* [PATCH] tty: fix typos in comments
@ 2026-09-04 11:39 Hemanth Selam
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From: Hemanth Selam @ 2026-09-04 11:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman, Jiri Slaby, Richard Genoud, Nicolas Ferre,
Alexandre Belloni, Claudiu Beznea, Frank Li, Sascha Hauer,
Pengutronix Kernel Team, Fabio Estevam, Pali Rohár,
Madhavan Srinivasan, Michael Ellerman, Nicholas Piggin,
Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP), Laxman Dewangan, Thierry Reding,
Jonathan Hunter, Patrice Chotard, Peter Korsgaard, Michal Simek
Cc: linux-kernel, linux-serial, linux-arm-kernel, imx, linuxppc-dev,
linux-tegra
Fix typos in comments, reported by scripts/checkpatch.pl using the
misspelling list in scripts/spelling.txt. Only touches comments, no code
changes.
Assisted-by: Cursor:claude-opus-5
Signed-off-by: Hemanth Selam <hemanth.selam@gmail.com>
---
drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_exar.c | 2 +-
drivers/tty/serial/ar933x_uart.c | 4 ++--
drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c | 2 +-
drivers/tty/serial/imx.c | 2 +-
drivers/tty/serial/men_z135_uart.c | 2 +-
drivers/tty/serial/mvebu-uart.c | 2 +-
drivers/tty/serial/mxs-auart.c | 2 +-
drivers/tty/serial/pic32_uart.c | 2 +-
drivers/tty/serial/pmac_zilog.c | 4 ++--
drivers/tty/serial/pmac_zilog.h | 2 +-
drivers/tty/serial/serial-tegra.c | 2 +-
drivers/tty/serial/st-asc.c | 4 ++--
drivers/tty/serial/uartlite.c | 4 ++--
drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c | 2 +-
drivers/tty/vt/vt.c | 2 +-
include/linux/tty_driver.h | 2 +-
16 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_exar.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_exar.c
index 836792e861bf..1e37e3e5d319 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_exar.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_exar.c
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ pci_fastcom335_setup(struct exar8250 *priv, struct pci_dev *pcidev,
}
/**
- * cti_tristate_disable() - Disable RS485 transciever tristate
+ * cti_tristate_disable() - Disable RS485 transceiver tristate
* @priv: Device's private structure
* @port_num: Port number to set tristate off
*
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/ar933x_uart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/ar933x_uart.c
index 5b491db9d2fc..118fa8b1e44b 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/ar933x_uart.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/ar933x_uart.c
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ static void ar933x_uart_set_termios(struct uart_port *port,
ar933x_uart_rmw_set(up, AR933X_UART_CS_REG,
AR933X_UART_CS_HOST_INT_EN);
- /* enable RX and TX ready overide */
+ /* enable RX and TX ready override */
ar933x_uart_rmw_set(up, AR933X_UART_CS_REG,
AR933X_UART_CS_TX_READY_ORIDE | AR933X_UART_CS_RX_READY_ORIDE);
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ static int ar933x_uart_startup(struct uart_port *port)
ar933x_uart_rmw_set(up, AR933X_UART_CS_REG,
AR933X_UART_CS_HOST_INT_EN);
- /* enable RX and TX ready overide */
+ /* enable RX and TX ready override */
ar933x_uart_rmw_set(up, AR933X_UART_CS_REG,
AR933X_UART_CS_TX_READY_ORIDE | AR933X_UART_CS_RX_READY_ORIDE);
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c b/drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c
index 5d8c1cfc1c60..c4b465f6a69f 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
/* Revisit: We should calculate this based on the actual port settings */
#define PDC_RX_TIMEOUT (3 * 10) /* 3 bytes */
-/* The minium number of data FIFOs should be able to contain */
+/* The minimum number of data FIFOs should be able to contain */
#define ATMEL_MIN_FIFO_SIZE 8
/*
* These two offsets are substracted from the RX FIFO size to define the RTS
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
index 513dbe95f7e9..0eac2fd2ed37 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
#define USR1_DTRD (1<<7) /* DTR Delta */
#define USR1_RXDS (1<<6) /* Receiver idle interrupt flag */
#define USR1_AIRINT (1<<5) /* Async IR wake interrupt flag */
-#define USR1_AWAKE (1<<4) /* Aysnc wake interrupt flag */
+#define USR1_AWAKE (1<<4) /* Async wake interrupt flag */
#define USR2_ADET (1<<15) /* Auto baud rate detect complete */
#define USR2_TXFE (1<<14) /* Transmit buffer FIFO empty */
#define USR2_DTRF (1<<13) /* DTR edge interrupt flag */
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/men_z135_uart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/men_z135_uart.c
index 9138fa29d301..41dd7059e367 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/men_z135_uart.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/men_z135_uart.c
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ static unsigned int men_z135_get_mctrl(struct uart_port *port)
* men_z135_stop_tx() - Stop transmitting characters
* @port: The UART port
*
- * Stop transmitting characters. This might be due to CTS line becomming
+ * Stop transmitting characters. This might be due to CTS line becoming
* inactive or the tty layer indicating we want to stop transmission due to
* an XOFF character.
