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: (28 commits)
trivial: Update my email address
trivial: NULL noise: drivers/mtd/tests/mtd_*test.c
trivial: NULL noise: drivers/media/dvb/frontends/drx397xD_fw.h
trivial: Fix misspelling of "Celsius".
trivial: remove unused variable 'path' in alloc_file()
trivial: fix a pdlfush -> pdflush typo in comment
trivial: jbd header comment typo fix for JBD_PARANOID_IOFAIL
trivial: wusb: Storage class should be before const qualifier
trivial: drivers/char/bsr.c: Storage class should be before const qualifier
trivial: h8300: Storage class should be before const qualifier
trivial: fix where cgroup documentation is not correctly referred to
trivial: Give the right path in Documentation example
trivial: MTD: remove EOL from MODULE_DESCRIPTION
trivial: Fix typo in bio_split()'s documentation
trivial: PWM: fix of #endif comment
trivial: fix typos/grammar errors in Kconfig texts
trivial: Fix misspelling of firmware
trivial: cgroups: documentation typo and spelling corrections
trivial: Update contact info for Jochen Hein
trivial: fix typo "resgister" -> "register"
...

CREDITS

···
 D: National Language Support
 D: Linux Internationalization Project
 D: German Localization for Linux and GNU software
-S: Kriemhildring 12a
-S: 65795 Hattersheim am Main
+S: Auf der Fittel 18
+S: 53347 Alfter
 S: Germany
 
 N: Christoph Hellwig
···
 N: Dirk Verworner
 D: Co-author of German book ``Linux-Kernel-Programmierung''
 D: Co-founder of Berlin Linux User Group
+
+N: Riku Voipio
+E: [e-mail]
+D: Author of PCA9532 LED and Fintek f75375s hwmon driver
+D: Some random ARM board patches
+S: Finland
 
 N: Patrick Volkerding
 E: [e-mail]

Documentation/00-INDEX

···
 	- describes the cache/TLB flushing interfaces Linux uses.
 cdrom/
 	- directory with information on the CD-ROM drivers that Linux has.
+cgroups/
+	- cgroups features, including cpusets and memory controller.
 connector/
 	- docs on the netlink based userspace<->kernel space communication mod.
 console/
···
 	- document describing how CPU load statistics are collected.
 cpuidle/
 	- info on CPU_IDLE, CPU idle state management subsystem.
-cpusets.txt
-	- documents the cpusets feature; assign CPUs and Mem to a set of tasks.
 cputopology.txt
 	- documentation on how CPU topology info is exported via sysfs.
 cris/

Documentation/cgroups/00-INDEX

···
+00-INDEX
+	- this file
+cgroups.txt
+	- Control Groups definition, implementation details, examples and API.
+cpuacct.txt
+	- CPU Accounting Controller; account CPU usage for groups of tasks.
+cpusets.txt
+	- documents the cpusets feature; assign CPUs and Mem to a set of tasks.
+devices.txt
+	- Device Whitelist Controller; description, interface and security.
+freezer-subsystem.txt
+	- checkpointing; rationale to not use signals, interface.
+memcg_test.txt
+	- Memory Resource Controller; implementation details.
+memory.txt
+	- Memory Resource Controller; design, accounting, interface, testing.
+resource_counter.txt
+	- Resource Counter API.

Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt

···
 state attached to each cgroup in the hierarchy.  Each hierarchy has
 an instance of the cgroup virtual filesystem associated with it.
 
-At any one time there may be multiple active hierachies of task
+At any one time there may be multiple active hierarchies of task
 cgroups. Each hierarchy is a partition of all tasks in the system.
 
 User level code may create and destroy cgroups by name in an
···
                                / \
                        Prof (15%) students (5%)
 
-Browsers like firefox/lynx go into the WWW network class, while (k)nfsd go
+Browsers like Firefox/Lynx go into the WWW network class, while (k)nfsd go
 into NFS network class.
 
-At the same time firefox/lynx will share an appropriate CPU/Memory class
+At the same time Firefox/Lynx will share an appropriate CPU/Memory class
 depending on who launched it (prof/student).
 
 With the ability to classify tasks differently for different resources
···
 Creating, modifying, using the cgroups can be done through the cgroup
 virtual filesystem.
 
-To mount a cgroup hierarchy will all available subsystems, type:
+To mount a cgroup hierarchy with all available subsystems, type:
 # mount -t cgroup xxx /dev/cgroup
 
 The "xxx" is not interpreted by the cgroup code, but will appear in
···
 void post_clone(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp)
 (cgroup_mutex held by caller)
 
-Called at the end of cgroup_clone() to do any paramater
+Called at the end of cgroup_clone() to do any parameter
 initialization which might be required before a task could attach.  For
 example in cpusets, no task may attach before 'cpus' and 'mems' are set
 up.

Documentation/cgroups/cpusets.txt

···
  - The hierarchy of cpusets can be mounted at /dev/cpuset, for
    browsing and manipulation from user space.
  - A cpuset may be marked exclusive, which ensures that no other
-   cpuset (except direct ancestors and descendents) may contain
+   cpuset (except direct ancestors and descendants) may contain
    any overlapping CPUs or Memory Nodes.
  - You can list all the tasks (by pid) attached to any cpuset.
 
···
 --------------------------------
 
 If a cpuset is cpu or mem exclusive, no other cpuset, other than
-a direct ancestor or descendent, may share any of the same CPUs or
+a direct ancestor or descendant, may share any of the same CPUs or
 Memory Nodes.
 
 A cpuset that is mem_exclusive *or* mem_hardwall is "hardwalled",
···
 When doing this, you don't usually want to leave any unpinned tasks in
 the top cpuset that might use non-trivial amounts of CPU, as such tasks
 may be artificially constrained to some subset of CPUs, depending on
-the particulars of this flag setting in descendent cpusets.  Even if
+the particulars of this flag setting in descendant cpusets.  Even if
 such a task could use spare CPU cycles in some other CPUs, the kernel
 scheduler might not consider the possibility of load balancing that
 task to that underused CPU.
···
 
 Of course it takes some searching cost to find movable tasks and/or
 idle CPUs, the scheduler might not search all CPUs in the domain
-everytime.  In fact, in some architectures, the searching ranges on
+every time.  In fact, in some architectures, the searching ranges on
 events are limited in the same socket or node where the CPU locates,
-while the load balance on tick searchs all.
+while the load balance on tick searches all.
 
 For example, assume CPU Z is relatively far from CPU X.  Even if CPU Z
 is idle while CPU X and the siblings are busy, scheduler can't migrate
···
 of MPOL_BIND nodes are still allowed in the new cpuset.  If the task
 was using MPOL_BIND and now none of its MPOL_BIND nodes are allowed
 in the new cpuset, then the task will be essentially treated as if it
-was MPOL_BIND bound to the new cpuset (even though its numa placement,
+was MPOL_BIND bound to the new cpuset (even though its NUMA placement,
 as queried by get_mempolicy(), doesn't change).  If a task is moved
 from one cpuset to another, then the kernel will adjust the tasks
 memory placement, as above, the next time that the kernel attempts

Documentation/cgroups/devices.txt

···
 movement as people get some experience with this.  We may just want
 to require CAP_SYS_ADMIN, which at least is a separate bit from
 CAP_MKNOD.  We may want to just refuse moving to a cgroup which
-isn't a descendent of the current one.  Or we may want to use
+isn't a descendant of the current one.  Or we may want to use
 CAP_MAC_ADMIN, since we really are trying to lock down root.
 
