[PATCH v3 0/8] treewide: Fix typo "notifer"

[PATCH v3 0/8] treewide: Fix typo "notifer"

[WangYuli]

There are some spelling mistakes of 'notifer' in comments which
should be 'notifier'.

Fix them and add it to scripts/spelling.txt.

WangYuli (8):
  KVM: x86: Fix typo "notifer"
  cxl: mce: Fix typo "notifer"
  drm/xe: Fix typo "notifer"
  net: mvneta: Fix typo "notifer"
  wifi: brcmfmac: Fix typo "notifer"
  serial: 8250_dw: Fix typo "notifer"
  xen/xenbus: Fix typo "notifer"
  scripts/spelling.txt: Add notifer||notifier to spelling.txt

 arch/x86/kvm/i8254.c                                        | 4 ++--
 drivers/cxl/core/mce.h                                      | 2 +-
 drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm_types.h                            | 2 +-
 drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c                       | 2 +-
 drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c | 2 +-
 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c                           | 2 +-
 include/xen/xenbus.h                                        | 2 +-
 scripts/spelling.txt                                        | 1 +
 8 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
---
Changelog:
 *v1->v2: Break patch v1 up into one-patch-per-subsystem.
  v2->v3: Remove links to my patch v1 and add some "Reviewed-by" tags.

-- 
2.50.0

[PATCH v3 1/8] KVM: x86: Fix typo "notifer"

[WangYuli]

There are some spelling mistakes of 'notifer' which should be 'notifier'.

Signed-off-by: WangYuli <wangyuli@uniontech.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/i8254.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/i8254.c b/arch/x86/kvm/i8254.c
index 739aa6c0d0c3..9ff55112900a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/i8254.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/i8254.c
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ static void kvm_pit_reset(struct kvm_pit *pit)
 	kvm_pit_reset_reinject(pit);
 }
 
-static void pit_mask_notifer(struct kvm_irq_mask_notifier *kimn, bool mask)
+static void pit_mask_notifier(struct kvm_irq_mask_notifier *kimn, bool mask)
 {
 	struct kvm_pit *pit = container_of(kimn, struct kvm_pit, mask_notifier);
 
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ struct kvm_pit *kvm_create_pit(struct kvm *kvm, u32 flags)
 
 	pit_state->irq_ack_notifier.gsi = 0;
 	pit_state->irq_ack_notifier.irq_acked = kvm_pit_ack_irq;
-	pit->mask_notifier.func = pit_mask_notifer;
+	pit->mask_notifier.func = pit_mask_notifier;
 
 	kvm_pit_reset(pit);
 
-- 
2.50.0

[PATCH v3 2/8] cxl: mce: Fix typo "notifer"

[WangYuli]

According to the context, "mce_notifer" should be "mce_notifier".

Fixes: 516e5bd0b6bf ("cxl: Add mce notifier to emit aliased address for extended linear cache")
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <jonathan.cameron@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: WangYuli <wangyuli@uniontech.com>
---
 drivers/cxl/core/mce.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/cxl/core/mce.h b/drivers/cxl/core/mce.h
index ace73424eeb6..ca272e8db6c7 100644
--- a/drivers/cxl/core/mce.h
+++ b/drivers/cxl/core/mce.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CXL_MCE
 int devm_cxl_register_mce_notifier(struct device *dev,
-				   struct notifier_block *mce_notifer);
+				   struct notifier_block *mce_notifier);
 #else
 static inline int
 devm_cxl_register_mce_notifier(struct device *dev,
-- 
2.50.0

[PATCH v3 3/8] drm/xe: Fix typo "notifer"

[WangYuli]

There is a spelling mistake of 'notifer' in the comment which
should be 'notifier'.

Signed-off-by: WangYuli <wangyuli@uniontech.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm_types.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm_types.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm_types.h
index 1979e9bdbdf3..0ca27579fd1f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm_types.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm_types.h
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ struct xe_vm {
 		 * up for revalidation. Protected from access with the
 		 * @invalidated_lock. Removing items from the list
 		 * additionally requires @lock in write mode, and adding
-		 * items to the list requires either the @userptr.notifer_lock in
+		 * items to the list requires either the @userptr.notifier_lock in
 		 * write mode, OR @lock in write mode.
 		 */
 		struct list_head invalidated;
-- 
2.50.0

[PATCH v3 4/8] net: mvneta: Fix typo "notifer"

[WangYuli]

There is a spelling mistake of 'notifer' in the comment which
should be 'notifier'.

