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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] kernel: fix numerous spelling mistakes
To:     "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
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On 2021/5/29 7:18, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@huawei.com> writes:
> 
>> Fix some spelling mistakes in comments:
>> suspeneded ==> suspended
>> occuring ==> occurring
>> wont ==> won't
>> detatch ==> detach
>> represntation ==> representation
>> hexidecimal ==> hexadecimal
>> delimeter ==> delimiter
>> architecure ==> architecture
>> accumalator ==> accumulator
>> evertything ==> everything
>> contingous ==> contiguous
>> useable ==> usable
>> musn't ==> mustn't
>> alloed ==> allowed
>> immmediately ==> immediately
>> Allocted ==> Allocated
>> noone ==> no one
>> unparseable ==> unparsable
>> dependend ==> dependent
>> callled ==> called
>> alreay ==> already
>> childs ==> children
>> implemention ==> implementation
>> situration ==> situation
>> overriden ==> overridden
>> asynchonous ==> asynchronous
>> accumalate ==> accumulate
>> syncrhonized ==> synchronized
>> therefor ==> therefore
>> ther ==> their
>> capabilites ==> capabilities
>> lentgh ==> length
>> watchog ==> watchdog
>> assing ==> assign
>> Retun ==> Return
> 
> I took a quick read through and everything looks like a good spelling
> correction, and on top of that this looks safe as it just comments being
> changed?

Yes, all changes are in the comments.

> 
> How were you thinking of getting this merged?
> 
> Do we have a misc maintainer?  If the individual maintainers need to
> merge this than this patch should probably get split as these files
> cover lot areas that different people take care of.

Okay, I'm thinking of splitting it up. However, this leads to more patches.

> 
> Acked-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
> 
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@huawei.com>
>> ---
>>  kernel/acct.c                  | 2 +-
>>  kernel/context_tracking.c      | 2 +-
>>  kernel/cpu.c                   | 2 +-
>>  kernel/debug/debug_core.c      | 2 +-
>>  kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_main.c    | 8 ++++----
>>  kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_private.h | 2 +-
>>  kernel/delayacct.c             | 2 +-
>>  kernel/dma/map_benchmark.c     | 2 +-
>>  kernel/dma/swiotlb.c           | 2 +-
>>  kernel/exit.c                  | 2 +-
>>  kernel/hung_task.c             | 2 +-
>>  kernel/kexec_core.c            | 2 +-
>>  kernel/kprobes.c               | 2 +-
>>  kernel/latencytop.c            | 2 +-
>>  kernel/module.c                | 4 ++--
>>  kernel/notifier.c              | 2 +-
>>  kernel/padata.c                | 2 +-
>>  kernel/panic.c                 | 2 +-
>>  kernel/pid.c                   | 2 +-
>>  kernel/ptrace.c                | 2 +-
>>  kernel/relay.c                 | 2 +-
>>  kernel/signal.c                | 4 ++--
>>  kernel/smp.c                   | 2 +-
>>  kernel/taskstats.c             | 2 +-
>>  kernel/time/alarmtimer.c       | 2 +-
>>  kernel/time/timer.c            | 4 ++--
>>  kernel/umh.c                   | 2 +-
>>  kernel/user_namespace.c        | 2 +-
>>  kernel/usermode_driver.c       | 2 +-
>>  kernel/watchdog.c              | 2 +-
>>  kernel/workqueue.c             | 4 ++--
>>  31 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/kernel/acct.c b/kernel/acct.c
>> index a64102be2bb0..5ace865b6176 100644
>> --- a/kernel/acct.c
>> +++ b/kernel/acct.c
>> @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
>>   *  XTerms and EMACS are manifestations of pure evil. 21/10/98, AV.
>>   *
>>   *  Fixed a nasty interaction with sys_umount(). If the accounting
>> - *  was suspeneded we failed to stop it on umount(). Messy.
>> + *  was suspended we failed to stop it on umount(). Messy.
>>   *  Another one: remount to readonly didn't stop accounting.