 CAP_SYS_ADMIN is needed to modify the whitelist or move another

Documentation/cgroups/memcg_test.txt

···
 	(Shell-B)
 	# move all tasks in /cgroup/test to /cgroup
 	# /sbin/swapoff -a
-	# rmdir /test/cgroup
+	# rmdir /cgroup/test
 	# kill malloc task.
 
 	Of course, tmpfs v.s. swapoff test should be tested, too.

Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt

···
 	unevictable		- # of pages cannot be reclaimed.(mlocked etc)
 
 	Below is depend on CONFIG_DEBUG_VM.
-	inactive_ratio		- VM inernal parameter. (see mm/page_alloc.c)
+	inactive_ratio		- VM internal parameter. (see mm/page_alloc.c)
 	recent_rotated_anon	- VM internal parameter. (see mm/vmscan.c)
 	recent_rotated_file	- VM internal parameter. (see mm/vmscan.c)
 	recent_scanned_anon 	- VM internal parameter. (see mm/vmscan.c)

Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt

···
 When mounting an ext3 filesystem, the following option are accepted:
 (*) == default
 
+ro			Mount filesystem read only. Note that ext3 will replay
+			the journal (and thus write to the partition) even when
+			mounted "read only". Mount options "ro,noload" can be
+			used to prevent writes to the filesystem.
+
 journal=update		Update the ext3 file system's journal to the current
 			format.
 
···
 			identified through its new major/minor numbers encoded
 			in devnum.
 
-noload			Don't load the journal on mounting.
+noload			Don't load the journal on mounting. Note that this forces
+			mount of inconsistent filesystem, which can lead to
+			various problems.
 
 data=journal		All data are committed into the journal prior to being
 			written into the main file system.
···
 
 debug			Extra debugging information is sent to syslog.
 
-errors=remount-ro(*)	Remount the filesystem read-only on an error.
+errors=remount-ro	Remount the filesystem read-only on an error.
 errors=continue		Keep going on a filesystem error.
 errors=panic		Panic and halt the machine if an error occurs.
+			(These mount options override the errors behavior
+			specified in the superblock, which can be
+			configured using tune2fs.)
 
 data_err=ignore(*)	Just print an error message if an error occurs
 			in a file data buffer in ordered mode.

Documentation/ia64/kvm.txt

···
 		hg clone http://xenbits.xensource.com/ext/efi-vfirmware.hg
 	    you can get the firmware's binary in the directory of efi-vfirmware.hg/binaries.
 
-	(3) Rename the firware you owned to Flash.fd, and copy it to /usr/local/share/qemu
+	(3) Rename the firmware you owned to Flash.fd, and copy it to /usr/local/share/qemu
 
 4. Boot up Linux or Windows guests:
 	4.1 Create or install a image for guest boot. If you have xen experience, it should be easy.

Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt

···
 	nosoftlockup	[KNL] Disable the soft-lockup detector.
 
 	noswapaccount	[KNL] Disable accounting of swap in memory resource
-			controller. (See Documentation/controllers/memory.txt)
+			controller. (See Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt)
 
 	nosync		[HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices.
 
···
 
 	relax_domain_level=
 			[KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level.
-			See Documentation/cpusets.txt.
+			See Documentation/cgroups/cpusets.txt.
 
 	reserve=	[KNL,BUGS] Force the kernel to ignore some iomem area
 

Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/cpm_qe/qe/firmware.txt

···
 * Uploaded QE firmware
 
-      If a new firwmare has been uploaded to the QE (usually by the
+      If a new firmware has been uploaded to the QE (usually by the
       boot loader), then a 'firmware' child node should be added to the QE
       node.  This node provides information on the uploaded firmware that
       device drivers may need.

Documentation/scheduler/sched-rt-group.txt

···
 to control the CPU time reserved for each control group instead.
 
 For more information on working with control groups, you should read
-Documentation/cgroups.txt as well.
+Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt as well.
 
 Group settings are checked against the following limits in order to keep the configuration
 schedulable:

Documentation/vm/numa_memory_policy.txt

···
 document attempts to describe the concepts and APIs of the 2.6 memory policy
 support.
 
-Memory policies should not be confused with cpusets (Documentation/cpusets.txt)
+Memory policies should not be confused with cpusets
+(Documentation/cgroups/cpusets.txt)
 which is an administrative mechanism for restricting the nodes from which
 memory may be allocated by a set of processes. Memory policies are a
 programming interface that a NUMA-aware application can take advantage of.  When

Documentation/vm/page_migration

···
 
 Larger installations usually partition the system using cpusets into
 sections of nodes. Paul Jackson has equipped cpusets with the ability to
-move pages when a task is moved to another cpuset (See ../cpusets.txt).
+move pages when a task is moved to another cpuset (See
+Documentation/cgroups/cpusets.txt).
 Cpusets allows the automation of process locality. If a task is moved to
 a new cpuset then also all its pages are moved with it so that the
 performance of the process does not sink dramatically. Also the pages

Documentation/x86/x86_64/fake-numa-for-cpusets

···
 assign them to cpusets and their attached tasks.  This is a way of limiting the
 amount of system memory that are available to a certain class of tasks.
 
-For more information on the features of cpusets, see Documentation/cpusets.txt.
+For more information on the features of cpusets, see
+Documentation/cgroups/cpusets.txt.
 There are a number of different configurations you can use for your needs.  For
 more information on the numa=fake command line option and its various ways of
 configuring fake nodes, see Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt.
···
 	On node 3 totalpages: 131072
 
 Now following the instructions for mounting the cpusets filesystem from
-Documentation/cpusets.txt, you can assign fake nodes (i.e. contiguous memory
+Documentation/cgroups/cpusets.txt, you can assign fake nodes (i.e. contiguous memory
 address spaces) to individual cpusets:
 
 	[root@xroads /]# mkdir exampleset

MAINTAINERS

···
 L:	[e-mail]
 S:	Maintained
 
+FINTEK F75375S HARDWARE MONITOR AND FAN CONTROLLER DRIVER
+P:	Riku Voipio
+M:	[e-mail]
+L:	[e-mail]
+S:	Maintained
+
 FIREWIRE SUBSYSTEM (drivers/firewire, <linux/firewire*.h>)
 P:	Kristian Hoegsberg, Stefan Richter
 M:	[e-mail], [e-mail]
···
 PC8736x GPIO DRIVER
 P:	Jim Cromie
 M:	[e-mail]
+S:	Maintained
+
+PCA9532 LED DRIVER
+P:	Riku Voipio
+M:	[e-mail]
 S:	Maintained
 
 PCI ERROR RECOVERY

arch/arm/mach-netx/include/mach/netx-regs.h

···
 #define NETX_PA_XPEC(no) (NETX_IO_PHYS + NETX_OFS_XPEC(no))
 #define NETX_PA_VIC      (NETX_IO_PHYS + NETX_OFS_VIC)
 
-/* virual addresses */
+/* virtual addresses */
 #define NETX_VA_SYSTEM   (NETX_IO_VIRT + NETX_OFS_SYSTEM)
 #define NETX_VA_MEMCR    (NETX_IO_VIRT + NETX_OFS_MEMCR)
 #define NETX_VA_DPMAS    (NETX_IO_VIRT + NETX_OFS_DPMAS)

arch/arm/mach-omap1/Kconfig

···
 	help
 	 Support for the Palm Zire71 PDA. To boot the kernel,
 	 you'll need a PalmOS compatible bootloader; check out
-	 http://hackndev.com/palm/z71 for more informations.
+	 http://hackndev.com/palm/z71 for more information.
 	 Say Y here if you have such a PDA, say N otherwise.
 
 config MACH_OMAP_PALMTT

arch/avr32/Kconfig

···
 	select CPU_AT32AP7000
 	select USB_ARCH_HAS_HCD
 	help
-	  The Hammerhead platform is built around a AVR32 32-bit microcontroller from Atmel.
+	  The Hammerhead platform is built around an AVR32 32-bit microcontroller from Atmel.
 	  It offers versatile peripherals, such as ethernet, usb device, usb host etc.
 
