258c1af58e1a744b1fcb (patch)
tree978bd46ca765a88e9c101cb705bbb0bf46015643
parent76052749143d03006271cc0ce8205ad756917062 (diff)
parent5a9e67b1a19e08a82387709f325d26e07b891d27 (diff)
downloadlinux-57c44c5f6fb0a8002feb258c1af58e1a744b1fcb.tar.xz
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial: (24 commits) trivial: chack -> check typo fix in main Makefile trivial: Add a space (and a comma) to a printk in 8250 driver trivial: Fix misspelling of "firmware" in docs for ncr53c8xx/sym53c8xx trivial: Fix misspelling of "firmware" in powerpc Makefile trivial: Fix misspelling of "firmware" in usb.c trivial: Fix misspelling of "firmware" in qla1280.c trivial: Fix misspelling of "firmware" in a100u2w.c trivial: Fix misspelling of "firmware" in megaraid.c trivial: Fix misspelling of "firmware" in ql4_mbx.c trivial: Fix misspelling of "firmware" in acpi_memhotplug.c trivial: Fix misspelling of "firmware" in ipw2100.c trivial: Fix misspelling of "firmware" in atmel.c trivial: Fix misspelled firmware in Kconfig trivial: fix an -> a typos in documentation and comments trivial: fix then -> than typos in comments and documentation trivial: update Jesper Juhl CREDITS entry with new email trivial: fix singal -> signal typo trivial: Fix incorrect use of "loose" in event.c trivial: printk: fix indentation of new_text_line declaration trivial: rtc-stk17ta8: fix sparse warning ...
-rw-r--r--CREDITS2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/dell_rbu.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/hwmon/abituguru-datasheet6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/rxrpc.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.lpfc2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.ncr53c8xx2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.sym53c8xx2
-rw-r--r--MAINTAINERS3
-rw-r--r--Makefile2
-rw-r--r--arch/blackfin/kernel/kgdb.c2
-rw-r--r--arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/signal.c2
-rw-r--r--arch/ia64/kernel/kprobes.c2
-rw-r--r--arch/m68k/Kconfig2
-rw-r--r--arch/m68k/kernel/traps.c2
-rw-r--r--arch/mips/pmc-sierra/yosemite/atmel_read_eeprom.c2
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c2
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/oprofile/cell/spu_profiler.c2
-rw-r--r--arch/s390/Kconfig2
-rw-r--r--arch/s390/kernel/kprobes.c2
-rw-r--r--arch/sparc/kernel/kprobes.c2
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/kprobes.c2
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/mfgpt_32.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/executer/exprep.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/executer/exresolv.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/executer/exstore.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/resources/rscreate.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/utilities/utobject.c4
-rw-r--r--drivers/base/Kconfig2
-rw-r--r--drivers/char/epca.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig4
-rw-r--r--drivers/hwmon/fschmd.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/cq.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/macintosh/Kconfig2
-rw-r--r--drivers/message/i2o/i2o_scsi.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/misc/ibmasm/event.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/misc/phantom.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/mtd/devices/pmc551.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/mtd/ubi/eba.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/mtd/ubi/io.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/mtd/ubi/scan.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/mtd/ubi/ubi-media.h4
-rw-r--r--drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c4
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/bnx2x_link.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/e1000/e1000_hw.c4
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/slip.h2
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/tehuti.c4
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/tokenring/smctr.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/atmel.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2100.c4
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00crypto.c4
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/strip.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1511.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/rtc/rtc-stk17ta8.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/s390/block/dasd_eer.c4
-rw-r--r--drivers/s390/char/vmlogrdr.c4
-rw-r--r--drivers/scsi/a100u2w.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hbadisc.c4
-rw-r--r--drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c10
-rw-r--r--drivers/scsi/megaraid.c4
-rw-r--r--drivers/scsi/qla1280.c4
-rw-r--r--drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_mbx.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/serial/8250.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/serial/crisv10.c4
-rw-r--r--drivers/uwb/i1480/dfu/usb.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/video/console/vgacon.c2
-rw-r--r--fs/ncpfs/ioctl.c2
-rw-r--r--fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c2
-rw-r--r--fs/proc/task_nommu.c2
-rw-r--r--fs/ubifs/Kconfig2
-rw-r--r--fs/ubifs/budget.c4
-rw-r--r--fs/ubifs/gc.c2
-rw-r--r--fs/ubifs/journal.c2
-rw-r--r--fs/ubifs/shrinker.c2
-rw-r--r--fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c2
-rw-r--r--include/acpi/acmacros.h4
-rw-r--r--include/acpi/actypes.h2
-rw-r--r--include/linux/mtd/mtd.h2
-rw-r--r--include/linux/ncp_fs.h2
-rw-r--r--include/linux/spi/spi.h4
-rw-r--r--include/mtd/ubi-user.h2
-rw-r--r--init/main.c3
-rw-r--r--kernel/pid.c2
-rw-r--r--kernel/printk.c2
-rw-r--r--kernel/time/jiffies.c2
-rw-r--r--lib/radix-tree.c11
-rw-r--r--mm/slub.c2
-rw-r--r--net/sctp/auth.c4
-rw-r--r--net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c6
-rw-r--r--net/sctp/socket.c2
-rw-r--r--net/sctp/tsnmap.c2
-rw-r--r--sound/oss/aedsp16.c2
-rw-r--r--sound/usb/usx2y/usbusx2y.c2
99 files changed, 133 insertions, 130 deletions
diff --git a/CREDITS b/CREDITS
index abe05a0be4ed..61186c85d728 100644
--- a/CREDITS
+++ b/CREDITS
@@ -1681,7 +1681,7 @@ E: ajoshi@shell.unixbox.com
D: fbdev hacking
N: Jesper Juhl
-E: jesper.juhl@gmail.com
+E: jj@chaosbits.net
D: Various fixes, cleanups and minor features all over the tree.
D: Wrote initial version of the hdaps driver (since passed on to others).
S: Lemnosvej 1, 3.tv
diff --git a/Documentation/dell_rbu.txt b/Documentation/dell_rbu.txt
index 2c0d631de0cf..c11b931f8f98 100644
--- a/Documentation/dell_rbu.txt
+++ b/Documentation/dell_rbu.txt
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ Until this step is completed the driver cannot be unloaded.
Also echoing either mono ,packet or init in to image_type will free up the
memory allocated by the driver.
-If an user by accident executes steps 1 and 3 above without executing step 2;
-it will make the /sys/class/firmware/dell_rbu/ entries to disappear.
+If a user by accident executes steps 1 and 3 above without executing step 2;
+it will make the /sys/class/firmware/dell_rbu/ entries disappear.
The entries can be recreated by doing the following
echo init > /sys/devices/platform/dell_rbu/image_type
NOTE: echoing init in image_type does not change it original value.
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/abituguru-datasheet b/Documentation/hwmon/abituguru-datasheet
index aef5a9b36846..4d184f2db0ea 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/abituguru-datasheet
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/abituguru-datasheet
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ a sensor.
Notice that some banks have both a read and a write address this is how the
uGuru determines if a read from or a write to the bank is taking place, thus
when reading you should always use the read address and when writing the
-write address. The write address is always one (1) more then the read address.
+write address. The write address is always one (1) more than the read address.
uGuru ready
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ Bit 3: Beep if alarm (RW)
Bit 4: 1 if alarm cause measured temp is over the warning threshold (R)
Bit 5: 1 if alarm cause measured volt is over the max threshold (R)
Bit 6: 1 if alarm cause measured volt is under the min threshold (R)
-Bit 7: Volt sensor: Shutdown if alarm persist for more then 4 seconds (RW)
+Bit 7: Volt sensor: Shutdown if alarm persist for more than 4 seconds (RW)
Temp sensor: Shutdown if temp is over the shutdown threshold (RW)
* This bit is only honored/used by the uGuru if a temp sensor is connected
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ Byte 0:
Alarm behaviour for the selected sensor. A 1 enables the described behaviour.
Bit 0: Give an alarm if measured rpm is under the min threshold (RW)
Bit 3: Beep if alarm (RW)
-Bit 7: Shutdown if alarm persist for more then 4 seconds (RW)
+Bit 7: Shutdown if alarm persist for more than 4 seconds (RW)
Byte 1:
min threshold (scale as bank 0x26)
diff --git a/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt b/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt
index 71f0fe1fc1b0..898b4987bb80 100644
--- a/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt
+++ b/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt
@@ -1475,7 +1475,7 @@ Sysfs interface changelog:
0x020100: Marker for thinkpad-acpi with hot key NVRAM polling
support. If you must, use it to know you should not
- start an userspace NVRAM poller (allows to detect when
+ start a userspace NVRAM poller (allows to detect when
NVRAM is compiled out by the user because it is
unneeded/undesired in the first place).