*/
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/mvebu-uart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/mvebu-uart.c
index 33ea496c93b2..0306f219feb0 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/mvebu-uart.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/mvebu-uart.c
@@ -942,7 +942,7 @@ static int mvebu_uart_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
/* Manage interrupts */
if (platform_irq_count(pdev) == 1) {
- /* Old bindings: no name on the single unamed UART0 IRQ */
+ /* Old bindings: no name on the single unnamed UART0 IRQ */
irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
if (irq < 0)
return irq;
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/mxs-auart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/mxs-auart.c
index 697318dbb146..5355409134da 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/mxs-auart.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/mxs-auart.c
@@ -1009,7 +1009,7 @@ static void mxs_auart_settermios(struct uart_port *u,
if (is_imx28_auart(s)
&& test_bit(MXS_AUART_RTSCTS, &s->flags)) {
if (!mxs_auart_dma_init(s))
- /* enable DMA tranfer */
+ /* enable DMA transfer */
ctrl2 |= AUART_CTRL2_TXDMAE | AUART_CTRL2_RXDMAE
| AUART_CTRL2_DMAONERR;
}
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/pic32_uart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/pic32_uart.c
index 8407f85776c0..1d4adb5c7d88 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/pic32_uart.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/pic32_uart.c
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ static int pic32_uart_startup(struct uart_port *port)
pic32_uart_writel(sport, PIC32_CLR(PIC32_UART_STA),
PIC32_UART_STA_UTXISEL1);
- /* enable all interrupts and eanable uart */
+ /* enable all interrupts and enable uart */
pic32_uart_en_and_unmask(port);
local_irq_restore(flags);
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/pmac_zilog.c b/drivers/tty/serial/pmac_zilog.c
index e3a919328695..31cb2cde3116 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/pmac_zilog.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/pmac_zilog.c
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ static void pmz_transmit_chars(struct uart_pmac_port *uap)
* R3 still signals the interrupts and we see them when taking
* an interrupt for the other channel (this could be a qemu
* bug but since the ESCC doc doesn't specify precsiely whether
- * R3 interrup status bits are masked by R1 interrupt enable
+ * R3 interrupt status bits are masked by R1 interrupt enable
* bits, better safe than sorry). --BenH.
*/
if (!ZS_IS_OPEN(uap))
@@ -1929,7 +1929,7 @@ static int __init pmz_console_setup(struct console *co, char *options)
port = &uap->port;
/*
- * Mark port as beeing a console
+ * Mark port as being a console
*/
uap->flags |= PMACZILOG_FLAG_IS_CONS;
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/pmac_zilog.h b/drivers/tty/serial/pmac_zilog.h
index 837b97ca0a90..40f47b389b55 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/pmac_zilog.h
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/pmac_zilog.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ struct uart_pmac_port {
* early inited port)
*/
struct macio_dev *dev;
- /* device node to this port, this points to one of 2 childs
+ /* device node to this port, this points to one of 2 children
* of "escc" node (ie. ch-a or ch-b)
*/
struct device_node *node;
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/serial-tegra.c b/drivers/tty/serial/serial-tegra.c
index 8004fc00fb9c..2eb49bcc766d 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/serial-tegra.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/serial-tegra.c
@@ -1096,7 +1096,7 @@ static int tegra_uart_hw_init(struct tegra_uart_port *tup)
* EORD is different interrupt than RX_TIMEOUT - RX_TIMEOUT occurs when
* the DATA is sitting in the FIFO and couldn't be transferred to the
* DMA as the DMA size alignment (4 bytes) is not met. EORD will be
- * triggered when there is a pause of the incomming data stream for 4
+ * triggered when there is a pause of the incoming data stream for 4
* characters long.