-	  The board also incooperates a power supply and is a Power over Ethernet (PoE) Powered
+	  The board also incorporates a power supply and is a Power over Ethernet (PoE) Powered
 	  Device (PD).
 
-	  Additonally, a Cyclone III FPGA from Altera is integrated on the board. The FPGA is
+	  Additionally, a Cyclone III FPGA from Altera is integrated on the board. The FPGA is
 	  mapped into the 32-bit AVR memory bus. The FPGA offers two DDR2 SDRAM interfaces, which
 	  will cover even the most exceptional need of memory bandwidth. Together with the onboard
 	  video decoder the board is ready for video processing.

arch/blackfin/Kconfig

···
 	default n if BF54x
 	depends on !BF531
 	help
-	  If enabled, cacheline_anligned data is linked
+	  If enabled, cacheline_aligned data is linked
 	  into L1 data memory. (less latency)
 
 config SYSCALL_TAB_L1
···
 	  memory they do not own.  This comes at a performance penalty
 	  and is recommended only for debugging.
 
-comment "Asynchonous Memory Configuration"
+comment "Asynchronous Memory Configuration"
 
 menu "EBIU_AMGCTL Global Control"
 config C_AMCKEN
···
 	default n
 
 choice
-	prompt"Enable Asynchonous Memory Banks"
+	prompt "Enable Asynchronous Memory Banks"
 	default C_AMBEN_ALL
 
 config C_AMBEN

arch/cris/Kconfig

···
 	help
 	  Enables the DMA1 input channel for ser0 (ttyS0).
 	  If you do not enable DMA, an interrupt for each character will be
-	  used when receiveing data.
+	  used when receiving data.
 	  Normally you want to use DMA, unless you use the DMA channel for
 	  something else.
 
···
 	help
 	  Enables the DMA7 input channel for ser2 (ttyS2).
 	  If you do not enable DMA, an interrupt for each character will be
-	  used when receiveing data.
+	  used when receiving data.
 	  Normally you want to use DMA, unless you use the DMA channel for
 	  something else.
 
···
 	help
 	  Enables the DMA3 input channel for ser3 (ttyS3).
 	  If you do not enable DMA, an interrupt for each character will be
-	  used when receiveing data.
+	  used when receiving data.
 	  Normally you want to use DMA, unless you use the DMA channel for
 	  something else.
 

arch/cris/arch-v32/Kconfig

···
 	help
 	  Select this if you want one Ethernet LED group. This LED group
 	  can be used for one or more Ethernet interfaces. However, it is
-	  recomended that each Ethernet interface use a dedicated LED group.
+	  recommended that each Ethernet interface use a dedicated LED group.
 
 config	ETRAX_NBR_LED_GRP_TWO
 	bool "Use two LED groups"

arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/Kconfig

···
 	help
 	  Enables the DMA9 input channel for ser4 (ttyS4).
 	  If you do not enable DMA, an interrupt for each character will be
-	  used when receiveing data.
+	  used when receiving data.
 	  Normally you want to use DMA, unless you use the DMA channel for
 	  something else.
 

arch/cris/arch-v32/mach-fs/Kconfig

···
 	depends on ETRAX_ARCH_V32
 	default "0"
 	help
-	  SDRAM configuration for group 1. The defult value is 0
+	  SDRAM configuration for group 1. The default value is 0
 	  because group 1 is not used in the default configuration,
 	  described in the help for SDRAM_GRP0_CONFIG.
 

arch/h8300/kernel/timer/tpu.c

···
 	.flags		= IRQF_DISABLED | IRQF_TIMER,
 };
 
-const static int __initdata divide_rate[] = {
+static const int __initdata divide_rate[] = {
 #if CONFIG_H8300_TPU_CH == 0
 	1,4,16,64,0,0,0,0,
 #elif (CONFIG_H8300_TPU_CH == 1) || (CONFIG_H8300_TPU_CH == 5)

arch/mips/Kconfig

···
 	help
 	 This a family of machines based on the MIPS R4030 chipset which was
 	 used by several vendors to build RISC/os and Windows NT workstations.
-	 Members include the Acer PICA, MIPS Magnum 4000, MIPS Millenium and
+	 Members include the Acer PICA, MIPS Magnum 4000, MIPS Millennium and
 	 Olivetti M700-10 workstations.
 
 config LASAT

arch/mips/sgi-ip27/ip27-smp.c

···
 	 * Assumption to be fixed: we're always booted on logical / physical
 	 * processor 0.  While we're always running on logical processor 0
 	 * this still means this is physical processor zero; it might for
-	 * example be disabled in the firwware.
+	 * example be disabled in the firmware.
 	 */
 	alloc_cpupda(0, 0);
 }

arch/powerpc/Kconfig

···
 	help
 	  Hypervisor-assisted dump is meant to be a kdump replacement
 	  offering robustness and speed not possible without system
-	  hypervisor assistence.
+	  hypervisor assistance.
 
 	  If unsure, say "N"
 

arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig

···
 config OF_RTC
 	bool
 	help
-	  Uses information from the OF or flattened device tree to instatiate
+	  Uses information from the OF or flattened device tree to instantiate
 	  platform devices for direct mapped RTC chips like the DS1742 or DS1743.
 
 source "arch/powerpc/sysdev/bestcomm/Kconfig"

arch/powerpc/sysdev/bestcomm/Kconfig

···
 	select PPC_LIB_RHEAP
 	help
 	  BestComm is the name of the communication coprocessor found
-	  on the Freescale MPC5200 family of processor. It's usage is
-	  optionnal for some drivers (like ATA), but required for
+	  on the Freescale MPC5200 family of processor.  Its usage is
+	  optional for some drivers (like ATA), but required for
 	  others (like FEC).
 
 	  If you want to use drivers that require DMA operations,

arch/sh/Kconfig

···
 	depends on GUSA && CPU_SH3 || (CPU_SH4 && !CPU_SH4A)
 	help
 	  Enabling this option will allow the kernel to implement some
-	  atomic operations using a software implemention of load-locked/
+	  atomic operations using a software implementation of load-locked/
 	  store-conditional (LLSC). On machines which do not have hardware
 	  LLSC, this should be more efficient than the other alternative of
-	  disabling insterrupts around the atomic sequence.
+	  disabling interrupts around the atomic sequence.
 
 endmenu
 

arch/sparc/kernel/head_64.S

···
 	 * point.
 	 *
 	 * There used to be enormous complexity wrt. transferring
-	 * over from the firwmare's trap table to the Linux kernel's.
+	 * over from the firmware's trap table to the Linux kernel's.
 	 * For example, there was a chicken & egg problem wrt. building
 	 * the OBP page tables, yet needing to be on the Linux kernel
 	 * trap table (to translate PAGE_OFFSET addresses) in order to

arch/x86/Kconfig

···
 	depends on NEED_MULTIPLE_NODES
 	---help---
 	  Specify the maximum number of NUMA Nodes available on the target
-	  system.  Increases memory reserved to accomodate various tables.
+	  system.  Increases memory reserved to accommodate various tables.
 
 config HAVE_ARCH_BOOTMEM
 	def_bool y
···
 	  add writeback entries.
 