0x020101: Marker for thinkpad-acpi with hot key NVRAM polling
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/rxrpc.txt b/Documentation/networking/rxrpc.txt
index c3669a3fb4af..60d05eb77c64 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/rxrpc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/rxrpc.txt
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ A client would issue an operation by:
MSG_MORE should be set in msghdr::msg_flags on all but the last part of
the request. Multiple requests may be made simultaneously.
- If a call is intended to go to a destination other then the default
+ If a call is intended to go to a destination other than the default
specified through connect(), then msghdr::msg_name should be set on the
first request message of that call.
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt b/Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt
index 839cbb71388b..c0aab985bad9 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ As mentioned above, main purpose of TUN/TAP driver is tunneling.
It is used by VTun (http://vtun.sourceforge.net).
Another interesting application using TUN/TAP is pipsecd
-(http://perso.enst.fr/~beyssac/pipsec/), an userspace IPSec
+(http://perso.enst.fr/~beyssac/pipsec/), a userspace IPSec
implementation that can use complete kernel routing (unlike FreeS/WAN).
3. How does Virtual network device actually work ?
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.lpfc b/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.lpfc
index ae3f962a7cfc..ff19a52fe004 100644
--- a/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.lpfc
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.lpfc
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ Changes from 20040920 to 20041018
I/O completion path a little more, especially taking care of
fast-pathing the non-error case. Also removes tons of dead
members and defines from lpfc_scsi.h - e.g. lpfc_target is down
- to nothing more then the lpfc_nodelist pointer.
+ to nothing more than the lpfc_nodelist pointer.
* Added binary sysfs file to issue mbox commands
* Replaced #if __BIG_ENDIAN with #if __BIG_ENDIAN_BITFIELD for
compatibility with the user space applications.
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.ncr53c8xx b/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.ncr53c8xx
index a9f721aeb11c..8b278c10edfd 100644
--- a/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.ncr53c8xx
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.ncr53c8xx
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Sun Sep 24 21:30 2000 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
Wed Jul 26 23:30 2000 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
* version ncr53c8xx-3.4.1
- - Provide OpenFirmare path through the proc FS on PPC.
+ - Provide OpenFirmware path through the proc FS on PPC.
- Remove trailing argument #2 from a couple of #undefs.
Sun Jul 09 16:30 2000 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.sym53c8xx b/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.sym53c8xx
index ef985ec348e6..02ffbc1e8a84 100644
--- a/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.sym53c8xx
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.sym53c8xx
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Sun Sep 24 21:30 2000 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
Wed Jul 26 23:30 2000 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
* version sym53c8xx-1.7.1
- - Provide OpenFirmare path through the proc FS on PPC.
+ - Provide OpenFirmware path through the proc FS on PPC.
- Download of on-chip SRAM using memcpy_toio() doesn't work
on PPC. Restore previous method (MEMORY MOVE from SCRIPTS).
- Remove trailing argument #2 from a couple of #undefs.
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 094dd52d7309..06f8ff938c71 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -4229,9 +4229,10 @@ L: tpmdd-devel@lists.sourceforge.net (moderated for non-subscribers)
S: Maintained
TRIVIAL PATCHES
-P: Jesper Juhl
+P: Jiri Kosina
M: trivial@kernel.org
L: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
+T: git kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial.git
S: Maintained
TTY LAYER
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f9006663f01e..c9ac00837787 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@ define check-symlink
endef
# We create the target directory of the symlink if it does
-# not exist so the test in chack-symlink works and we have a
+# not exist so the test in check-symlink works and we have a
# directory for generated filesas used by some architectures.
define create-symlink
if [ ! -L include/asm ]; then \
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/kernel/kgdb.c b/arch/blackfin/kernel/kgdb.c
index b795a207742c..1c5afaeb9504 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/kernel/kgdb.c
+++ b/arch/blackfin/kernel/kgdb.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ void pt_regs_to_gdb_regs(unsigned long *gdb_regs, struct pt_regs *regs)
* Extracts ebp, esp and eip values understandable by gdb from the values
* saved by switch_to.
* thread.esp points to ebp. flags and ebp are pushed in switch_to hence esp
- * prior to entering switch_to is 8 greater then the value that is saved.
+ * prior to entering switch_to is 8 greater than the value that is saved.
* If switch_to changes, change following code appropriately.
*/
void sleeping_thread_to_gdb_regs(unsigned long *gdb_regs, struct task_struct *p)
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/signal.c b/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/signal.c
index da7d2be000ba..372d0ca6efbc 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/signal.c
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ give_sigsegv:
return -EFAULT;
}
-/* Invoke a singal handler to, well, handle the signal. */
+/* Invoke a signal handler to, well, handle the signal. */
static inline int
handle_signal(int canrestart, unsigned long sig,
siginfo_t *info, struct k_sigaction *ka,
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/kprobes.c
index 097b84d54e73..f90be51b1123 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ int __kprobes trampoline_probe_handler(struct kprobe *p, struct pt_regs *regs)
/*
* It is possible to have multiple instances associated with a given
* task either because an multiple functions in the call path
- * have a return probe installed on them, and/or more then one return
+ * have a return probe installed on them, and/or more than one return
* return probe was registered for a target function.
*
* We can handle this because:
diff --git a/arch/m68k/Kconfig b/arch/m68k/Kconfig
index c825bde17cb3..fb87c08c6b57 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/m68k/Kconfig
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ config M68KFPU_EMU_EXTRAPREC
correct rounding, the emulator can (often) do the same but this
extra calculation can cost quite some time, so you can disable
it here. The emulator will then "only" calculate with a 64 bit
- mantissa and round slightly incorrect, what is more then enough
+ mantissa and round slightly incorrect, what is more than enough
for normal usage.
config M68KFPU_EMU_ONLY
diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/traps.c b/arch/m68k/kernel/traps.c
index 6d813de2baf1..184acc90808d 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/traps.c
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ static inline void do_040writebacks(struct frame *fp)
* called from sigreturn(), must ensure userspace code didn't
* manipulate exception frame to circumvent protection, then complete
* pending writebacks
- * we just clear TM2 to turn it into an userspace access
+ * we just clear TM2 to turn it into a userspace access
*/
asmlinkage void berr_040cleanup(struct frame *fp)
{
diff --git a/arch/mips/pmc-sierra/yosemite/atmel_read_eeprom.c b/arch/mips/pmc-sierra/yosemite/atmel_read_eeprom.c
index 97862f45496d..caf5e9a0acc7 100644
--- a/arch/mips/pmc-sierra/yosemite/atmel_read_eeprom.c
+++ b/arch/mips/pmc-sierra/yosemite/atmel_read_eeprom.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ int read_eeprom(char *buffer, int eeprom_size, int size)
send_byte(W_HEADER);
recv_ack();
- /* EEPROM with size of more then 2K need two byte addressing */
+ /* EEPROM with size of more than 2K need two byte addressing */
if (eeprom_size > 2048) {
send_byte(0x00);
recv_ack();
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
index f32829937aad..ab6dda372438 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ image-$(CONFIG_DEFAULT_UIMAGE) += uImage
#
# Theses are default targets to build images which embed device tree blobs.
# They are only required on boards which do not have FDT support in firmware.
-# Boards with newish u-boot firmare can use the uImage target above
+# Boards with newish u-boot firmware can use the uImage target above
#
# Board ports in arch/powerpc/platform/40x/Kconfig
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
index 989edcdf0297..c9329786073b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ static int __kprobes trampoline_probe_handler(struct kprobe *p,
/*
* It is possible to have multiple instances associated with a given
* task either because an multiple functions in the call path
- * have a return probe installed on them, and/or more then one return
+ * have a return probe installed on them, and/or more than one return
* return probe was registered for a target function.
*
* We can handle this because:
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/oprofile/cell/spu_profiler.c b/arch/powerpc/oprofile/cell/spu_profiler.c
index dd499c3e9da7..83faa958b9d4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/oprofile/cell/spu_profiler.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/oprofile/cell/spu_profiler.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ void set_spu_profiling_frequency(unsigned int freq_khz, unsigned int cycles_rese
* of precision. This is close enough for the purpose at hand.