*
* For pauses in the data which is not aligned to 4 bytes, we get
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/st-asc.c b/drivers/tty/serial/st-asc.c
index 6ed9a327702b..f065b300ac09 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/st-asc.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/st-asc.c
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ static void asc_set_mctrl(struct uart_port *port, unsigned int mctrl)
static unsigned int asc_get_mctrl(struct uart_port *port)
{
/*
- * This routine is used for geting signals of: DTR, DCD, DSR, RI,
+ * This routine is used for getting signals of: DTR, DCD, DSR, RI,
* and CTS/RTS
*/
return TIOCM_CAR | TIOCM_DSR | TIOCM_CTS;
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ static void asc_console_putchar(struct uart_port *port, unsigned char ch)
{
unsigned int timeout = 1000000;
- /* Wait for upto 1 second in case flow control is stopping us. */
+ /* Wait for up to 1 second in case flow control is stopping us. */
while (--timeout && !asc_txfifo_is_half_empty(port))
udelay(1);
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/uartlite.c b/drivers/tty/serial/uartlite.c
index 6240c3d4dfd7..153233fe4347 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/uartlite.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/uartlite.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ static int ulite_receive(struct uart_port *port, int stat)
port->icount.frame++;
- /* drop byte with parity error if IGNPAR specificed */
+ /* drop byte with parity error if IGNPAR specified */
if (stat & port->ignore_status_mask & ULITE_STATUS_PARITY)
stat &= ~ULITE_STATUS_RXVALID;
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ static int ulite_request_port(struct uart_port *port)
ret = uart_in32(ULITE_CONTROL, port);
uart_out32(ULITE_CONTROL_RST_TX, ULITE_CONTROL, port);
ret = uart_in32(ULITE_STATUS, port);
- /* Endianess detection */
+ /* Endianness detection */
if ((ret & ULITE_STATUS_TXEMPTY) != ULITE_STATUS_TXEMPTY)
pdata->reg_ops = &uartlite_le;
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c b/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c
index a072b75dbaf2..7eaf70614f9c 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c
@@ -1476,7 +1476,7 @@ static int cdns_uart_suspend(struct device *device)
readl(port->membase + CDNS_UART_FIFO);
/* set RX trigger level to 1 */
writel(1, port->membase + CDNS_UART_RXWM);
- /* disable RX timeout interrups */
+ /* disable RX timeout interrupts */
writel(CDNS_UART_IXR_TOUT, port->membase + CDNS_UART_IDR);
uart_port_unlock_irqrestore(port, flags);
}
diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
index 8f467b22b799..494749282041 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
@@ -1142,7 +1142,7 @@ int vc_allocate(unsigned int currcons) /* return 0 on success */
static inline int resize_screen(struct vc_data *vc, int width, int height,
bool from_user)
{
- /* Resizes the resolution of the display adapater */
+ /* Resizes the resolution of the display adapter */
int err = 0;
if (vc->vc_sw->con_resize)
diff --git a/include/linux/tty_driver.h b/include/linux/tty_driver.h
index 1f2896e56e77..626e0692c97a 100644
--- a/include/linux/tty_driver.h
+++ b/include/linux/tty_driver.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ struct serial_struct;
* These are flags passed to tty_alloc_driver().
*
* @TTY_DRIVER_INSTALLED:
- * Whether this driver was succesfully installed. This is a tty internal
+ * Whether this driver was successfully installed. This is a tty internal
* flag. Do not touch.
*
* @TTY_DRIVER_RESET_TERMIOS:
--
2.48.1
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