 	  Can be disabled with disable_mtrr_cleanup on the kernel command line.
-	  The largest mtrr entry size for a continous block can be set with
+	  The largest mtrr entry size for a continuous block can be set with
 	  mtrr_chunk_size.
 
 	  If unsure, say Y.

drivers/acpi/thermal.c

···
 		/*
 		 * Treat freezing temperatures as invalid as well; some
 		 * BIOSes return really low values and cause reboots at startup.
-		 * Below zero (Celcius) values clearly aren't right for sure..
+		 * Below zero (Celsius) values clearly aren't right for sure..
 		 * ... so lets discard those as invalid.
 		 */
 		if (ACPI_FAILURE(status) ||

drivers/ata/Kconfig

···
 
 	  For users with exclusively modern controllers like AHCI,
 	  Silicon Image 3124, or Marvell 6440, you may choose to
-	  disable this uneeded SFF support.
+	  disable this unneeded SFF support.
 
 	  If unsure, say Y.
 

drivers/base/sys.c

···
  *	and the class driver.
  *
  *	Note: The list is iterated in reverse order, so that we shut down
- *	child devices before we shut down thier parents. The list ordering
+ *	child devices before we shut down their parents. The list ordering
  *	is guaranteed by virtue of the fact that child devices are registered
  *	after their parents.
  */

drivers/char/bsr.c

···
 	return 0;
 }
 
-const static struct file_operations bsr_fops = {
+static const struct file_operations bsr_fops = {
 	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	.mmap  = bsr_mmap,
 	.open  = bsr_open,

drivers/gpio/Kconfig

···
 	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
 	help
 	  Say Y here to add some extra checks and diagnostics to GPIO calls.
-	  The checks help ensure that GPIOs have been properly initialized
-	  before they are used and that sleeping calls aren not made from
-	  nonsleeping contexts.  They can make bitbanged serial protocols
+	  These checks help ensure that GPIOs have been properly initialized
+	  before they are used, and that sleeping calls are not made from
+	  non-sleeping contexts.  They can make bitbanged serial protocols
 	  slower.  The diagnostics help catch the type of setup errors
 	  that are most common when setting up new platforms or boards.
 

drivers/hid/Kconfig

···
 	select INPUT_FF_MEMLESS
 	---help---
 	Say Y here if you have a GreenAsia (Product ID 0x12) based game controller
-	(like MANTA Warior MM816 and SpeedLink Strike2 SL-6635) or adapter
+	(like MANTA Warrior MM816 and SpeedLink Strike2 SL-6635) or adapter
 	and want to enable force feedback support for it.
 
 config HID_TOPSEED

drivers/hwmon/f75375s.c

···
 /*
  * f75375s.c - driver for the Fintek F75375/SP and F75373
  *             hardware monitoring features
- * Copyright (C) 2006-2007  Riku Voipio <[e-mail]>
+ * Copyright (C) 2006-2007  Riku Voipio
  *
  * Datasheets available at:
  *
···
 	i2c_del_driver(&f75375_driver);
 }
 
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Riku Voipio <[e-mail]>");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Riku Voipio");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("F75373/F75375 hardware monitoring driver");
 

drivers/input/Kconfig

···
 	---help---
 	  Say Y here if you want suspend key events to trigger a user
 	  requested suspend through APM. This is useful on embedded
-	  systems where such behviour is desired without userspace
+	  systems where such behaviour is desired without userspace
 	  interaction. If unsure, say N.
 
 	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the

drivers/input/mouse/gpio_mouse.c

···
 
 /*
  * Timer function which is run every scan_ms ms when the device is opened.
- * The dev input varaible is set to the the input_dev pointer.
+ * The dev input variable is set to the the input_dev pointer.
  */
 static void gpio_mouse_scan(struct input_polled_dev *dev)
 {

drivers/input/touchscreen/ads7846.c

···
 static DEVICE_ATTR(name, S_IRUGO, name ## _show, NULL);
 
 
-/* Sysfs conventions report temperatures in millidegrees Celcius.
+/* Sysfs conventions report temperatures in millidegrees Celsius.
  * ADS7846 could use the low-accuracy two-sample scheme, but can't do the high
  * accuracy scheme without calibration data.  For now we won't try either;
  * userspace sees raw sensor values, and must scale/calibrate appropriately.

drivers/isdn/mISDN/Kconfig

···
 	depends on MISDN
 	help
 	  Enable support for digital audio processing capability.
+
 	  This module may be used for special applications that require
-	  cross connecting of bchannels, conferencing, dtmf decoding
+	  cross connecting of bchannels, conferencing, dtmf decoding,
 	  echo cancelation, tone generation, and Blowfish encryption and
-	  decryption.
-	  It may use hardware features if available.
+	  decryption. It may use hardware features if available.
+
 	  E.g. it is required for PBX4Linux. Go to http://isdn.eversberg.eu
-	  and get more informations about this module and it's usage.
+	  and get more information about this module and its usage.
+
 	  If unsure, say 'N'.
 
 config MISDN_L1OIP

drivers/isdn/mISDN/l1oip_codec.c

···
 	/* alloc conversion tables */
 	table_com = vmalloc(65536);
 	table_dec = vmalloc(512);
-	if (!table_com | !table_dec) {
+	if (!table_com || !table_dec) {
 		l1oip_4bit_free();
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}

drivers/leds/Kconfig

···
 	tristate "LED Support for the HP Jornada 6xx"
 	depends on LEDS_CLASS && SH_HP6XX
 	help
-	  This option enables led support for the handheld
+	  This option enables LED support for the handheld
 	  HP Jornada 620/660/680/690.
 
 config LEDS_PCA9532
···
 	depends on LEDS_CLASS && I2C && INPUT && EXPERIMENTAL
 	help
 	  This option enables support for NXP pca9532
-	  led controller. It is generally only usefull
+	  LED controller. It is generally only useful
 	  as a platform driver
 
 config LEDS_GPIO
···
 	  	Positivo Mobile (Clevo M5x0V)
 
 	  If your model is not listed here you can try the "nodetect"
-	  module paramter.
+	  module parameter.
 
 	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 	  module will be called leds-clevo-mail.

drivers/leds/leds-pca9532.c

···
 /*
  * pca9532.c - 16-bit Led dimmer
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2008 Riku Voipio <[e-mail]>
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 Riku Voipio
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
···
 	i2c_del_driver(&pca9532_driver);
 }
 
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Riku Voipio <[e-mail]>");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Riku Voipio");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("PCA 9532 LED dimmer");
 

drivers/media/common/tuners/Kconfig

···
 	default m if MEDIA_TUNER_CUSTOMISE
 	help
 	  A driver for the silicon tuner XC5000 from Xceive.
-	  This device is only used inside a SiP called togther with a
+	  This device is only used inside a SiP called together with a
 	  demodulator for now.
 
 config MEDIA_TUNER_MXL5005S

drivers/media/dvb/frontends/Kconfig

···
 	default m if DVB_FE_CUSTOMISE
 	help
 	  A driver for the silicon baseband tuner DiB0070 from DiBcom.
-	  This device is only used inside a SiP called togther with a
+	  This device is only used inside a SiP called together with a
 	  demodulator for now.
 
 comment "SEC control devices for DVB-S"

drivers/media/dvb/frontends/drx397xD.c

···
 } fw[] = {
 #define _FW_ENTRY(a, b, c)	{					\
 			.name	= a,					\
-			.file	= 0,					\
+			.file	= NULL,					\
 			.lock	= __RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED(fw[c].lock),	\
 			.refcnt = 0,					\
 			.data	= { }		}

drivers/mfd/Kconfig

···
 	help
 	  If you say yes here you get support for the Texas Instruments
 	  TWL92330/Menelaus Power Management chip. This include voltage
-	  regulators, Dual slot memory card tranceivers, real-time clock
+	  regulators, Dual slot memory card transceivers, real-time clock
 	  and other features that are often used in portable devices like
 	  cell phones and PDAs.
 

