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
  ...

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

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;
+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 to disappear.
+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.

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)

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

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.
 

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 ? 

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.

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)

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.

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

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                                      \

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)

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,

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:

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

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)
 {

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();

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

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:

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.

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.
 

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:

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:

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:

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.
  */

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.
  */

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.
  *
  ******************************************************************************/

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:

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
  *

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
  *

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,

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.
 

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.
 	 */

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/>.
 

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 */

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;

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] = {

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"

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)

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)
 {

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.

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

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.
  */

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

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)

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.

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;

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);

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;
 	}

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.

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;

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)

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

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;

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);

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.
+	 * the padding is smaller than the ICV data.
-	 * When alignment requirements is greater then the
+	 * 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.
 	 */

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     */

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);

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);

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"
+			"parameter eer_pages is smaller than 1 or"
-			" bigger then %d", (int)(INT_MAX / PAGE_SIZE));
+			" bigger than %d", (int)(INT_MAX / PAGE_SIZE));
 		unlock_kernel();
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}

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.
 		 */

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;

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);

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;

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
+			 * Check if this command has firmware ownership. If
-			 * yes, we cannot reset this command. Whenever, f/w
+			 * yes, we cannot reset this command. Whenever f/w
 			 * completes this command, we will return appropriate
 			 * status from ISR.
 			 */

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

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;

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()) {

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");
 

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) {

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";

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)

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 {

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. */

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.
  */

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

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.
  */

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.
  */

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",

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)

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) {

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
+ * A struct acpi_namespace_node can appear in some contexts
- * where a pointer to an union acpi_operand_object can also
+ * 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.

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

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.
  */

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

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

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).
  */

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();
 

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.
  */

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)

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

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
+ *	radix_tree_gang_lookup, this will not atomically search a snapshot of
- *	tree at a single point in time. For example, if a hole is created at index
+ *	the tree at a single point in time. For example, if a hole is created
- *	5, then subsequently a hole is created at index 10, radix_tree_next_hole
+ *	at index 5, then subsequently a hole is created at index 10,
- *	covering both indexes may return 10 if called under rcu_read_lock.
+ *	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)

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 *);

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 smaller than vector2
- * 	> 0 - vector 1 is greater then vector2
+ * 	> 0 - vector 1 is greater than vector2
  *
  * Algorithm is:
  * 	This is performed by selecting the numerically smaller key vector...

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(

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.

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);

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.

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,