*
* The value of the timeout should be small enough that the hw
- * trace buffer will not get more then about 1/3 full for the
+ * trace buffer will not get more than about 1/3 full for the
* maximum user specified (the LFSR value) hw sampling frequency.
* This is to ensure the trace buffer will never fill even if the
* kernel thread scheduling varies under a heavy system load.
diff --git a/arch/s390/Kconfig b/arch/s390/Kconfig
index 19577aeffd7b..a94a3c3ae932 100644
--- a/arch/s390/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/s390/Kconfig
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ config WARN_STACK
This option enables the compiler options -mwarn-framesize and
-mwarn-dynamicstack. If the compiler supports these options it
will generate warnings for function which either use alloca or
- create a stack frame bigger then CONFIG_WARN_STACK_SIZE.
+ create a stack frame bigger than CONFIG_WARN_STACK_SIZE.
Say N if you are unsure.
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/s390/kernel/kprobes.c
index 9b92856632cf..a01cf0284db2 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ static int __kprobes trampoline_probe_handler(struct kprobe *p,
/*
* It is possible to have multiple instances associated with a given
* task either because an multiple functions in the call path
- * have a return probe installed on them, and/or more then one return
+ * have a return probe installed on them, and/or more than one return
* return probe was registered for a target function.
*
* We can handle this because:
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/kprobes.c
index 201a6e547e4a..3bc6527c95af 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ int __kprobes trampoline_probe_handler(struct kprobe *p, struct pt_regs *regs)
/*
* It is possible to have multiple instances associated with a given
* task either because an multiple functions in the call path
- * have a return probe installed on them, and/or more then one return
+ * have a return probe installed on them, and/or more than one return
* return probe was registered for a target function.
*
* We can handle this because:
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes.c
index eead6f8f9218..884d985b8b82 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ static __used __kprobes void *trampoline_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
/*
* It is possible to have multiple instances associated with a given
* task either because multiple functions in the call path have
- * return probes installed on them, and/or more then one
+ * return probes installed on them, and/or more than one
* return probe was registered for a target function.
*
* We can handle this because:
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/mfgpt_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/mfgpt_32.c
index c12314c9e86f..8815f3c7fec7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/mfgpt_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/mfgpt_32.c
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(geode_mfgpt_alloc_timer);
/*
* The MFPGT timers on the CS5536 provide us with suitable timers to use
* as clock event sources - not as good as a HPET or APIC, but certainly
- * better then the PIT. This isn't a general purpose MFGPT driver, but
+ * better than the PIT. This isn't a general purpose MFGPT driver, but
* a simplified one designed specifically to act as a clock event source.
* For full details about the MFGPT, please consult the CS5536 data sheet.
*/
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c
index 63a17b55b39b..7a0f4aa4fa1e 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
*
*
* ACPI based HotPlug driver that supports Memory Hotplug
- * This driver fields notifications from firmare for memory add
+ * This driver fields notifications from firmware for memory add
* and remove operations and alerts the VM of the affected memory
* ranges.
*/
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/executer/exprep.c b/drivers/acpi/executer/exprep.c
index 5d438c32989d..a7dc87ecee37 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/executer/exprep.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/executer/exprep.c
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ acpi_ex_prep_common_field_object(union acpi_operand_object *obj_desc,
*
* RETURN: Status
*
- * DESCRIPTION: Construct an union acpi_operand_object of type def_field and
+ * DESCRIPTION: Construct a union acpi_operand_object of type def_field and
* connect it to the parent Node.
*
******************************************************************************/
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/executer/exresolv.c b/drivers/acpi/executer/exresolv.c
index 89571b92a522..60e8c47128e9 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/executer/exresolv.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/executer/exresolv.c
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ acpi_ex_resolve_object_to_value(union acpi_operand_object **stack_ptr,
stack_desc = *stack_ptr;
- /* This is an union acpi_operand_object */
+ /* This is a union acpi_operand_object */
switch (ACPI_GET_OBJECT_TYPE(stack_desc)) {
case ACPI_TYPE_LOCAL_REFERENCE:
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/executer/exstore.c b/drivers/acpi/executer/exstore.c
index 3318df4cbd98..1c118ba78adb 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/executer/exstore.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/executer/exstore.c
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ acpi_ex_do_debug_object(union acpi_operand_object *source_desc,
*
* PARAMETERS: *source_desc - Value to be stored
* *dest_desc - Where to store it. Must be an NS node
- * or an union acpi_operand_object of type
+ * or a union acpi_operand_object of type
* Reference;
* walk_state - Current walk state
*
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/resources/rscreate.c b/drivers/acpi/resources/rscreate.c
index c0bbfa2c4193..08b8d73e6ee5 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/resources/rscreate.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/resources/rscreate.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ acpi_rs_create_resource_list(union acpi_operand_object *aml_buffer,
*
* FUNCTION: acpi_rs_create_pci_routing_table
*
- * PARAMETERS: package_object - Pointer to an union acpi_operand_object
+ * PARAMETERS: package_object - Pointer to a union acpi_operand_object
* package
* output_buffer - Pointer to the user's buffer
*
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/utilities/utobject.c b/drivers/acpi/utilities/utobject.c
index c354e7a42bcd..4bef3cfbaccb 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/utilities/utobject.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/utilities/utobject.c
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ union acpi_operand_object *acpi_ut_create_string_object(acpi_size string_size)
*
* RETURN: TRUE if object is valid, FALSE otherwise
*
- * DESCRIPTION: Validate a pointer to be an union acpi_operand_object
+ * DESCRIPTION: Validate a pointer to be a union acpi_operand_object
*
******************************************************************************/
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ void acpi_ut_delete_object_desc(union acpi_operand_object *object)
{
ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE_PTR(ut_delete_object_desc, object);
- /* Object must be an union acpi_operand_object */
+ /* Object must be a union acpi_operand_object */
if (ACPI_GET_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE(object) != ACPI_DESC_TYPE_OPERAND) {
ACPI_ERROR((AE_INFO,
diff --git a/drivers/base/Kconfig b/drivers/base/Kconfig
index d8e8c49c0cbd..8f006f96ff53 100644
--- a/drivers/base/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/base/Kconfig
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ config FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL
such firmware, and do not wish to use an initrd.
This single option controls the inclusion of firmware for
- every driver which uses request_firmare() and ships its
+ every driver which uses request_firmware() and ships its
firmware in the kernel source tree, to avoid a proliferation
of 'Include firmware for xxx device' options.
diff --git a/drivers/char/epca.c b/drivers/char/epca.c
index 39ad820b2350..af7c13ca9493 100644
--- a/drivers/char/epca.c
+++ b/drivers/char/epca.c
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ static int pc_open(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *filp)
/* Check status of board configured in system. */
/*
- * I check to see if the epca_setup routine detected an user error. It
+ * I check to see if the epca_setup routine detected a user error. It
* might be better to put this in pc_init, but for the moment it goes
* here.
*/
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig b/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig
index 5f076aef74fa..a8c8d9c19d74 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ config CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_USERSPACE
select CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE
help
Use the CPUFreq governor 'userspace' as default. This allows
- you to set the CPU frequency manually or when an userspace
+ you to set the CPU frequency manually or when a userspace
program shall be able to set the CPU dynamically without having
to enable the userspace governor manually.
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ config CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE
tristate "'userspace' governor for userspace frequency scaling"
help
Enable this cpufreq governor when you either want to set the
- CPU frequency manually or when an userspace program shall
+ CPU frequency manually or when a userspace program shall
be able to set the CPU dynamically, like on LART
<http://www.lartmaker.nl/>.
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/fschmd.c b/drivers/hwmon/fschmd.c
index 967170368933..8b2d756595d9 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/fschmd.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/fschmd.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ static const u8 FSCHMD_REG_VOLT[3] = { 0x45, 0x42, 0x48 };
/* minimum pwm at which the fan is driven (pwm can by increased depending on
the temp. Notice that for the scy some fans share there minimum speed.