drivers/misc/Kconfig

···
 	depends on AVR32 || ARCH_AT91SAM9263 || ARCH_AT91SAM9RL || ARCH_AT91CAP9
 	help
 	  This option enables device driver support for the PWM channels
-	  on certain Atmel prcoessors.  Pulse Width Modulation is used for
-	  purposes including software controlled power-efficent backlights
+	  on certain Atmel processors.  Pulse Width Modulation is used for
+	  purposes including software controlled power-efficient backlights
 	  on LCD displays, motor control, and waveform generation.
 
 config ATMEL_TCLIB
···
 	tristate "Device driver for Atmel SSC peripheral"
 	depends on AVR32 || ARCH_AT91
 	---help---
-	  This option enables device driver support for Atmel Syncronized
+	  This option enables device driver support for Atmel Synchronized
 	  Serial Communication peripheral (SSC).
 
 	  The SSC peripheral supports a wide variety of serial frame based

drivers/mmc/host/Kconfig

···
 	select CRC7
 	select CRC_ITU_T
 	help
-	  Some systems accss MMC/SD/SDIO cards using a SPI controller
+	  Some systems access MMC/SD/SDIO cards using a SPI controller
 	  instead of using a "native" MMC/SD/SDIO controller.  This has a
 	  disadvantage of being relatively high overhead, but a compensating
 	  advantage of working on many systems without dedicated MMC/SD/SDIO

drivers/mtd/nand/diskonchip.c

···
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("David Woodhouse <[e-mail]>");
-MODULE_DESCRIPTION("M-Systems DiskOnChip 2000, Millennium and Millennium Plus device driver\n");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("M-Systems DiskOnChip 2000, Millennium and Millennium Plus device driver");

drivers/mtd/tests/mtd_oobtest.c

···
 		ops.ooblen    = use_len;
 		ops.oobretlen = 0;
 		ops.ooboffs   = use_offset;
-		ops.datbuf    = 0;
+		ops.datbuf    = NULL;
 		ops.oobbuf    = writebuf;
 		err = mtd->write_oob(mtd, addr, &ops);
 		if (err || ops.oobretlen != use_len) {
···
 		ops.ooblen    = use_len;
 		ops.oobretlen = 0;
 		ops.ooboffs   = use_offset;
-		ops.datbuf    = 0;
+		ops.datbuf    = NULL;
 		ops.oobbuf    = readbuf;
 		err = mtd->read_oob(mtd, addr, &ops);
 		if (err || ops.oobretlen != use_len) {
···
 			ops.ooblen    = mtd->ecclayout->oobavail;
 			ops.oobretlen = 0;
 			ops.ooboffs   = 0;
-			ops.datbuf    = 0;
+			ops.datbuf    = NULL;
 			ops.oobbuf    = readbuf;
 			err = mtd->read_oob(mtd, addr, &ops);
 			if (err || ops.oobretlen != mtd->ecclayout->oobavail) {
···
 	ops.ooblen    = len;
 	ops.oobretlen = 0;
 	ops.ooboffs   = 0;
-	ops.datbuf    = 0;
+	ops.datbuf    = NULL;
 	ops.oobbuf    = readbuf;
 	err = mtd->read_oob(mtd, addr, &ops);
 	if (err || ops.oobretlen != len) {
···
 	ops.ooblen    = 1;
 	ops.oobretlen = 0;
 	ops.ooboffs   = mtd->ecclayout->oobavail;
-	ops.datbuf    = 0;
+	ops.datbuf    = NULL;
 	ops.oobbuf    = writebuf;
 	printk(PRINT_PREF "attempting to start write past end of OOB\n");
 	printk(PRINT_PREF "an error is expected...\n");
···
 	ops.ooblen    = 1;
 	ops.oobretlen = 0;
 	ops.ooboffs   = mtd->ecclayout->oobavail;
-	ops.datbuf    = 0;
+	ops.datbuf    = NULL;
 	ops.oobbuf    = readbuf;
 	printk(PRINT_PREF "attempting to start read past end of OOB\n");
 	printk(PRINT_PREF "an error is expected...\n");
···
 		ops.ooblen    = mtd->ecclayout->oobavail + 1;
 		ops.oobretlen = 0;
 		ops.ooboffs   = 0;
-		ops.datbuf    = 0;
+		ops.datbuf    = NULL;
 		ops.oobbuf    = writebuf;
 		printk(PRINT_PREF "attempting to write past end of device\n");
 		printk(PRINT_PREF "an error is expected...\n");
···
 		ops.ooblen    = mtd->ecclayout->oobavail + 1;
 		ops.oobretlen = 0;
 		ops.ooboffs   = 0;
-		ops.datbuf    = 0;
+		ops.datbuf    = NULL;
 		ops.oobbuf    = readbuf;
 		printk(PRINT_PREF "attempting to read past end of device\n");
 		printk(PRINT_PREF "an error is expected...\n");
···
 		ops.ooblen    = mtd->ecclayout->oobavail;
 		ops.oobretlen = 0;
 		ops.ooboffs   = 1;
-		ops.datbuf    = 0;
+		ops.datbuf    = NULL;
 		ops.oobbuf    = writebuf;
 		printk(PRINT_PREF "attempting to write past end of device\n");
 		printk(PRINT_PREF "an error is expected...\n");
···
 		ops.ooblen    = mtd->ecclayout->oobavail;
 		ops.oobretlen = 0;
 		ops.ooboffs   = 1;
-		ops.datbuf    = 0;
+		ops.datbuf    = NULL;
 		ops.oobbuf    = readbuf;
 		printk(PRINT_PREF "attempting to read past end of device\n");
 		printk(PRINT_PREF "an error is expected...\n");
···
 			ops.ooblen    = sz;
 			ops.oobretlen = 0;
 			ops.ooboffs   = 0;
-			ops.datbuf    = 0;
+			ops.datbuf    = NULL;
 			ops.oobbuf    = writebuf;
 			err = mtd->write_oob(mtd, addr, &ops);
 			if (err)
···
 		ops.ooblen    = mtd->ecclayout->oobavail * 2;
 		ops.oobretlen = 0;
 		ops.ooboffs   = 0;
-		ops.datbuf    = 0;
+		ops.datbuf    = NULL;
 		ops.oobbuf    = readbuf;
 		err = mtd->read_oob(mtd, addr, &ops);
 		if (err)

drivers/mtd/tests/mtd_readtest.c

···
 			ops.ooblen    = mtd->oobsize;
 			ops.oobretlen = 0;
 			ops.ooboffs   = 0;
-			ops.datbuf    = 0;
+			ops.datbuf    = NULL;
 			ops.oobbuf    = oobbuf;
 			ret = mtd->read_oob(mtd, addr, &ops);
 			if (ret || ops.oobretlen != mtd->oobsize) {

drivers/net/sb1250-mac.c

···
 	eaddr = sc->sbm_hwaddr;
 
 	/*
-	 * Read the ethernet address.  The firwmare left this programmed
+	 * Read the ethernet address.  The firmware left this programmed
 	 * for us in the ethernet address register for each mac.
 	 */
 

drivers/net/skfp/h/hwmtm.h

···
 	int	leave_isr ;		/* leave fddi_isr immedeately if set */
 	int	isr_flag ;		/* set, when HWM is entered from isr */
 	/*
-	 * varaibles for the current transmit frame
+	 * variables for the current transmit frame
 	 */
 	struct s_smt_tx_queue *tx_p ;	/* pointer to the transmit queue */
 	u_long	tx_descr ;		/* tx descriptor for FORMAC+ */

drivers/net/tg3.c

···
 		return tg3_phy_init(tp);
 