>>   *	Question: what should we do if we have CAP_SYS_ADMIN but not
>>   *  CAP_SYS_PACCT? Current code does the following: umount returns -EBUSY
>> diff --git a/kernel/context_tracking.c b/kernel/context_tracking.c
>> index 36a98c48aedc..53f525604ce8 100644
>> --- a/kernel/context_tracking.c
>> +++ b/kernel/context_tracking.c
>> @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ void context_tracking_enter(enum ctx_state state)
>>  	unsigned long flags;
>>  
>>  	/*
>> -	 * Some contexts may involve an exception occuring in an irq,
>> +	 * Some contexts may involve an exception occurring in an irq,
>>  	 * leading to that nesting:
>>  	 * rcu_irq_enter() rcu_user_exit() rcu_user_exit() rcu_irq_exit()
>>  	 * This would mess up the dyntick_nesting count though. And rcu_irq_*()
>> diff --git a/kernel/cpu.c b/kernel/cpu.c
>> index e538518556f4..f6f6613a4c04 100644
>> --- a/kernel/cpu.c
>> +++ b/kernel/cpu.c
>> @@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ cpuhp_invoke_ap_callback(int cpu, enum cpuhp_state state, bool bringup,
>>  	}
>>  
>>  	/*
>> -	 * Clean up the leftovers so the next hotplug operation wont use stale
>> +	 * Clean up the leftovers so the next hotplug operation won't use stale
>>  	 * data.
>>  	 */
>>  	st->node = st->last = NULL;
>> diff --git a/kernel/debug/debug_core.c b/kernel/debug/debug_core.c
>> index 4708aec492df..a1f26766eb90 100644
>> --- a/kernel/debug/debug_core.c
>> +++ b/kernel/debug/debug_core.c
>> @@ -1032,7 +1032,7 @@ dbg_notify_reboot(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long code, void *x)
>>  	/*
>>  	 * Take the following action on reboot notify depending on value:
>>  	 *    1 == Enter debugger
>> -	 *    0 == [the default] detatch debug client
>> +	 *    0 == [the default] detach debug client
>>  	 *   -1 == Do nothing... and use this until the board resets
>>  	 */
>>  	switch (kgdbreboot) {
>> diff --git a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_main.c b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_main.c
>> index 622410c45da1..d8ee5647b732 100644
>> --- a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_main.c
>> +++ b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_main.c
>> @@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ static char *kdballocenv(size_t bytes)
>>   * Parameters:
>>   *	match	A character string representing a numeric value
>>   * Outputs:
>> - *	*value  the unsigned long represntation of the env variable 'match'
>> + *	*value  the unsigned long representation of the env variable 'match'
>>   * Returns:
>>   *	Zero on success, a kdb diagnostic on failure.
>>   */
>> @@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ static void kdb_printenv(void)
>>   * Parameters:
>>   *	arg	A character string representing a numeric value
>>   * Outputs:
>> - *	*value  the unsigned long represntation of arg.
>> + *	*value  the unsigned long representation of arg.
>>   * Returns:
>>   *	Zero on success, a kdb diagnostic on failure.
>>   */
>> @@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ static int kdb_check_regs(void)
>>   *	symbol name, and offset to the caller.
>>   *
>>   *	The argument may consist of a numeric value (decimal or
>> - *	hexidecimal), a symbol name, a register name (preceded by the
>> + *	hexadecimal), a symbol name, a register name (preceded by the
>>   *	percent sign), an environment variable with a numeric value
>>   *	(preceded by a dollar sign) or a simple arithmetic expression
>>   *	consisting of a symbol name, +/-, and a numeric constant value
>> @@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ static void parse_grep(const char *str)
>>   *	Limited to 20 tokens.
>>   *
>>   *	Real rudimentary tokenization. Basically only whitespace
>> - *	is considered a token delimeter (but special consideration
>> + *	is considered a token delimiter (but special consideration
>>   *	is taken of the '=' sign as used by the 'set' command).
>>   *
>>   *	The algorithm used to tokenize the input string relies on
>> diff --git a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_private.h b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_private.h
>> index ccbed9089808..170c69aedebb 100644
>> --- a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_private.h
>> +++ b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_private.h
>> @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
>>  
>>  /*
>>   * KDB_MAXBPT describes the total number of breakpoints
>> - * supported by this architecure.
>> + * supported by this architecture.