- Also notice that with the scy the sensor order is different then with the
+ Also notice that with the scy the sensor order is different than with the
other chips, this order was in the 2.4 driver and kept for consistency. */
static const u8 FSCHMD_REG_FAN_MIN[5][6] = {
{ 0x55, 0x65 }, /* pos */
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/cq.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/cq.c
index a3c5af1d7ec0..de5263beab4a 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/cq.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/cq.c
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ int mlx4_ib_resize_cq(struct ib_cq *ibcq, int entries, struct ib_udata *udata)
if (err)
goto out;
} else {
- /* Can't be smaller then the number of outstanding CQEs */
+ /* Can't be smaller than the number of outstanding CQEs */
outst_cqe = mlx4_ib_get_outstanding_cqes(cq);
if (entries < outst_cqe + 1) {
err = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c b/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c
index f6e9f39a527b..c3c8b9bc40ae 100644
--- a/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c
+++ b/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(extra, "Enable extra LEDs and keys on IBM RapidAcces, EzKey and
/*
* Scancode to keycode tables. These are just the default setting, and
- * are loadable via an userland utility.
+ * are loadable via a userland utility.
*/
static const unsigned short atkbd_set2_keycode[512] = {
diff --git a/drivers/macintosh/Kconfig b/drivers/macintosh/Kconfig
index b52659620d50..173cf55c64d0 100644
--- a/drivers/macintosh/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/macintosh/Kconfig
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ config PMAC_BACKLIGHT
Say Y here to enable Macintosh specific extensions of the generic
backlight code. With this enabled, the brightness keys on older
PowerBooks will be enabled so you can change the screen brightness.
- Newer models should use an userspace daemon like pbbuttonsd.
+ Newer models should use a userspace daemon like pbbuttonsd.
config PMAC_BACKLIGHT_LEGACY
bool "Provide legacy ioctl's on /dev/pmu for the backlight"
diff --git a/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_scsi.c b/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_scsi.c
index 1bcdbbb9e7d3..3d45817e6dcd 100644
--- a/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_scsi.c
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ static int i2o_scsi_reply(struct i2o_controller *c, u32 m,
* @i2o_dev: the I2O device which was added
*
* If a I2O device is added we catch the notification, because I2O classes
- * other then SCSI peripheral will not be received through
+ * other than SCSI peripheral will not be received through
* i2o_scsi_probe().
*/
static void i2o_scsi_notify_device_add(struct i2o_device *i2o_dev)
diff --git a/drivers/misc/ibmasm/event.c b/drivers/misc/ibmasm/event.c
index fda6a4d3bf23..68a0a5b94795 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/ibmasm/event.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/ibmasm/event.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ static void wake_up_event_readers(struct service_processor *sp)
* Store the event in the circular event buffer, wake up any sleeping
* event readers.
* There is no reader marker in the buffer, therefore readers are
- * responsible for keeping up with the writer, or they will loose events.
+ * responsible for keeping up with the writer, or they will lose events.
*/
void ibmasm_receive_event(struct service_processor *sp, void *data, unsigned int data_size)
{
diff --git a/drivers/misc/phantom.c b/drivers/misc/phantom.c
index abdebe347383..fa57b67593ae 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/phantom.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/phantom.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
- * You need an userspace library to cooperate with this driver. It (and other
+ * You need a userspace library to cooperate with this driver. It (and other
* info) may be obtained here:
* http://www.fi.muni.cz/~xslaby/phantom.html
* or alternatively, you might use OpenHaptics provided by Sensable.
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/pmc551.c b/drivers/mtd/devices/pmc551.c
index d38bca64bb15..d2fd550f7e09 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/devices/pmc551.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/pmc551.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
* aperture size, not the dram size, and the V370PDC supplies no
* other method for memory size discovery. This problem is
* mostly only relevant when compiled as a module, as the
- * unloading of the module with an aperture size smaller then
+ * unloading of the module with an aperture size smaller than
* the ram will cause the driver to detect the onboard memory
* size to be equal to the aperture size when the module is
* reloaded. Soooo, to help, the module supports an msize
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/eba.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/eba.c
index 048a606cebde..25def348e5ba 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/eba.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/eba.c
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ write_error:
* to the real data size, although the @buf buffer has to contain the
* alignment. In all other cases, @len has to be aligned.
*
- * It is prohibited to write more then once to logical eraseblocks of static
+ * It is prohibited to write more than once to logical eraseblocks of static
* volumes. This function returns zero in case of success and a negative error
* code in case of failure.
*/
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/io.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/io.c
index a74118c05745..fe81039f2a7c 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/io.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/io.c
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ out:
* This function synchronously erases physical eraseblock @pnum. If @torture
* flag is not zero, the physical eraseblock is checked by means of writing
* different patterns to it and reading them back. If the torturing is enabled,
- * the physical eraseblock is erased more then once.
+ * the physical eraseblock is erased more than once.
*
* This function returns the number of erasures made in case of success, %-EIO
* if the erasure failed or the torturing test failed, and other negative error
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/scan.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/scan.c
index 41d47e1cf15c..ecde202a5a12 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/scan.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/scan.c
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ int ubi_scan_add_used(struct ubi_device *ubi, struct ubi_scan_info *si,
return 0;
} else {
/*
- * This logical eraseblock is older then the one found
+ * This logical eraseblock is older than the one found
* previously.
*/
if (cmp_res & 4)
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/ubi-media.h b/drivers/mtd/ubi/ubi-media.h
index 2ad940409053..8419fdccc79c 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/ubi-media.h
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/ubi-media.h
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ enum {
* The erase counter header takes 64 bytes and has a plenty of unused space for
* future usage. The unused fields are zeroed. The @version field is used to
* indicate the version of UBI implementation which is supposed to be able to
- * work with this UBI image. If @version is greater then the current UBI
+ * work with this UBI image. If @version is greater than the current UBI
* version, the image is rejected. This may be useful in future if something
* is changed radically. This field is duplicated in the volume identifier
* header.
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ struct ubi_ec_hdr {
* (sequence number) is used to distinguish between older and newer versions of
* logical eraseblocks.
*
- * There are 2 situations when there may be more then one physical eraseblock
+ * There are 2 situations when there may be more than one physical eraseblock
* corresponding to the same logical eraseblock, i.e., having the same @vol_id
* and @lnum values in the volume identifier header. Suppose we have a logical
* eraseblock L and it is mapped to the physical eraseblock P.
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c
index 333c8941552f..1afc61e7455d 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ static int init_volumes(struct ubi_device *ubi, const struct ubi_scan_info *si,
if (vtbl[i].flags & UBI_VTBL_AUTORESIZE_FLG) {
/* Auto re-size flag may be set only for one volume */
if (ubi->autoresize_vol_id != -1) {
- ubi_err("more then one auto-resize volume (%d "
+ ubi_err("more than one auto-resize volume (%d "
"and %d)", ubi->autoresize_vol_id, i);
kfree(vol);
return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c
index 14901cb82c18..891534f8210d 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
* situation when the picked physical eraseblock is constantly erased after the
* data is written to it. So, we have a constant which limits the highest erase
* counter of the free physical eraseblock to pick. Namely, the WL sub-system
- * does not pick eraseblocks with erase counter greater then the lowest erase
+ * does not pick eraseblocks with erase counter greater than the lowest erase
* counter plus %WL_FREE_MAX_DIFF.
*/
#define WL_FREE_MAX_DIFF (2*UBI_WL_THRESHOLD)
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ static int ensure_wear_leveling(struct ubi_device *ubi)
/*
* We schedule wear-leveling only if the difference between the
* lowest erase counter of used physical eraseblocks and a high
- * erase counter of free physical eraseblocks is greater then
+ * erase counter of free physical eraseblocks is greater than
* %UBI_WL_THRESHOLD.