 	/* Reading the PHY ID register can conflict with ASF
-	 * firwmare access to the PHY hardware.
+	 * firmware access to the PHY hardware.
 	 */
 	err = 0;
 	if ((tp->tg3_flags & TG3_FLAG_ENABLE_ASF) ||

drivers/net/wan/farsync.c

···
 #endif
 
 /*
- * Modules parameters and associated varaibles
+ * Modules parameters and associated variables
  */
 static int fst_txq_low = FST_LOW_WATER_MARK;
 static int fst_txq_high = FST_HIGH_WATER_MARK;

drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2100.c

···
 		       i * sizeof(struct ipw2100_status));
 
 #ifdef IPW2100_DEBUG_C3
-	/* Halt the fimrware so we can get a good image */
+	/* Halt the firmware so we can get a good image */
 	write_register(priv->net_dev, IPW_REG_RESET_REG,
 		       IPW_AUX_HOST_RESET_REG_STOP_MASTER);
 	j = 5;

drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2200.c

···
 #endif				/* CONFIG_IPW2200_MONITOR */
 
 	/* Free the existing firmware and reset the fw_loaded
-	 * flag so ipw_load() will bring in the new firmawre */
+	 * flag so ipw_load() will bring in the new firmware */
 	free_firmware();
 
 	priv->ieee->iw_mode = wrqu->mode;

drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c

···
 
 	/* api_ver should match the api version forming part of the
 	 * firmware filename ... but we don't check for that and only rely
-	 * on the API version read from firware header from here on forward */
+	 * on the API version read from firmware header from here on forward */
 
 	if (api_ver < api_min || api_ver > api_max) {
 		IWL_ERR(priv, "Driver unable to support your firmware API. "

drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c

···
 
 	/* api_ver should match the api version forming part of the
 	 * firmware filename ... but we don't check for that and only rely
-	 * on the API version read from firware header from here on forward */
+	 * on the API version read from firmware header from here on forward */
 
 	if (api_ver < api_min || api_ver > api_max) {
 		IWL_ERR(priv, "Driver unable to support your firmware API. "

drivers/net/wireless/libertas/cmd.c

···
 
 /**
  *  @brief This function executes next command in command
- *  pending queue. It will put fimware back to PS mode
+ *  pending queue. It will put firmware back to PS mode
  *  if applicable.
  *
  *  @param priv     A pointer to struct lbs_private structure

drivers/pci/pci.c

···
  * @dev: PCI device to handle.
  * @state: PCI power state (D0, D1, D2, D3hot) to put the device into.
  *
- * Transition a device to a new power state, using the platform formware and/or
+ * Transition a device to a new power state, using the platform firmware and/or
  * the device's PCI PM registers.
  *
  * RETURN VALUE:

drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c

···
  *	ThinkPads from this same time period (and earlier) probably lack the
  *	tachometer as well.
  *
- *	Unfortunately a lot of ThinkPads with new-style ECs but whose firwmare
+ *	Unfortunately a lot of ThinkPads with new-style ECs but whose firmware
  *	was never fixed by IBM to report the EC firmware version string
  *	probably support the tachometer (like the early X models), so
  *	detecting it is quite hard.  We need more data to know for sure.

drivers/power/bq27x00_battery.c

···
 }
 
 /*
- * Return the battery temperature in Celcius degrees
+ * Return the battery temperature in Celsius degrees
  * Or < 0 if something fails.
  */
 static int bq27x00_battery_temperature(struct bq27x00_device_info *di)

drivers/scsi/Kconfig

···
 	bool "Emulex LightPulse Fibre Channel debugfs Support"
 	depends on SCSI_LPFC && DEBUG_FS
 	help
-	  This makes debugging infomation from the lpfc driver
+	  This makes debugging information from the lpfc driver
 	  available via the debugfs filesystem.
 
 config SCSI_SIM710
···
 	depends on (EISA || MCA) && SCSI
 	select SCSI_SPI_ATTRS
 	---help---
-	  This driver for NCR53c710 based SCSI host adapters.
+	  This driver is for NCR53c710 based SCSI host adapters.
 
 	  It currently supports Compaq EISA cards and NCR MCA cards
 

drivers/serial/Kconfig

···
 	depends on BLACKFIN && EXPERIMENTAL
 	select SERIAL_CORE
 	help
-	  Enble support SPORT emulate UART on Blackfin series.
+	  Enable SPORT emulate UART on Blackfin series.
 
 	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 	  module will be called bfin_sport_uart.

drivers/staging/Kconfig

···
 	---help---
 	  This option allows you to select a number of drivers that are
 	  not of the "normal" Linux kernel quality level.  These drivers
-	  are placed here in order to get a wider audience for use of
+	  are placed here in order to get a wider audience to make use of
 	  them.  Please note that these drivers are under heavy
 	  development, may or may not work, and may contain userspace
 	  interfaces that most likely will be changed in the near
···
 
 	  Using any of these drivers will taint your kernel which might
 	  affect support options from both the community, and various
-	  commercial support orginizations.
+	  commercial support organizations.
 
 	  If you wish to work on these drivers, to help improve them, or
 	  to report problems you have with them, please see the

drivers/staging/comedi/Kconfig

···
 config COMEDI
-	tristate "Data Acquision support (comedi)"
+	tristate "Data acquisition support (comedi)"
 	default N
 	depends on m
 	---help---
-	  Enable support a wide range of data acquision devices
+	  Enable support a wide range of data acquisition devices
 	  for Linux.
 
 config COMEDI_RT

drivers/staging/go7007/Kconfig

···
 	select CRC32
 	default N
 	---help---
-	  This is a video4linux driver for some wierd device...
+	  This is a video4linux driver for some weird device...
 
 	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 	  module will be called go7007
···
 	depends on VIDEO_GO7007 && USB
 	default N
 	---help---
-	  This is a video4linux driver for some wierd device...
+	  This is a video4linux driver for some weird device...
 
 	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 	  module will be called go7007-usb

drivers/staging/otus/hal/hpmain.c

···
     else
     {
     #ifndef ZM_OTUS_LINUX_PHASE_2
-        /* donwload the normal frimware */
+        /* download the normal firmware */
         if ((ret = zfFirmwareDownload(dev, (u32_t*)zcFwImage,
                 (u32_t)zcFwImageSize, ZM_FIRMWARE_WLAN_ADDR)) != ZM_SUCCESS)
         {

drivers/staging/panel/Kconfig

···
 	---help---
 	  Most LCDs use a standard controller which supports hardware lines of 40
 	  characters, although sometimes only 16, 20 or 24 of them are really wired
-	  to the terminal. This results in some non-visible but adressable characters,
+	  to the terminal. This results in some non-visible but addressable characters,
 	  and is the case for most parallel LCDs. Other LCDs, and some serial ones,
 	  however, use the same line width internally as what is visible. The KS0074
 	  for example, uses 16 characters per line for 16 visible characters per line.

drivers/usb/atm/ueagle-atm.c

···
 		goto err_fw_corrupted;
 
 	/*
-	 * Start to upload formware : send reset
+	 * Start to upload firmware : send reset
 	 */
 	value = 1;
 	ret = uea_send_modem_cmd(usb, F8051_USBCS, sizeof(value), &value);

drivers/usb/gadget/Kconfig

···
 	   controllers having QE or CPM2, given minor tweaks.
 