>>   */
>>  #define KDB_MAXBPT	16
>>  
>> diff --git a/kernel/delayacct.c b/kernel/delayacct.c
>> index 51530d5b15a8..79bb5658f171 100644
>> --- a/kernel/delayacct.c
>> +++ b/kernel/delayacct.c
>> @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ void __delayacct_tsk_init(struct task_struct *tsk)
>>  
>>  /*
>>   * Finish delay accounting for a statistic using its timestamps (@start),
>> - * accumalator (@total) and @count
>> + * accumulator (@total) and @count
>>   */
>>  static void delayacct_end(raw_spinlock_t *lock, u64 *start, u64 *total, u32 *count)
>>  {
>> diff --git a/kernel/dma/map_benchmark.c b/kernel/dma/map_benchmark.c
>> index 9b9af1bd6be3..e165d4997bfd 100644
>> --- a/kernel/dma/map_benchmark.c
>> +++ b/kernel/dma/map_benchmark.c
>> @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ static int map_benchmark_thread(void *data)
>>  		 * for a non-coherent device, if we don't stain them in the
>>  		 * cache, this will give an underestimate of the real-world
>>  		 * overhead of BIDIRECTIONAL or TO_DEVICE mappings;
>> -		 * 66 means evertything goes well! 66 is lucky.
>> +		 * 66 means everything goes well! 66 is lucky.
>>  		 */
>>  		if (map->dir != DMA_FROM_DEVICE)
>>  			memset(buf, 0x66, size);
>> diff --git a/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c b/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
>> index 8ca7d505d61c..58bf3f96d92f 100644
>> --- a/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
>> +++ b/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
>> @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ enum swiotlb_force swiotlb_force;
>>  struct io_tlb_mem *io_tlb_default_mem;
>>  
>>  /*
>> - * Max segment that we can provide which (if pages are contingous) will
>> + * Max segment that we can provide which (if pages are contiguous) will
>>   * not be bounced (unless SWIOTLB_FORCE is set).
>>   */
>>  static unsigned int max_segment;
>> diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
>> index fd1c04193e18..b6d7d67cc117 100644
>> --- a/kernel/exit.c
>> +++ b/kernel/exit.c
>> @@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ void __noreturn do_exit(long code)
>>  	if (group_dead) {
>>  		/*
>>  		 * If the last thread of global init has exited, panic
>> -		 * immediately to get a useable coredump.
>> +		 * immediately to get a usable coredump.
>>  		 */
>>  		if (unlikely(is_global_init(tsk)))
>>  			panic("Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x%08x\n",
>> diff --git a/kernel/hung_task.c b/kernel/hung_task.c
>> index 396ebaebea3f..04f2538369d3 100644
>> --- a/kernel/hung_task.c
>> +++ b/kernel/hung_task.c
>> @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ static void check_hung_task(struct task_struct *t, unsigned long timeout)
>>  	/*
>>  	 * When a freshly created task is scheduled once, changes its state to
>>  	 * TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE without having ever been switched out once, it
>> -	 * musn't be checked.
>> +	 * mustn't be checked.
>>  	 */
>>  	if (unlikely(!switch_count))
>>  		return;
>> diff --git a/kernel/kexec_core.c b/kernel/kexec_core.c
>> index f099baee3578..003fa141466b 100644
>> --- a/kernel/kexec_core.c
>> +++ b/kernel/kexec_core.c
>> @@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ int sanity_check_segment_list(struct kimage *image)
>>  	}
>>  
>>  	/* Verify our destination addresses do not overlap.
>> -	 * If we alloed overlapping destination addresses
>> +	 * If we allowed overlapping destination addresses
>>  	 * through very weird things can happen with no
>>  	 * easy explanation as one segment stops on another.