*/
e1 = rb_entry(rb_first(&ubi->used), struct ubi_wl_entry, u.rb);
diff --git a/drivers/net/bnx2x_link.c b/drivers/net/bnx2x_link.c
index 67de94f1f30e..fefa6ab13064 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bnx2x_link.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bnx2x_link.c
@@ -3359,7 +3359,7 @@ static u8 bnx2x_format_ver(u32 num, u8 *str, u16 len)
u8 shift = 8*4;
u8 digit;
if (len < 10) {
- /* Need more then 10chars for this format */
+ /* Need more than 10chars for this format */
*str_ptr = '\0';
return -EINVAL;
}
diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_hw.c b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_hw.c
index d04eef53571e..e1a3fc1303ee 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_hw.c
@@ -6758,7 +6758,7 @@ static s32 e1000_get_cable_length(struct e1000_hw *hw, u16 *min_length,
* returns: - E1000_ERR_XXX
* E1000_SUCCESS
*
- * For phy's older then IGP, this function simply reads the polarity bit in the
+ * For phy's older than IGP, this function simply reads the polarity bit in the
* Phy Status register. For IGP phy's, this bit is valid only if link speed is
* 10 Mbps. If the link speed is 100 Mbps there is no polarity so this bit will
* return 0. If the link speed is 1000 Mbps the polarity status is in the
@@ -6834,7 +6834,7 @@ static s32 e1000_check_polarity(struct e1000_hw *hw,
* returns: - E1000_ERR_XXX
* E1000_SUCCESS
*
- * For phy's older then IGP, this function reads the Downshift bit in the Phy
+ * For phy's older than IGP, this function reads the Downshift bit in the Phy
* Specific Status register. For IGP phy's, it reads the Downgrade bit in the
* Link Health register. In IGP this bit is latched high, so the driver must
* read it immediately after link is established.
diff --git a/drivers/net/slip.h b/drivers/net/slip.h
index 853e0f6ec710..9ea5c11287d2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/slip.h
+++ b/drivers/net/slip.h
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ struct slip {
unsigned long tx_errors; /* Planned stuff */
unsigned long rx_dropped; /* No memory for skb */
unsigned long tx_dropped; /* When MTU change */
- unsigned long rx_over_errors; /* Frame bigger then SLIP buf. */
+ unsigned long rx_over_errors; /* Frame bigger than SLIP buf. */
#ifdef SL_INCLUDE_CSLIP
unsigned long tx_compressed;
unsigned long rx_compressed;
diff --git a/drivers/net/tehuti.c b/drivers/net/tehuti.c
index a10a83a11d9f..a7a4dc4d6313 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tehuti.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tehuti.c
@@ -1004,7 +1004,7 @@ static inline void bdx_rxdb_free_elem(struct rxdb *db, int n)
* skb for rx. It assumes that Rx is desabled in HW
* funcs are grouped for better cache usage
*
- * RxD fifo is smaller then RxF fifo by design. Upon high load, RxD will be
+ * RxD fifo is smaller than RxF fifo by design. Upon high load, RxD will be
* filled and packets will be dropped by nic without getting into host or
* cousing interrupt. Anyway, in that condition, host has no chance to proccess
* all packets, but dropping in nic is cheaper, since it takes 0 cpu cycles
@@ -1826,7 +1826,7 @@ static void bdx_tx_free(struct bdx_priv *priv)
*
* Pushes desc to TxD fifo and overlaps it if needed.
* NOTE: this func does not check for available space. this is responsibility
- * of the caller. Neither does it check that data size is smaller then
+ * of the caller. Neither does it check that data size is smaller than
* fifo size.
*/
static void bdx_tx_push_desc(struct bdx_priv *priv, void *data, int size)
diff --git a/drivers/net/tokenring/smctr.c b/drivers/net/tokenring/smctr.c
index a011666342ff..50eb29ce3c87 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tokenring/smctr.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tokenring/smctr.c
@@ -3064,7 +3064,7 @@ static int smctr_load_node_addr(struct net_device *dev)
* will consequently cause a timeout.
*
* NOTE 1: If the monitor_state is MS_BEACON_TEST_STATE, all transmit
- * queues other then the one used for the lobe_media_test should be
+ * queues other than the one used for the lobe_media_test should be
* disabled.!?
*
* NOTE 2: If the monitor_state is MS_BEACON_TEST_STATE and the receive_mask
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/atmel.c b/drivers/net/wireless/atmel.c
index 350157fcd080..4223672c4432 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/atmel.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/atmel.c
@@ -3836,7 +3836,7 @@ static int reset_atmel_card(struct net_device *dev)
This routine is also responsible for initialising some
hardware-specific fields in the atmel_private structure,
including a copy of the firmware's hostinfo stucture
- which is the route into the rest of the firmare datastructures. */
+ which is the route into the rest of the firmware datastructures. */
struct atmel_private *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
u8 configuration;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2100.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2100.c
index 1667065b86a7..823c2bf5e31e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2100.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2100.c
@@ -1332,7 +1332,7 @@ static int ipw2100_power_cycle_adapter(struct ipw2100_priv *priv)
IPW_AUX_HOST_RESET_REG_STOP_MASTER);
/* Step 2. Wait for stop Master Assert
- * (not more then 50us, otherwise ret error */
+ * (not more than 50us, otherwise ret error */
i = 5;
do {
udelay(IPW_WAIT_RESET_MASTER_ASSERT_COMPLETE_DELAY);
@@ -1830,7 +1830,7 @@ static void ipw2100_down(struct ipw2100_priv *priv)
cancel_delayed_work(&priv->rf_kill);
}
- /* Kill the firmare hang check timer */
+ /* Kill the firmware hang check timer */
if (!priv->stop_hang_check) {
priv->stop_hang_check = 1;
cancel_delayed_work(&priv->hang_check);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00crypto.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00crypto.c
index 37ad0d2fb64c..aee9cba13eb3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00crypto.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00crypto.c
@@ -184,8 +184,8 @@ void rt2x00crypto_rx_insert_iv(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int align,
* Make room for new data, note that we increase both
* headsize and tailsize when required. The tailsize is
* only needed when ICV data needs to be inserted and
- * the padding is smaller then the ICV data.
- * When alignment requirements is greater then the
+ * the padding is smaller than the ICV data.
+ * When alignment requirements is greater than the
* ICV data we must trim the skb to the correct size
* because we need to remove the extra bytes.
*/
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/strip.c b/drivers/net/wireless/strip.c
index dd0de3a9ed4e..7015f2480550 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/strip.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/strip.c
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ struct strip {
unsigned long tx_errors; /* Planned stuff */
unsigned long rx_dropped; /* No memory for skb */
unsigned long tx_dropped; /* When MTU change */
- unsigned long rx_over_errors; /* Frame bigger then STRIP buf. */
+ unsigned long rx_over_errors; /* Frame bigger than STRIP buf. */
unsigned long pps_timer; /* Timer to determine pps */
unsigned long rx_pps_count; /* Counter to determine pps */
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1511.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1511.c
index 23a07fe15a2c..0b6b7730c716 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1511.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1511.c
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ ds1511_rtc_init(void)
static void __exit
ds1511_rtc_exit(void)
{
- return platform_driver_unregister(&ds1511_rtc_driver);
+ platform_driver_unregister(&ds1511_rtc_driver);
}
module_init(ds1511_rtc_init);
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-stk17ta8.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-stk17ta8.c
index dc0b6224ad9b..7d1547b0070e 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-stk17ta8.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-stk17ta8.c
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ static __init int stk17ta8_init(void)
static __exit void stk17ta8_exit(void)
{
- return platform_driver_unregister(&stk17ta8_rtc_driver);
+ platform_driver_unregister(&stk17ta8_rtc_driver);
}
module_init(stk17ta8_init);
diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_eer.c b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_eer.c
index 892e2878d61b..f8e05ce98621 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_eer.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_eer.c
@@ -535,8 +535,8 @@ static int dasd_eer_open(struct inode *inp, struct file *filp)
eerb->buffer_page_count > INT_MAX / PAGE_SIZE) {
kfree(eerb);
MESSAGE(KERN_WARNING, "can't open device since module "
- "parameter eer_pages is smaller then 1 or"
- " bigger then %d", (int)(INT_MAX / PAGE_SIZE));
+ "parameter eer_pages is smaller than 1 or"
+ " bigger than %d", (int)(INT_MAX / PAGE_SIZE));
unlock_kernel();
return -EINVAL;
}
diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/vmlogrdr.c b/drivers/s390/char/vmlogrdr.c
index aabbeb909cc6..d8a2289fcb69 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/vmlogrdr.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/vmlogrdr.c
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ static int vmlogrdr_receive_data(struct vmlogrdr_priv_t *priv)
buffer = priv->buffer + sizeof(int);
}
/*
- * If the record is bigger then our buffer, we receive only
+ * If the record is bigger than our buffer, we receive only
* a part of it. We can get the rest later.
*/
if (iucv_data_count > NET_BUFFER_SIZE)
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ static int vmlogrdr_receive_data(struct vmlogrdr_priv_t *priv)
0, buffer, iucv_data_count,
&priv->residual_length);
spin_unlock_bh(&priv->priv_lock);
- /* An rc of 5 indicates that the record was bigger then
+ /* An rc of 5 indicates that the record was bigger than
* the buffer, which is OK for us. A 9 indicates that the
* record was purged befor we could receive it.