 	   Set CONFIG_USB_GADGET to "m" to build this driver as a
-	   dynmically linked module called "fsl_qe_udc".
+	   dynamically linked module called "fsl_qe_udc".
 
 config USB_FSL_QE
 	tristate

drivers/usb/serial/ChangeLog.history

···
 
  0.2 (01/30/2000) greg kroah-hartman
 	Milestone 1 release.
-	Device is found by USB subsystem, enumerated, fimware is downloaded
+	Device is found by USB subsystem, enumerated, firmware is downloaded
 	and the descriptors are printed to the debug log, config is set, and
 	green light starts to blink. Open port works, and data can be sent
 	and received at the default settings of the UART. Loopback connector

drivers/usb/serial/Kconfig

···
 	help
 	  Say M here if you want to use Sierra Wireless devices.
 
-	  Many deviecs have a feature known as TRU-Install, for those devices
-	  to work properly the USB Storage Sierra feature must be enabled.
+	  Many devices have a feature known as TRU-Install. For those devices
+	  to work properly, the USB Storage Sierra feature must be enabled.
 
 	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 	  module will be called sierra.

drivers/usb/wusbcore/security.c

···
 		struct wusb_dev *wusb_dev;
 
 		wusb_dev = wusbhc->port[p].wusb_dev;
-		if (!wusb_dev || !wusb_dev->usb_dev | !wusb_dev->usb_dev->authenticated)
+		if (!wusb_dev || !wusb_dev->usb_dev || !wusb_dev->usb_dev->authenticated)
 			continue;
 
 		usb_fill_control_urb(wusb_dev->set_gtk_urb, wusb_dev->usb_dev,

drivers/uwb/Kconfig

···
         help
           This driver enables the radio controller for WHCI cards.
 
-          WHCI is an specification developed by Intel
+          WHCI is a specification developed by Intel
           (http://www.intel.com/technology/comms/wusb/whci.htm) much
           in the spirit of USB's EHCI, but for UWB and Wireless USB
-          radio/host controllers connected via memmory mapping (eg:
+          radio/host controllers connected via memory mapping (eg:
           PCI). Most of these cards come also with a Wireless USB host
           controller.
 

drivers/xen/Kconfig

···
          The old xenstore userspace tools expect to find "xenbus"
          under /proc/xen, but "xenbus" is now found at the root of the
          xenfs filesystem.  Selecting this causes the kernel to create
-         the compatibilty mount point /proc/xen if it is running on
+         the compatibility mount point /proc/xen if it is running on
          a xen platform.
          If in doubt, say yes.
 

fs/bio.c

···
 }
 
 /*
- * split a bio - only worry about a bio with a single page
- * in it's iovec
+ * split a bio - only worry about a bio with a single page in its iovec
  */
 struct bio_pair *bio_split(struct bio *bi, int first_sectors)
 {

fs/ext4/Kconfig

···
 	  filesystem; while there will be some performance gains from
 	  the delayed allocation and inode table readahead, the best
 	  performance gains will require enabling ext4 features in the
-	  filesystem, or formating a new filesystem as an ext4
+	  filesystem, or formatting a new filesystem as an ext4
 	  filesystem initially.
 
 	  To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here. The

fs/file_table.c

···
 		fmode_t mode, const struct file_operations *fop)
 {
 	struct file *file;
-	struct path;
 
 	file = get_empty_filp();
 	if (!file)

fs/fs-writeback.c

···
  * If older_than_this is non-NULL, then only write out inodes which
  * had their first dirtying at a time earlier than *older_than_this.
  *
- * If we're a pdlfush thread, then implement pdflush collision avoidance
+ * If we're a pdflush thread, then implement pdflush collision avoidance
  * against the entire list.
  *
  * If `bdi' is non-zero then we're being asked to writeback a specific queue.

fs/proc/nommu.c

···
 
 /*
  * display a list of all the REGIONs the kernel knows about
- * - nommu kernals have a single flat list
+ * - nommu kernels have a single flat list
  */
 static int nommu_region_list_show(struct seq_file *m, void *_p)
 {

fs/ubifs/Kconfig

···
 	depends on UBIFS_FS
 	help
 	  This option allows to explicitly choose which compressions, if any,
-	  are enabled in UBIFS. Removing compressors means inbility to read
+	  are enabled in UBIFS. Removing compressors means inability to read
 	  existing file systems.
 
 	  If unsure, say 'N'.
···
 	depends on UBIFS_FS
 	default y
 	help
-	   LZO compressor is generally faster then zlib but compresses worse.
+	   LZO compressor is generally faster than zlib but compresses worse.
 	   Say 'Y' if unsure.
 
 config UBIFS_FS_ZLIB

include/linux/cgroup.h

···
 /* Return true if cgrp is a descendant of the task's cgroup */
 int cgroup_is_descendant(const struct cgroup *cgrp, struct task_struct *task);
 
-/* Control Group subsystem type. See Documentation/cgroups.txt for details */
+/*
+ * Control Group subsystem type.
+ * See Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt for details
+ */
 
 struct cgroup_subsys {
 	struct cgroup_subsys_state *(*create)(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,

include/linux/jbd.h

···
 #define journal_oom_retry 1
 
 /*
- * Define JBD_PARANIOD_IOFAIL to cause a kernel BUG() if ext3 finds
+ * Define JBD_PARANOID_IOFAIL to cause a kernel BUG() if ext3 finds
  * certain classes of error which can occur due to failed IOs.  Under
  * normal use we want ext3 to continue after such errors, because
  * hardware _can_ fail, but for debugging purposes when running tests on

include/linux/libata.h

···
 	ATA_HORKAGE_BRIDGE_OK	= (1 << 10),	/* no bridge limits */
 	ATA_HORKAGE_ATAPI_MOD16_DMA = (1 << 11), /* use ATAPI DMA for commands
 						    not multiple of 16 bytes */
-	ATA_HORKAGE_FIRMWARE_WARN = (1 << 12),	/* firwmare update warning */
+	ATA_HORKAGE_FIRMWARE_WARN = (1 << 12),	/* firmware update warning */
 	ATA_HORKAGE_1_5_GBPS	= (1 << 13),	/* force 1.5 Gbps */
 
 	 /* DMA mask for user DMA control: User visible values; DO NOT

include/linux/pwm.h

···
  */
 void pwm_disable(struct pwm_device *pwm);
 
-#endif /* __ASM_ARCH_PWM_H */
+#endif /* __LINUX_PWM_H */

include/linux/usb/wusb.h

···
 	u8 data[16];
 } __attribute__((packed));
 
-const static
-struct wusb_ckhdid wusb_ckhdid_zero = { .data = { 0 } };
+static const struct wusb_ckhdid wusb_ckhdid_zero = { .data = { 0 } };
 
 #define WUSB_CKHDID_STRSIZE (3 * sizeof(struct wusb_ckhdid) + 1)
 

init/Kconfig

···
 	select MM_OWNER
 	help
 	  Provides a memory resource controller that manages both anonymous
-	  memory and page cache. (See Documentation/controllers/memory.txt)
+	  memory and page cache. (See Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt)
 
 	  Note that setting this option increases fixed memory overhead
 	  associated with each page of memory in the system. By this,
···
 	depends on NAMESPACES && EXPERIMENTAL
 	help
 	  Support process id namespaces.  This allows having multiple
-	  process with the same pid as long as they are in different
+	  processes with the same pid as long as they are in different
 	  pid namespaces.  This is a building block of containers.
 