>>  	 */
>> diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
>> index 745f08fdd7a6..b56ba9ecdc65 100644
>> --- a/kernel/kprobes.c
>> +++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
>> @@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ void wait_for_kprobe_optimizer(void)
>>  	while (!list_empty(&optimizing_list) || !list_empty(&unoptimizing_list)) {
>>  		mutex_unlock(&kprobe_mutex);
>>  
>> -		/* this will also make optimizing_work execute immmediately */
>> +		/* this will also make optimizing_work execute immediately */
>>  		flush_delayed_work(&optimizing_work);
>>  		/* @optimizing_work might not have been queued yet, relax */
>>  		cpu_relax();
>> diff --git a/kernel/latencytop.c b/kernel/latencytop.c
>> index 166d7bf49666..61baf936a52d 100644
>> --- a/kernel/latencytop.c
>> +++ b/kernel/latencytop.c
>> @@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ account_global_scheduler_latency(struct task_struct *tsk,
>>  	if (i >= MAXLR - 1)
>>  		return;
>>  
>> -	/* Allocted a new one: */
>> +	/* Allocated a new one: */
>>  	memcpy(&latency_record[i], lat, sizeof(struct latency_record));
>>  }
>>  
>> diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
>> index 1d0e59f95a9a..e99df21490b4 100644
>> --- a/kernel/module.c
>> +++ b/kernel/module.c
>> @@ -2156,7 +2156,7 @@ static void free_module(struct module *mod)
>>  
>>  	/*
>>  	 * We leave it in list to prevent duplicate loads, but make sure
>> -	 * that noone uses it while it's being deconstructed.
>> +	 * that no one uses it while it's being deconstructed.
>>  	 */
>>  	mutex_lock(&module_mutex);
>>  	mod->state = MODULE_STATE_UNFORMED;
>> @@ -2893,7 +2893,7 @@ static int module_sig_check(struct load_info *info, int flags)
>>  	default:
>>  		/*
>>  		 * All other errors are fatal, including lack of memory,
>> -		 * unparseable signatures, and signature check failures --
>> +		 * unparsable signatures, and signature check failures --
>>  		 * even if signatures aren't required.
>>  		 */
>>  		return err;
>> diff --git a/kernel/notifier.c b/kernel/notifier.c
>> index 1b019cbca594..f4b952e19031 100644
>> --- a/kernel/notifier.c
>> +++ b/kernel/notifier.c
>> @@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ int atomic_notifier_call_chain_robust(struct atomic_notifier_head *nh,
>>  	int ret;
>>  
>>  	/*
>> -	 * Musn't use RCU; because then the notifier list can
>> +	 * Mustn't use RCU; because then the notifier list can
>>  	 * change between the up and down traversal.
>>  	 */
>>  	spin_lock_irqsave(&nh->lock, flags);
>> diff --git a/kernel/padata.c b/kernel/padata.c
>> index d4d3ba6e1728..a5dae323566d 100644
>> --- a/kernel/padata.c
>> +++ b/kernel/padata.c
>> @@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ static void padata_init_reorder_list(struct parallel_data *pd)
>>  	}
>>  }
>>  
>> -/* Allocate and initialize the internal cpumask dependend resources. */
>> +/* Allocate and initialize the internal cpumask dependent resources. */
>>  static struct parallel_data *padata_alloc_pd(struct padata_shell *ps)
>>  {
>>  	struct padata_instance *pinst = ps->pinst;
>> diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
>> index 332736a72a58..598bb0affdb0 100644
>> --- a/kernel/panic.c
>> +++ b/kernel/panic.c
>> @@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ void panic(const char *fmt, ...)
>>  	 * buffer.  Try to acquire the lock then release it regardless of the
>>  	 * result.  The release will also print the buffers out.  Locks debug
>>  	 * should be disabled to avoid reporting bad unlock balance when
>> -	 * panic() is not being callled from OOPS.
>> +	 * panic() is not being called from OOPS.
>>  	 */
>>  	debug_locks_off();
>>  	console_flush_on_panic(CONSOLE_FLUSH_PENDING);
>> diff --git a/kernel/pid.c b/kernel/pid.c
>> index ebdf9c60cd0b..798d41271da2 100644
>> --- a/kernel/pid.c
>> +++ b/kernel/pid.c
>> @@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ struct pid *alloc_pid(struct pid_namespace *ns, pid_t *set_tid,
>>  				       tid + 1, GFP_ATOMIC);
>>  			/*
>>  			 * If ENOSPC is returned it means that the PID is
>> -			 * alreay in use. Return EEXIST in that case.
>> +			 * already in use. Return EEXIST in that case.
>>  			 */
>>  			if (nr == -ENOSPC)
>>  				nr = -EEXIST;
>> diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c
>> index 2997ca600d18..c51f31c74bf1 100644
>> --- a/kernel/ptrace.c
>> +++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
>> @@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ static int ptrace_traceme(void)
>>  }
>>  
>>  /*
>> - * Called with irqs disabled, returns true if childs should reap themselves.
