[PATCH] mm: fix typos in comments

[PATCH] mm: fix typos in comments

[Julia Lawall]

Various spelling mistakes in comments.
Detected with the help of Coccinelle.

Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@inria.fr>

---
 arch/alpha/boot/bootpz.c       |    2 +-
 arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c    |    2 +-
 arch/alpha/kernel/sys_eiger.c  |    4 ++--
 arch/alpha/kernel/sys_takara.c |    2 +-
 4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/alpha/boot/bootpz.c b/arch/alpha/boot/bootpz.c
index 90a2b341e9c0..f7657507d2a5 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/boot/bootpz.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/boot/bootpz.c
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ start_kernel(void)
 #ifdef DEBUG_LAST_STEPS
 	srm_printk("Preparing INITRD info...\n");
 #endif
-	/* Finally, set the INITRD paramenters for the kernel. */
+	/* Finally, set the INITRD parameters for the kernel. */
 	((long *)(ZERO_PGE+256))[0] = initrd_image_start;
 	((long *)(ZERO_PGE+256))[1] = INITRD_IMAGE_SIZE;
 
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
index 8bbeebb73cf0..e46f76b79826 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(osf_setsysinfo, unsigned long, op, void __user *, buffer,
 
 		/* 
 		 * Alpha Architecture Handbook 4.7.7.3:
-		 * To be fully IEEE compiant, we must track the current IEEE
+		 * To be fully IEEE compliant, we must track the current IEEE
 		 * exception state in software, because spurious bits can be
 		 * set in the trap shadow of a software-complete insn.
 		 */
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/sys_eiger.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/sys_eiger.c
index aea8a54da4bc..fbe264a30a66 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/sys_eiger.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/sys_eiger.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ eiger_device_interrupt(unsigned long vector)
 	if (intstatus) {
 		/*
 		 * This is a PCI interrupt. Check each bit and
-		 * despatch an interrupt if it's set.
+		 * dispatch an interrupt if it's set.
 		 */
 
 		if (intstatus & 8) handle_irq(16+3);
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ eiger_map_irq(const struct pci_dev *dev, u8 slot, u8 pin)
 
 	/* The SRM console has already calculated out the IRQ value's for
 	   option cards. As this works lets just read in the value already
-	   set and change it to a useable value by Linux.
+	   set and change it to a usable value by Linux.
 
 	   All the IRQ values generated by the console are greater than 90,
 	   so we subtract 80 because it is (90 - allocated ISA IRQ's).  */
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/sys_takara.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/sys_takara.c
index 9e2adb69bc74..aa65a7fb8fc6 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/sys_takara.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/sys_takara.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ takara_device_interrupt(unsigned long vector)
 	if (intstatus) {
 		/*
 		 * This is a PCI interrupt. Check each bit and
-		 * despatch an interrupt if it's set.
+		 * dispatch an interrupt if it's set.
 		 */
 
 		if (intstatus & 8) handle_irq(16+3);

Re: [PATCH] mm: fix typos in comments

[Joe Perches]

On Fri, 2022-03-18 at 11:37 +0100, Julia Lawall wrote:
> Various spelling mistakes in comments.
[]
> diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/sys_eiger.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/sys_eiger.c
[]
> @@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ eiger_map_irq(const struct pci_dev *dev, u8 slot, u8 pin)
>  
>  	/* The SRM console has already calculated out the IRQ value's for
>  	   option cards. As this works lets just read in the value already
> -	   set and change it to a useable value by Linux.
> +	   set and change it to a usable value by Linux.

generally accepted alternative spelling.

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/useable

Re: [PATCH] mm: fix typos in comments

[Julia Lawall]

On Fri, 18 Mar 2022, Joe Perches wrote:

> On Fri, 2022-03-18 at 11:37 +0100, Julia Lawall wrote:
> > Various spelling mistakes in comments.
> []
> > diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/sys_eiger.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/sys_eiger.c
> []
> > @@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ eiger_map_irq(const struct pci_dev *dev, u8 slot, u8 pin)
> >
> >  	/* The SRM console has already calculated out the IRQ value's for
> >  	   option cards. As this works lets just read in the value already
> > -	   set and change it to a useable value by Linux.
> > +	   set and change it to a usable value by Linux.
>
> generally accepted alternative spelling.
>
> https://www.dictionary.com/browse/useable

OK, thanks.

julia