*/
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/a100u2w.c b/drivers/scsi/a100u2w.c
index 3c298c7253ee..964769f66eac 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/a100u2w.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/a100u2w.c
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ static int orc_device_reset(struct orc_host * host, struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, unsig
return FAILED;
}
- /* Reset device is handled by the firmare, we fill in an SCB and
+ /* Reset device is handled by the firmware, we fill in an SCB and
fire it at the controller, it does the rest */
scb->opcode = ORC_BUSDEVRST;
scb->target = target;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hbadisc.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hbadisc.c
index 8c64494444bf..311ed6dea726 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hbadisc.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hbadisc.c
@@ -1964,10 +1964,10 @@ lpfc_set_disctmo(struct lpfc_vport *vport)
uint32_t tmo;
if (vport->port_state == LPFC_LOCAL_CFG_LINK) {
- /* For FAN, timeout should be greater then edtov */
+ /* For FAN, timeout should be greater than edtov */
tmo = (((phba->fc_edtov + 999) / 1000) + 1);
} else {
- /* Normal discovery timeout should be > then ELS/CT timeout
+ /* Normal discovery timeout should be > than ELS/CT timeout
* FC spec states we need 3 * ratov for CT requests
*/
tmo = ((phba->fc_ratov * 3) + 3);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c
index 01dfdc8696f8..a36a120561e2 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ lpfc_sli_next_iocb_slot (struct lpfc_hba *phba, struct lpfc_sli_ring *pring)
if (unlikely(pring->local_getidx >= max_cmd_idx)) {
lpfc_printf_log(phba, KERN_ERR, LOG_SLI,
"0315 Ring %d issue: portCmdGet %d "
- "is bigger then cmd ring %d\n",
+ "is bigger than cmd ring %d\n",
pring->ringno,
pring->local_getidx, max_cmd_idx);
@@ -1628,12 +1628,12 @@ lpfc_sli_rsp_pointers_error(struct lpfc_hba *phba, struct lpfc_sli_ring *pring)
{
struct lpfc_pgp *pgp = &phba->port_gp[pring->ringno];
/*
- * Ring <ringno> handler: portRspPut <portRspPut> is bigger then
+ * Ring <ringno> handler: portRspPut <portRspPut> is bigger than
* rsp ring <portRspMax>
*/
lpfc_printf_log(phba, KERN_ERR, LOG_SLI,
"0312 Ring %d handler: portRspPut %d "
- "is bigger then rsp ring %d\n",
+ "is bigger than rsp ring %d\n",
pring->ringno, le32_to_cpu(pgp->rspPutInx),
pring->numRiocb);
@@ -2083,12 +2083,12 @@ lpfc_sli_handle_slow_ring_event(struct lpfc_hba *phba,
portRspPut = le32_to_cpu(pgp->rspPutInx);
if (portRspPut >= portRspMax) {
/*
- * Ring <ringno> handler: portRspPut <portRspPut> is bigger then
+ * Ring <ringno> handler: portRspPut <portRspPut> is bigger than
* rsp ring <portRspMax>
*/
lpfc_printf_log(phba, KERN_ERR, LOG_SLI,
"0303 Ring %d handler: portRspPut %d "
- "is bigger then rsp ring %d\n",
+ "is bigger than rsp ring %d\n",
pring->ringno, portRspPut, portRspMax);
phba->link_state = LPFC_HBA_ERROR;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/megaraid.c b/drivers/scsi/megaraid.c
index 7dc62deb4087..9fdcd60c5493 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/megaraid.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/megaraid.c
@@ -1967,8 +1967,8 @@ megaraid_abort_and_reset(adapter_t *adapter, Scsi_Cmnd *cmd, int aor)
scb->state |= aor;
/*
- * Check if this command has firmare owenership. If
- * yes, we cannot reset this command. Whenever, f/w
+ * Check if this command has firmware ownership. If
+ * yes, we cannot reset this command. Whenever f/w
* completes this command, we will return appropriate
* status from ISR.
*/
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla1280.c b/drivers/scsi/qla1280.c
index 8cb9240596ab..df09820e8916 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla1280.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla1280.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
- Integrate ql12160_set_target_parameters() with 1280 version
- Make qla1280_setup() non static
- Do not call qla1280_check_for_dead_scsi_bus() on every I/O request
- sent to the card - this command pauses the firmare!!!
+ sent to the card - this command pauses the firmware!!!
Rev 3.23.15 Beta March 19, 2002, Jes Sorensen
- Clean up qla1280.h - remove obsolete QL_DEBUG_LEVEL_x definitions
- Remove a pile of pointless and confusing (srb_t **) and
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ static int qla1280_read_nvram(struct scsi_qla_host *ha)
/* The firmware interface is, um, interesting, in that the
* actual firmware image on the chip is little endian, thus,
* the process of taking that image to the CPU would end up
- * little endian. However, the firmare interface requires it
+ * little endian. However, the firmware interface requires it
* to be read a word (two bytes) at a time.
*
* The net result of this would be that the word (and
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_mbx.c b/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_mbx.c
index c577d79bd7e8..051b0f5e8c8e 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_mbx.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_mbx.c
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ int qla4xxx_get_firmware_status(struct scsi_qla_host * ha)
ha->iocb_hiwat -= IOCB_HIWAT_CUSHION;
else
dev_info(&ha->pdev->dev, "WARNING!!! You have less than %d "
- "firmare IOCBs available (%d).\n",
+ "firmware IOCBs available (%d).\n",
IOCB_HIWAT_CUSHION, ha->iocb_hiwat);
return QLA_SUCCESS;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
index 381838ebd460..d86ebea9350a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
@@ -1650,7 +1650,7 @@ int scsi_error_handler(void *data)
* We use TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE so that the thread is not
* counted against the load average as a running process.
* We never actually get interrupted because kthread_run
- * disables singal delivery for the created thread.
+ * disables signal delivery for the created thread.
*/
set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
diff --git a/drivers/serial/8250.c b/drivers/serial/8250.c
index daa00567bc44..1889a63ebc22 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/8250.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/8250.c
@@ -3123,7 +3123,7 @@ static int __init serial8250_init(void)
if (nr_uarts > UART_NR)
nr_uarts = UART_NR;
- printk(KERN_INFO "Serial: 8250/16550 driver"
+ printk(KERN_INFO "Serial: 8250/16550 driver, "
"%d ports, IRQ sharing %sabled\n", nr_uarts,
share_irqs ? "en" : "dis");
diff --git a/drivers/serial/crisv10.c b/drivers/serial/crisv10.c
index 8b2c619a09f2..e642c22c80e2 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/crisv10.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/crisv10.c
@@ -1203,7 +1203,7 @@ static void e100_disable_txdma_channel(struct e100_serial *info)
unsigned long flags;
/* Disable output DMA channel for the serial port in question
- * ( set to something other then serialX)
+ * ( set to something other than serialX)
*/
local_irq_save(flags);
DFLOW(DEBUG_LOG(info->line, "disable_txdma_channel %i\n", info->line));
@@ -1266,7 +1266,7 @@ static void e100_disable_rxdma_channel(struct e100_serial *info)
unsigned long flags;
/* Disable input DMA channel for the serial port in question
- * ( set to something other then serialX)
+ * ( set to something other than serialX)
*/
local_irq_save(flags);
if (info->line == 0) {
diff --git a/drivers/uwb/i1480/dfu/usb.c b/drivers/uwb/i1480/dfu/usb.c
index 686795e97195..c7080d497311 100644
--- a/drivers/uwb/i1480/dfu/usb.c
+++ b/drivers/uwb/i1480/dfu/usb.c
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ int i1480_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *iface, const struct usb_device_id *id)
goto error_create;
}
- /* setup the fops and upload the firmare */
+ /* setup the fops and upload the firmware */
i1480->pre_fw_name = "i1480-pre-phy-0.0.bin";
i1480->mac_fw_name = "i1480-usb-0.0.bin";
i1480->mac_fw_name_deprecate = "ptc-0.0.bin";
diff --git a/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c b/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c
index e6210725b9ab..d012edda6d11 100644
--- a/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c
+++ b/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c
@@ -1332,7 +1332,7 @@ static void vgacon_save_screen(struct vc_data *c)
c->vc_y = screen_info.orig_y;
}
- /* We can't copy in more then the size of the video buffer,
+ /* We can't copy in more than the size of the video buffer,
* or we'll be copying in VGA BIOS */
if (!vga_is_gfx)
diff --git a/fs/ncpfs/ioctl.c b/fs/ncpfs/ioctl.c
index 6d04e050c74e..f54360f50a9c 100644
--- a/fs/ncpfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ncpfs/ioctl.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ struct compat_ncp_objectname_ioctl
{
s32 auth_type;
u32 object_name_len;
- compat_caddr_t object_name; /* an userspace data, in most cases user name */
+ compat_caddr_t object_name; /* a userspace data, in most cases user name */
};
struct compat_ncp_fs_info_v2 {
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c
index 6ebaa58e2c03..04697ba7f73e 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ static int o2hb_thread(void *data)
while (!kthread_should_stop() && !reg->hr_unclean_stop) {
/* We track the time spent inside
- * o2hb_do_disk_heartbeat so that we avoid more then
+ * o2hb_do_disk_heartbeat so that we avoid more than
* hr_timeout_ms between disk writes. On busy systems
* this should result in a heartbeat which is less
* likely to time itself out. */
diff --git a/fs/proc/task_nommu.c b/fs/proc/task_nommu.c
index 219bd79ea894..d4a8be32b902 100644
--- a/fs/proc/task_nommu.c
+++ b/fs/proc/task_nommu.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
/*
* Logic: we've got two memory sums for each process, "shared", and
- * "non-shared". Shared memory may get counted more then once, for
+ * "non-shared". Shared memory may get counted more than once, for
* each process that owns it. Non-shared memory is counted
* accurately.