>> + * Called with irqs disabled, returns true if children should reap themselves.
>>   */
>>  static int ignoring_children(struct sighand_struct *sigh)
>>  {
>> diff --git a/kernel/relay.c b/kernel/relay.c
>> index d1a67fbb819d..4a5e58be9731 100644
>> --- a/kernel/relay.c
>> +++ b/kernel/relay.c
>> @@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ static int relay_file_mmap(struct file *filp, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
>>   *	@filp: the file
>>   *	@wait: poll table
>>   *
>> - *	Poll implemention.
>> + *	Poll implementation.
>>   */
>>  static __poll_t relay_file_poll(struct file *filp, poll_table *wait)
>>  {
>> diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
>> index f7c6ffcbd044..da759ef4c3c6 100644
>> --- a/kernel/signal.c
>> +++ b/kernel/signal.c
>> @@ -1541,7 +1541,7 @@ static inline bool kill_as_cred_perm(const struct cred *cred,
>>   * There is nothing in the encoding that can allow
>>   * copy_siginfo_to_user32 to detect this confusion of formats, so
>>   * handle this by requiring the caller of kill_pid_usb_asyncio to
>> - * notice when this situration takes place and to store the 32bit
>> + * notice when this situation takes place and to store the 32bit
>>   * pointer in sival_int, instead of sival_addr of the sigval_t addr
>>   * parameter.
>>   */
>> @@ -3348,7 +3348,7 @@ int copy_siginfo_from_user(kernel_siginfo_t *to, const siginfo_t __user *from)
>>   *
>>   * Note: This function does not work properly for the SIGCHLD on x32, but
>>   * fortunately it doesn't have to.  The only valid callers for this function are
>> - * copy_siginfo_to_user32, which is overriden for x32 and the coredump code.
>> + * copy_siginfo_to_user32, which is overridden for x32 and the coredump code.
>>   * The latter does not care because SIGCHLD will never cause a coredump.
>>   */
>>  void copy_siginfo_to_external32(struct compat_siginfo *to,
>> diff --git a/kernel/smp.c b/kernel/smp.c
>> index 52bf159ec400..0634bf6f1492 100644
>> --- a/kernel/smp.c
>> +++ b/kernel/smp.c
>> @@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(smp_call_function_single);
>>   * @cpu: The CPU to run on.
>>   * @csd: Pre-allocated and setup data structure
>>   *
>> - * Like smp_call_function_single(), but the call is asynchonous and
>> + * Like smp_call_function_single(), but the call is asynchronous and
>>   * can thus be done from contexts with disabled interrupts.
>>   *
>>   * The caller passes his own pre-allocated data structure
>> diff --git a/kernel/taskstats.c b/kernel/taskstats.c
>> index 2b4898b4752e..19665a32ad42 100644
>> --- a/kernel/taskstats.c
>> +++ b/kernel/taskstats.c
>> @@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ static void fill_tgid_exit(struct task_struct *tsk)
>>  
>>  	/*
>>  	 * Each accounting subsystem calls its functions here to
>> -	 * accumalate its per-task stats for tsk, into the per-tgid structure
>> +	 * accumulate its per-task stats for tsk, into the per-tgid structure
>>  	 *
>>  	 *	per-task-foo(tsk->signal->stats, tsk);
>>  	 */
>> diff --git a/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c b/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
>> index 5897828b9d7e..a400139b9a9c 100644
>> --- a/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
>> +++ b/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
>> @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
>>  
>>  /**
>>   * struct alarm_base - Alarm timer bases
>> - * @lock:		Lock for syncrhonized access to the base
>> + * @lock:		Lock for synchronized access to the base
>>   * @timerqueue:		Timerqueue head managing the list of events
>>   * @get_ktime:		Function to read the time correlating to the base
>>   * @get_timespec:	Function to read the namespace time correlating to the base
>> diff --git a/kernel/time/timer.c b/kernel/time/timer.c
>> index 84332f01dc57..df6585281713 100644
>> --- a/kernel/time/timer.c
>> +++ b/kernel/time/timer.c
>> @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(jiffies_64);
>>  
>>  /*
>>   * The timer wheel has LVL_DEPTH array levels. Each level provides an array of
>> - * LVL_SIZE buckets. Each level is driven by its own clock and therefor each
>> + * LVL_SIZE buckets. Each level is driven by its own clock and therefore each
>>   * level has a different granularity.