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: WangYuli <wangyuli@uniontech.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
index 147571fdada3..ee4696600146 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
@@ -4610,7 +4610,7 @@ static int mvneta_stop(struct net_device *dev)
 		/* Inform that we are stopping so we don't want to setup the
 		 * driver for new CPUs in the notifiers. The code of the
 		 * notifier for CPU online is protected by the same spinlock,
-		 * so when we get the lock, the notifer work is done.
+		 * so when we get the lock, the notifier work is done.
 		 */
 		spin_lock(&pp->lock);
 		pp->is_stopped = true;
-- 
2.50.0

[PATCH v3 5/8] wifi: brcmfmac: Fix typo "notifer"

[WangYuli]

There is a spelling mistake of 'notifer' in the comment which
should be 'notifier'.

Acked-by: Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: WangYuli <wangyuli@uniontech.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c
index b94c3619526c..bcd56c7c4e42 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c
@@ -8313,7 +8313,7 @@ struct brcmf_cfg80211_info *brcmf_cfg80211_attach(struct brcmf_pub *drvr,
 	cfg->d11inf.io_type = (u8)io_type;
 	brcmu_d11_attach(&cfg->d11inf);
 
-	/* regulatory notifer below needs access to cfg so
+	/* regulatory notifier below needs access to cfg so
 	 * assign it now.
 	 */
 	drvr->config = cfg;
-- 
2.50.0

[PATCH v3 6/8] serial: 8250_dw: Fix typo "notifer"

[WangYuli]

There is a spelling mistake of 'notifer' in the comment which
should be 'notifier'.

Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: WangYuli <wangyuli@uniontech.com>
---
 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c
index 1902f29444a1..6d9af6417620 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ static void dw8250_set_termios(struct uart_port *p, struct ktermios *termios,
 	rate = clk_round_rate(d->clk, newrate);
 	if (rate > 0) {
 		/*
-		 * Note that any clock-notifer worker will block in
+		 * Note that any clock-notifier worker will block in
 		 * serial8250_update_uartclk() until we are done.
 		 */
 		ret = clk_set_rate(d->clk, newrate);
-- 
2.50.0

[PATCH v3 7/8] xen/xenbus: Fix typo "notifer"

[WangYuli]

There is a spelling mistake of 'notifer' in the comment which
should be 'notifier'.

Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: WangYuli <wangyuli@uniontech.com>
---
 include/xen/xenbus.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/xen/xenbus.h b/include/xen/xenbus.h
index 3f90bdd387b6..00b84f2e402b 100644
--- a/include/xen/xenbus.h
+++ b/include/xen/xenbus.h
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ int xenbus_printf(struct xenbus_transaction t,
  * sprintf-style type string, and pointer. Returns 0 or errno.*/
 int xenbus_gather(struct xenbus_transaction t, const char *dir, ...);
 
-/* notifer routines for when the xenstore comes up */
+/* notifier routines for when the xenstore comes up */
 extern int xenstored_ready;
 int register_xenstore_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
 void unregister_xenstore_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
-- 
2.50.0

[PATCH v3 8/8] scripts/spelling.txt: Add notifer||notifier to spelling.txt

[WangYuli]

This typo was not listed in scripts/spelling.txt, thus it was more
difficult to detect. Add it for convenience.

Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <jonathan.cameron@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: WangYuli <wangyuli@uniontech.com>
---
 scripts/spelling.txt | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/scripts/spelling.txt b/scripts/spelling.txt
index c9a6df5be281..d824c4b17390 100644
--- a/scripts/spelling.txt
+++ b/scripts/spelling.txt
@@ -1099,6 +1099,7 @@ notication||notification
 notications||notifications
 notifcations||notifications
 notifed||notified
+notifer||notifier
 notity||notify
 notfify||notify
 nubmer||number
-- 
2.50.0

Re: [PATCH v3 3/8] drm/xe: Fix typo "notifer"

[Thomas Hellström]

On Tue, 2025-07-22 at 15:34 +0800, WangYuli wrote:
> There is a spelling mistake of 'notifer' in the comment which
> should be 'notifier'.
> 
> Signed-off-by: WangYuli <wangyuli@uniontech.com>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Hellström <thomas.hellstrom@linux.intel.com>

> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm_types.h | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm_types.h
> b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm_types.h
> index 1979e9bdbdf3..0ca27579fd1f 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm_types.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm_types.h
> @@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ struct xe_vm {
>  		 * up for revalidation. Protected from access with
> the
>  		 * @invalidated_lock. Removing items from the list
>  		 * additionally requires @lock in write mode, and
> adding
> -		 * items to the list requires either the
> @userptr.notifer_lock in
> +		 * items to the list requires either the
> @userptr.notifier_lock in
>  		 * write mode, OR @lock in write mode.
>  		 */
>  		struct list_head invalidated;