 	  Unless you want to work with an experimental feature
···
 	  Randomizing heap placement makes heap exploits harder, but it
 	  also breaks ancient binaries (including anything libc5 based).
 	  This option changes the bootup default to heap randomization
-	  disabled, and can be overriden runtime by setting
+	  disabled, and can be overridden at runtime by setting
 	  /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space to 2.
 
 	  On non-ancient distros (post-2000 ones) N is usually a safe choice.
···
 	  cpu_possible_map, some of them chose to initialize cpu_possible_map
 	  with all 1s, and others with all 0s.  When they were centralised,
 	  it was better to provide this option than to break all the archs
-	  and have several arch maintainers persuing me down dark alleys.
+	  and have several arch maintainers pursuing me down dark alleys.
 
 config STOP_MACHINE
 	bool

kernel/power/disk.c

···
  *	hibernation_snapshot - quiesce devices and create the hibernation
  *	snapshot image.
  *	@platform_mode - if set, use the platform driver, if available, to
- *			 prepare the platform frimware for the power transition.
+ *			 prepare the platform firmware for the power transition.
  *
  *	Must be called with pm_mutex held
  */
···
  *	hibernation_restore - quiesce devices and restore the hibernation
  *	snapshot image.  If successful, control returns in hibernation_snaphot()
  *	@platform_mode - if set, use the platform driver, if available, to
- *			 prepare the platform frimware for the transition.
+ *			 prepare the platform firmware for the transition.
  *
  *	Must be called with pm_mutex held
  */

kernel/trace/Kconfig

···
 	help
 	  Enable the kernel to trace a function at both its return
 	  and its entry.
-	  It's first purpose is to trace the duration of functions and
-	  draw a call graph for each thread with some informations like
-	  the return value.
-	  This is done by setting the current return address on the current
-	  task structure into a stack of calls.
+	  Its first purpose is to trace the duration of functions and
+	  draw a call graph for each thread with some information like
+	  the return value. This is done by setting the current return 
+	  address on the current task structure into a stack of calls.
 
 config IRQSOFF_TRACER
 	bool "Interrupts-off Latency Tracer"

kernel/trace/ftrace.c

···
 }
 
 /**
- * unregister_ftrace_function - unresgister a function for profiling.
+ * unregister_ftrace_function - unregister a function for profiling.
  * @ops - ops structure that holds the function to unregister
  *
  * Unregister a function that was added to be called by ftrace profiling.

mm/page_alloc.c

···
 	for (i = 1; i < nr_pages; i++) {
 		struct page *p = page + i;
 
-		if (unlikely(!PageTail(p) | (p->first_page != page))) {
+		if (unlikely(!PageTail(p) || (p->first_page != page))) {
 			bad_page(page);
 			bad++;
 		}

net/Kconfig

···
 	default y
 	help
 	  If you say Y here you can select between all the netfilter modules.
-	  If you say N the more ununsual ones will not be shown and the
+	  If you say N the more unusual ones will not be shown and the
 	  basic ones needed by most people will default to 'M'.
 
 	  If unsure, say Y.

net/ipv6/Kconfig

···
 if IPV6
 
 config IPV6_PRIVACY
-	bool "IPv6: Privacy Extensions support"
+	bool "IPv6: Privacy Extensions (RFC 3041) support"
 	---help---
 	  Privacy Extensions for Stateless Address Autoconfiguration in IPv6
-	  support.  With this option, additional periodically-alter 
-	  pseudo-random global-scope unicast address(es) will assigned to
+	  support.  With this option, additional periodically-altered
+	  pseudo-random global-scope unicast address(es) will be assigned to
 	  your interface(s).
 	
-	  We use our standard pseudo random algorithm to generate randomized
-	  interface identifier, instead of one described in RFC 3041.
+	  We use our standard pseudo-random algorithm to generate the
+          randomized interface identifier, instead of one described in RFC 3041.
 
-	  By default, kernel do not generate temporary addresses.
+	  By default the kernel does not generate temporary addresses.
 	  To use temporary addresses, do
 	
 	        echo 2 >/proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/use_tempaddr 
···
 	bool "IPv6: Router Preference (RFC 4191) support"
 	---help---
 	  Router Preference is an optional extension to the Router
-	  Advertisement message to improve the ability of hosts
-	  to pick more appropriate router, especially when the hosts
-	  is placed in a multi-homed network.
+	  Advertisement message which improves the ability of hosts
+	  to pick an appropriate router, especially when the hosts
+	  are placed in a multi-homed network.
 
 	  If unsure, say N.
 

net/mac80211/Kconfig

···
 	---help---
 	  This option selects the default rate control algorithm
 	  mac80211 will use. Note that this default can still be
-	  overriden through the ieee80211_default_rc_algo module
+	  overridden through the ieee80211_default_rc_algo module
 	  parameter if different algorithms are available.
 
 config MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_PID

net/netfilter/Kconfig

···
 
 	  Please note that currently this option only sets a default state.
 	  You may change it at boot time with nf_conntrack.acct=0/1 kernel
-	  paramater or by loading the nf_conntrack module with acct=0/1.
+	  parameter or by loading the nf_conntrack module with acct=0/1.
 
 	  You may also disable/enable it on a running system with:
 	   sysctl net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_acct=0/1

net/phonet/Kconfig

···
 	tristate "Phonet protocols family"
 	help
 	  The Phone Network protocol (PhoNet) is a packet-oriented
-	  communication protocol developped by Nokia for use with its modems.
+	  communication protocol developed by Nokia for use with its modems.
 
 	  This is required for Maemo to use cellular data connectivity (if
 	  supported). It can also be used to control Nokia phones

net/sunrpc/Kconfig

···
 	select CRYPTO_CBC
 	help
 	  Choose Y here to enable Secure RPC using the SPKM3 public key
-	  GSS-API mechansim (RFC 2025).
+	  GSS-API mechanism (RFC 2025).
 
 	  Secure RPC calls with SPKM3 require an auxiliary userspace
 	  daemon which may be found in the Linux nfs-utils package

net/wimax/Kconfig

···
 #
 # As well, enablement of the RFKILL code means we need the INPUT layer
 # support to inject events coming from hw rfkill switches. That
-# dependency could be killed if input.h provided appropiate means to
+# dependency could be killed if input.h provided appropriate means to
 # work when input is disabled.
 
 comment "WiMAX Wireless Broadband support requires CONFIG_INPUT enabled"

sound/oss/pss.c

···
  *          load the driver as it did in previous versions.
  * 04-07-1999: Anthony Barbachan <[e-mail]>
  *          Added module parameter pss_firmware to allow the user to tell 
- *          the driver where the fireware file is located.  The default 
+ *          the driver where the firmware file is located.  The default 
  *          setting is the previous hardcoded setting "/etc/sound/pss_synth".
  * 00-03-03: Christoph Hellwig <[e-mail]>
  *	    Adapted to module_init/module_exit

sound/sh/aica.c

···
 	err = request_firmware(&fw_entry, "aica_firmware.bin", &pd->dev);
 	if (unlikely(err))
 		return err;
-	/* write firware into memory */
+	/* write firmware into memory */
 	spu_disable();
 	spu_memload(0, fw_entry->data, fw_entry->size);
 	spu_enable();

sound/soc/blackfin/Kconfig

···
 	  You will also need to select the audio interfaces to support below.
 
 	  Note:
-	  AC97 codecs which do not implment the slot-16 mode will not function
+	  AC97 codecs which do not implement the slot-16 mode will not function
 	  properly with this driver. This driver is known to work with the
 	  Analog Devices line of AC97 codecs.