*/
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/Kconfig b/fs/ubifs/Kconfig
index 91ceeda7e5bf..e35b54d5059d 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/ubifs/Kconfig
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ config UBIFS_FS_ZLIB
depends on UBIFS_FS
default y
help
- Zlib copresses better then LZO but it is slower. Say 'Y' if unsure.
+ Zlib compresses better than LZO but it is slower. Say 'Y' if unsure.
# Debugging-related stuff
config UBIFS_FS_DEBUG
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/budget.c b/fs/ubifs/budget.c
index 0e5e54d82924..175f9c590b77 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/budget.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/budget.c
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ static long long get_liability(struct ubifs_info *c)
*
* This function is called when an operation cannot be budgeted because there
* is supposedly no free space. But in most cases there is some free space:
- * o budgeting is pessimistic, so it always budgets more then it is actually
+ * o budgeting is pessimistic, so it always budgets more than it is actually
* needed, so shrinking the liability is one way to make free space - the
* cached data will take less space then it was budgeted for;
* o GC may turn some dark space into free space (budgeting treats dark space
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ void ubifs_release_budget(struct ubifs_info *c, struct ubifs_budget_req *req)
* @c: UBIFS file-system description object
*
* This function converts budget which was allocated for a new page of data to
- * the budget of changing an existing page of data. The latter is smaller then
+ * the budget of changing an existing page of data. The latter is smaller than
* the former, so this function only does simple re-calculation and does not
* involve any write-back.
*/
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/gc.c b/fs/ubifs/gc.c
index 0bef6501d58a..9832f9abe28e 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/gc.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/gc.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
#define SMALL_NODE_WM UBIFS_MAX_DENT_NODE_SZ
/*
- * GC may need to move more then one LEB to make progress. The below constants
+ * GC may need to move more than one LEB to make progress. The below constants
* define "soft" and "hard" limits on the number of LEBs the garbage collector
* may move.
*/
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/journal.c b/fs/ubifs/journal.c
index 10ae25b7d1db..9b7c54e0cd2a 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/journal.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/journal.c
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ again:
if (wbuf->lnum != -1 && avail >= len) {
/*
* Someone else has switched the journal head and we have
- * enough space now. This happens when more then one process is
+ * enough space now. This happens when more than one process is
* trying to write to the same journal head at the same time.
*/
dbg_jnl("return LEB %d back, already have LEB %d:%d",
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/shrinker.c b/fs/ubifs/shrinker.c
index f248533841a2..e7bab52a1410 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/shrinker.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/shrinker.c
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ static int shrink_tnc(struct ubifs_info *c, int nr, int age, int *contention)
* @contention: if any contention, this is set to %1
*
* This function walks the list of mounted UBIFS file-systems and frees clean
- * znodes which are older then @age, until at least @nr znodes are freed.
+ * znodes which are older than @age, until at least @nr znodes are freed.
* Returns the number of freed znodes.
*/
static int shrink_tnc_trees(int nr, int age, int *contention)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
index 36f6cc703ef2..be846d606ae8 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
@@ -1348,7 +1348,7 @@ xfs_finish_flags(
{
int ronly = (mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_RDONLY);
- /* Fail a mount where the logbuf is smaller then the log stripe */
+ /* Fail a mount where the logbuf is smaller than the log stripe */
if (xfs_sb_version_haslogv2(&mp->m_sb)) {
if (mp->m_logbsize <= 0 &&
mp->m_sb.sb_logsunit > XLOG_BIG_RECORD_BSIZE) {
diff --git a/include/acpi/acmacros.h b/include/acpi/acmacros.h
index a597207e2835..1954c9d1d012 100644
--- a/include/acpi/acmacros.h
+++ b/include/acpi/acmacros.h
@@ -333,8 +333,8 @@ struct acpi_integer_overlay {
#define ACPI_INSERT_BITS(target, mask, source) target = ((target & (~(mask))) | (source & mask))
/*
- * An struct acpi_namespace_node can appear in some contexts
- * where a pointer to an union acpi_operand_object can also
+ * A struct acpi_namespace_node can appear in some contexts
+ * where a pointer to a union acpi_operand_object can also
* appear. This macro is used to distinguish them.
*
* The "Descriptor" field is the first field in both structures.
diff --git a/include/acpi/actypes.h b/include/acpi/actypes.h
index 7220361790b3..8222e8de0d1c 100644
--- a/include/acpi/actypes.h
+++ b/include/acpi/actypes.h
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ typedef u32 acpi_object_type;
/*
* These are special object types that never appear in
- * a Namespace node, only in an union acpi_operand_object
+ * a Namespace node, only in a union acpi_operand_object
*/
#define ACPI_TYPE_LOCAL_EXTRA 0x1C
#define ACPI_TYPE_LOCAL_DATA 0x1D
diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h b/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h
index eae26bb6430a..64433eb411d7 100644
--- a/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h
+++ b/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ typedef enum {
* @datbuf: data buffer - if NULL only oob data are read/written
* @oobbuf: oob data buffer
*
- * Note, it is allowed to read more then one OOB area at one go, but not write.
+ * Note, it is allowed to read more than one OOB area at one go, but not write.
* The interface assumes that the OOB write requests program only one page's
* OOB area.
*/
diff --git a/include/linux/ncp_fs.h b/include/linux/ncp_fs.h
index 9f2d76347f19..f69e66d151cc 100644
--- a/include/linux/ncp_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/ncp_fs.h
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ struct ncp_objectname_ioctl
#define NCP_AUTH_NDS 0x32
int auth_type;
size_t object_name_len;
- void __user * object_name; /* an userspace data, in most cases user name */
+ void __user * object_name; /* a userspace data, in most cases user name */
};
struct ncp_privatedata_ioctl
diff --git a/include/linux/spi/spi.h b/include/linux/spi/spi.h
index 82229317753d..68bb1c501d0d 100644
--- a/include/linux/spi/spi.h
+++ b/include/linux/spi/spi.h
@@ -327,9 +327,9 @@ extern struct spi_master *spi_busnum_to_master(u16 busnum);
* @tx_dma: DMA address of tx_buf, if @spi_message.is_dma_mapped
* @rx_dma: DMA address of rx_buf, if @spi_message.is_dma_mapped
* @len: size of rx and tx buffers (in bytes)
- * @speed_hz: Select a speed other then the device default for this
+ * @speed_hz: Select a speed other than the device default for this
* transfer. If 0 the default (from @spi_device) is used.
- * @bits_per_word: select a bits_per_word other then the device default
+ * @bits_per_word: select a bits_per_word other than the device default
* for this transfer. If 0 the default (from @spi_device) is used.
* @cs_change: affects chipselect after this transfer completes
* @delay_usecs: microseconds to delay after this transfer before
diff --git a/include/mtd/ubi-user.h b/include/mtd/ubi-user.h
index ccdc562e444e..2dc2eb2b8e22 100644
--- a/include/mtd/ubi-user.h
+++ b/include/mtd/ubi-user.h
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ struct ubi_mkvol_req {
*
* Re-sizing is possible for both dynamic and static volumes. But while dynamic
* volumes may be re-sized arbitrarily, static volumes cannot be made to be
- * smaller then the number of bytes they bear. To arbitrarily shrink a static
+ * smaller than the number of bytes they bear. To arbitrarily shrink a static
* volume, it must be wiped out first (by means of volume update operation with
* zero number of bytes).