>>   *
>>   * The level granularity is:		LVL_CLK_DIV ^ lvl
>> @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(jiffies_64);
>>   *
>>   * The array level of a newly armed timer depends on the relative expiry
>>   * time. The farther the expiry time is away the higher the array level and
>> - * therefor the granularity becomes.
>> + * therefore the granularity becomes.
>>   *
>>   * Contrary to the original timer wheel implementation, which aims for 'exact'
>>   * expiry of the timers, this implementation removes the need for recascading
>> diff --git a/kernel/umh.c b/kernel/umh.c
>> index 36c123360ab8..3c805dbf9fd9 100644
>> --- a/kernel/umh.c
>> +++ b/kernel/umh.c
>> @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static int call_usermodehelper_exec_async(void *data)
>>  	spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
>>  
>>  	/*
>> -	 * Initial kernel threads share ther FS with init, in order to
>> +	 * Initial kernel threads share their FS with init, in order to
>>  	 * get the init root directory. But we've now created a new
>>  	 * thread that is going to execve a user process and has its own
>>  	 * 'struct fs_struct'. Reset umask to the default.
>> diff --git a/kernel/user_namespace.c b/kernel/user_namespace.c
>> index 8d62863721b0..42131f7f1e94 100644
>> --- a/kernel/user_namespace.c
>> +++ b/kernel/user_namespace.c
>> @@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ static bool verify_root_map(const struct file *file,
>>  
>>  	if (map_ns == file_ns) {
>>  		/* The process unshared its ns and is writing to its own
>> -		 * /proc/self/uid_map.  User already has full capabilites in
>> +		 * /proc/self/uid_map.  User already has full capabilities in
>>  		 * the new namespace.  Verify that the parent had CAP_SETFCAP
>>  		 * when it unshared.
>>  		 * */
>> diff --git a/kernel/usermode_driver.c b/kernel/usermode_driver.c
>> index bb7bb3b478ab..d26cfb66bb59 100644
>> --- a/kernel/usermode_driver.c
>> +++ b/kernel/usermode_driver.c
>> @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static struct vfsmount *blob_to_mnt(const void *data, size_t len, const char *na
>>   * umd_load_blob - Remember a blob of bytes for fork_usermode_driver
>>   * @info: information about usermode driver
>>   * @data: a blob of bytes that can be executed as a file
>> - * @len:  The lentgh of the blob
>> + * @len:  The length of the blob
>>   *
>>   */
>>  int umd_load_blob(struct umd_info *info, const void *data, size_t len)
>> diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
>> index 92d3bcc5a5e0..41fcb8a6f4e4 100644
>> --- a/kernel/watchdog.c
>> +++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
>> @@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart watchdog_timer_fn(struct hrtimer *hrtimer)
>>  
>>  	/*
>>  	 * Read the current timestamp first. It might become invalid anytime
>> -	 * when a virtual machine is stopped by the host or when the watchog
>> +	 * when a virtual machine is stopped by the host or when the watchdog
>>  	 * is touched from NMI.
>>  	 */
>>  	now = get_timestamp();
>> diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
>> index 50142fc08902..825d461208cc 100644
>> --- a/kernel/workqueue.c
>> +++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
>> @@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ static inline void debug_work_deactivate(struct work_struct *work) { }
>>  #endif
>>  
>>  /**
>> - * worker_pool_assign_id - allocate ID and assing it to @pool
>> + * worker_pool_assign_id - allocate ID and assign it to @pool
>>   * @pool: the pool pointer of interest
>>   *
>>   * Returns 0 if ID in [0, WORK_OFFQ_POOL_NONE) is allocated and assigned
>> @@ -5325,7 +5325,7 @@ static int workqueue_apply_unbound_cpumask(void)
>>   *  the affinity of all unbound workqueues.  This function check the @cpumask
>>   *  and apply it to all unbound workqueues and updates all pwqs of them.
>>   *
>> - *  Retun:	0	- Success
>> + *  Return:	0	- Success
>>   *  		-EINVAL	- Invalid @cpumask
>>   *  		-ENOMEM	- Failed to allocate memory for attrs or pwqs.
>>   */
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