*/
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index b5a892c68375..05b313283311 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -599,7 +599,8 @@ asmlinkage void __init start_kernel(void)
sched_clock_init();
profile_init();
if (!irqs_disabled())
- printk("start_kernel(): bug: interrupts were enabled early\n");
+ printk(KERN_CRIT "start_kernel(): bug: interrupts were "
+ "enabled early\n");
early_boot_irqs_on();
local_irq_enable();
diff --git a/kernel/pid.c b/kernel/pid.c
index 064e76afa507..af9224cdd6c0 100644
--- a/kernel/pid.c
+++ b/kernel/pid.c
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ pid_t task_session_nr_ns(struct task_struct *tsk, struct pid_namespace *ns)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(task_session_nr_ns);
/*
- * Used by proc to find the first pid that is greater then or equal to nr.
+ * Used by proc to find the first pid that is greater than or equal to nr.
*
* If there is a pid at nr this function is exactly the same as find_pid_ns.
*/
diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c
index e651ab05655f..7015733793e8 100644
--- a/kernel/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk.c
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ static int acquire_console_semaphore_for_printk(unsigned int cpu)
static const char recursion_bug_msg [] =
KERN_CRIT "BUG: recent printk recursion!\n";
static int recursion_bug;
- static int new_text_line = 1;
+static int new_text_line = 1;
static char printk_buf[1024];
asmlinkage int vprintk(const char *fmt, va_list args)
diff --git a/kernel/time/jiffies.c b/kernel/time/jiffies.c
index 1ca99557e929..06f197560f3b 100644
--- a/kernel/time/jiffies.c
+++ b/kernel/time/jiffies.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
*
* The value 8 is somewhat carefully chosen, as anything
* larger can result in overflows. NSEC_PER_JIFFY grows as
- * HZ shrinks, so values greater then 8 overflow 32bits when
+ * HZ shrinks, so values greater than 8 overflow 32bits when
* HZ=100.
*/
#define JIFFIES_SHIFT 8
diff --git a/lib/radix-tree.c b/lib/radix-tree.c
index 8d3fb0bd1288..4bb42a0344ec 100644
--- a/lib/radix-tree.c
+++ b/lib/radix-tree.c
@@ -640,13 +640,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(radix_tree_tag_get);
*
* Returns: the index of the hole if found, otherwise returns an index
* outside of the set specified (in which case 'return - index >= max_scan'
- * will be true).
+ * will be true). In rare cases of index wrap-around, 0 will be returned.
*
* radix_tree_next_hole may be called under rcu_read_lock. However, like
- * radix_tree_gang_lookup, this will not atomically search a snapshot of the
- * tree at a single point in time. For example, if a hole is created at index
- * 5, then subsequently a hole is created at index 10, radix_tree_next_hole
- * covering both indexes may return 10 if called under rcu_read_lock.
+ * radix_tree_gang_lookup, this will not atomically search a snapshot of
+ * the tree at a single point in time. For example, if a hole is created
+ * at index 5, then subsequently a hole is created at index 10,
+ * radix_tree_next_hole covering both indexes may return 10 if called
+ * under rcu_read_lock.
*/
unsigned long radix_tree_next_hole(struct radix_tree_root *root,
unsigned long index, unsigned long max_scan)
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index f0e2892fe403..6392ae5cc6b1 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -2254,7 +2254,7 @@ static int calculate_sizes(struct kmem_cache *s, int forced_order)
* Add some empty padding so that we can catch
* overwrites from earlier objects rather than let
* tracking information or the free pointer be
- * corrupted if an user writes before the start
+ * corrupted if a user writes before the start
* of the object.
*/
size += sizeof(void *);
diff --git a/net/sctp/auth.c b/net/sctp/auth.c
index 52db5f60daa0..20c576f530fa 100644
--- a/net/sctp/auth.c
+++ b/net/sctp/auth.c
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ void sctp_auth_destroy_keys(struct list_head *keys)
/* Compare two byte vectors as numbers. Return values
* are:
* 0 - vectors are equal
- * < 0 - vector 1 is smaller then vector2
- * > 0 - vector 1 is greater then vector2
+ * < 0 - vector 1 is smaller than vector2
+ * > 0 - vector 1 is greater than vector2
*
* Algorithm is:
* This is performed by selecting the numerically smaller key vector...
diff --git a/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c b/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c
index 1c4e5d6c29c0..3a0cd075914f 100644
--- a/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c
+++ b/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c
@@ -4268,9 +4268,9 @@ nomem:
/*
* Handle a protocol violation when the chunk length is invalid.
- * "Invalid" length is identified as smaller then the minimal length a
+ * "Invalid" length is identified as smaller than the minimal length a
* given chunk can be. For example, a SACK chunk has invalid length
- * if it's length is set to be smaller then the size of sctp_sack_chunk_t.
+ * if its length is set to be smaller than the size of sctp_sack_chunk_t.
*
* We inform the other end by sending an ABORT with a Protocol Violation
* error code.
@@ -4300,7 +4300,7 @@ static sctp_disposition_t sctp_sf_violation_chunklen(
/*
* Handle a protocol violation when the parameter length is invalid.
- * "Invalid" length is identified as smaller then the minimal length a
+ * "Invalid" length is identified as smaller than the minimal length a
* given parameter can be.
*/
static sctp_disposition_t sctp_sf_violation_paramlen(
diff --git a/net/sctp/socket.c b/net/sctp/socket.c
index b14a8f33e42d..ff0a8f88de04 100644
--- a/net/sctp/socket.c
+++ b/net/sctp/socket.c
@@ -2717,7 +2717,7 @@ static int sctp_setsockopt_associnfo(struct sock *sk, char __user *optval, int o
paths++;
}
- /* Only validate asocmaxrxt if we have more then
+ /* Only validate asocmaxrxt if we have more than
* one path/transport. We do this because path
* retransmissions are only counted when we have more
* then one path.
diff --git a/net/sctp/tsnmap.c b/net/sctp/tsnmap.c
index 35c73e82553a..9bd64565021a 100644
--- a/net/sctp/tsnmap.c
+++ b/net/sctp/tsnmap.c
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ void sctp_tsnmap_skip(struct sctp_tsnmap *map, __u32 tsn)
*/
bitmap_zero(map->tsn_map, map->len);
} else {
- /* If the gap is smaller then the map size,
+ /* If the gap is smaller than the map size,
* shift the map by 'gap' bits and update further.
*/
bitmap_shift_right(map->tsn_map, map->tsn_map, gap, map->len);
diff --git a/sound/oss/aedsp16.c b/sound/oss/aedsp16.c
index a0274f3dac08..3ee9900ffd7b 100644
--- a/sound/oss/aedsp16.c
+++ b/sound/oss/aedsp16.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
Started Fri Mar 17 16:13:18 MET 1995
- v0.1 (ALPHA, was an user-level program called AudioExcelDSP16.c)
+ v0.1 (ALPHA, was a user-level program called AudioExcelDSP16.c)
- Initial code.
v0.2 (ALPHA)
- Cleanups.
diff --git a/sound/usb/usx2y/usbusx2y.c b/sound/usb/usx2y/usbusx2y.c
index ca26c532e77e..11639bd72a51 100644
--- a/sound/usb/usx2y/usbusx2y.c
+++ b/sound/usb/usx2y/usbusx2y.c
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ static void i_usX2Y_In04Int(struct urb *urb)
send = 0;
for (j = 0; j < URBS_AsyncSeq && !err; ++j)
if (0 == usX2Y->AS04.urb[j]->status) {
- struct us428_p4out *p4out = us428ctls->p4out + send; // FIXME if more then 1 p4out is new, 1 gets lost.
+ struct us428_p4out *p4out = us428ctls->p4out + send; // FIXME if more than 1 p4out is new, 1 gets lost.
usb_fill_bulk_urb(usX2Y->AS04.urb[j], usX2Y->chip.dev,
usb_sndbulkpipe(usX2Y->chip.dev, 0x04), &p4out->val.vol,
p4out->type == eLT_Light ? sizeof(struct us428_lights) : 5,