[PATCH] global: fix misapplications of "awhile"

[PATCH] global: fix misapplications of "awhile"

[Ahelenia Ziemiańska]

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Of these:
  7 "for a while" typos
  5 "take a while" typos
  1 misreading of "once in a while"?

3 awhiles used correctly remain in the tree

Signed-off-by: Ahelenia Ziemiańska <nabijaczleweli@nabijaczleweli.xyz>
---
 Documentation/trace/histogram.rst             | 2 +-
 arch/sh/drivers/pci/common.c                  | 2 +-
 arch/sh/drivers/pci/pci-sh7780.c              | 2 +-
 drivers/atm/lanai.c                           | 2 +-
 drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h                    | 2 +-
 drivers/md/bcache/request.c                   | 2 +-
 drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_rx_dqo.c  | 2 +-
 drivers/scsi/hpsa.c                           | 2 +-
 drivers/tty/serial/jsm/jsm_neo.c              | 2 +-
 fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c                    | 2 +-
 sound/pci/emu10k1/emu10k1_main.c              | 2 +-
 sound/pci/emu10k1/emupcm.c                    | 2 +-
 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-tmspr.c | 2 +-
 13 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/trace/histogram.rst b/Documentation/trace/histogram.rst
index 0aada18c38c6..2b98c1720a54 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/histogram.rst
+++ b/Documentation/trace/histogram.rst
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ Extended error information
   table, it should keep a running total of the number of bytes
   requested by that call_site.
 
-  We'll let it run for awhile and then dump the contents of the 'hist'
+  We'll let it run for a while and then dump the contents of the 'hist'
   file in the kmalloc event's subdirectory (for readability, a number
   of entries have been omitted)::
 
diff --git a/arch/sh/drivers/pci/common.c b/arch/sh/drivers/pci/common.c
index 9633b6147a05..f95004c67e6c 100644
--- a/arch/sh/drivers/pci/common.c
+++ b/arch/sh/drivers/pci/common.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ unsigned int pcibios_handle_status_errors(unsigned long addr,
 
 		cmd |= PCI_STATUS_PARITY | PCI_STATUS_DETECTED_PARITY;
 
-		/* Now back off of the IRQ for awhile */
+		/* Now back off of the IRQ for a while */
 		if (hose->err_irq) {
 			disable_irq_nosync(hose->err_irq);
 			hose->err_timer.expires = jiffies + HZ;
diff --git a/arch/sh/drivers/pci/pci-sh7780.c b/arch/sh/drivers/pci/pci-sh7780.c
index 9a624a6ee354..f41d6939a3d9 100644
--- a/arch/sh/drivers/pci/pci-sh7780.c
+++ b/arch/sh/drivers/pci/pci-sh7780.c
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ static irqreturn_t sh7780_pci_serr_irq(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	/* Deassert SERR */
 	__raw_writel(SH4_PCIINTM_SDIM, hose->reg_base + SH4_PCIINTM);
 
-	/* Back off the IRQ for awhile */
+	/* Back off the IRQ for a while */
 	disable_irq_nosync(irq);
 	hose->serr_timer.expires = jiffies + HZ;
 	add_timer(&hose->serr_timer);
diff --git a/drivers/atm/lanai.c b/drivers/atm/lanai.c
index 2a1fe3080712..0dfa2cdc897c 100644
--- a/drivers/atm/lanai.c
+++ b/drivers/atm/lanai.c
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ static void lanai_shutdown_rx_vci(const struct lanai_vcc *lvcc)
 /* Shutdown transmitting on card.
  * Unfortunately the lanai needs us to wait until all the data
  * drains out of the buffer before we can dealloc it, so this
- * can take awhile -- up to 370ms for a full 128KB buffer
+ * can take a while -- up to 370ms for a full 128KB buffer
  * assuming everone else is quiet.  In theory the time is
  * boundless if there's a CBR VCC holding things up.
  */
diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h b/drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h
index 1d33e40d26ea..7318d9800370 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ struct gc_stat {
  * won't automatically reattach).
  *
  * CACHE_SET_STOPPING always gets set first when we're closing down a cache set;
- * we'll continue to run normally for awhile with CACHE_SET_STOPPING set (i.e.
+ * we'll continue to run normally for a while with CACHE_SET_STOPPING set (i.e.
  * flushing dirty data).
  *
  * CACHE_SET_RUNNING means all cache devices have been registered and journal
diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/request.c b/drivers/md/bcache/request.c
index af345dc6fde1..87b4341cb42c 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/request.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/request.c
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ static CLOSURE_CALLBACK(bch_data_insert_start)
 
 	/*
 	 * But if it's not a writeback write we'd rather just bail out if
-	 * there aren't any buckets ready to write to - it might take awhile and
+	 * there aren't any buckets ready to write to - it might take a while and
 	 * we might be starving btree writes for gc or something.
 	 */
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_rx_dqo.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_rx_dqo.c
index dcb0545baa50..6a0be54f1c81 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_rx_dqo.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_rx_dqo.c
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ static int gve_rx_dqo(struct napi_struct *napi, struct gve_rx_ring *rx,
 	buf_len = compl_desc->packet_len;
 	hdr_len = compl_desc->header_len;
 
-	/* Page might have not been used for awhile and was likely last written
+	/* Page might have not been used for a while and was likely last written
 	 * by a different thread.
 	 */
 	if (rx->dqo.page_pool) {
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c
index c73a71ac3c29..0066f15153a7 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c
@@ -7795,7 +7795,7 @@ static int hpsa_wait_for_mode_change_ack(struct ctlr_info *h)
 	u32 doorbell_value;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	/* under certain very rare conditions, this can take awhile.
+	/* under certain very rare conditions, this can take a while.
 	 * (e.g.: hot replace a failed 144GB drive in a RAID 5 set right
 	 * as we enter this code.)
 	 */
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/jsm/jsm_neo.c b/drivers/tty/serial/jsm/jsm_neo.c
index e8e13bf056e2..2eb9ff26d6e8 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/jsm/jsm_neo.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/jsm/jsm_neo.c
@@ -1189,7 +1189,7 @@ static irqreturn_t neo_intr(int irq, void *voidbrd)
 			/*
 			 * The UART triggered us with a bogus interrupt type.
 			 * It appears the Exar chip, when REALLY bogged down, will throw
-			 * these once and awhile.
+			 * these periodically.
 			 * Its harmless, just ignore it and move on.
 			 */
 			jsm_dbg(INTR, &brd->pci_dev,
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
index 67fc62a49a76..00f52812dbb0 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
@@ -2632,7 +2632,7 @@ static int dlm_pick_recovery_master(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm)
 					 dlm_reco_master_ready(dlm),
 					 msecs_to_jiffies(1000));
 		if (!dlm_reco_master_ready(dlm)) {
-			mlog(0, "%s: reco master taking awhile\n",
+			mlog(0, "%s: reco master taking a while\n",
 			     dlm->name);
 			goto again;
 		}
diff --git a/sound/pci/emu10k1/emu10k1_main.c b/sound/pci/emu10k1/emu10k1_main.c
index bbe252b8916c..6050201851b1 100644
--- a/sound/pci/emu10k1/emu10k1_main.c
+++ b/sound/pci/emu10k1/emu10k1_main.c
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ static int snd_emu10k1_ecard_init(struct snd_emu10k1 *emu)
 	/* Step 2: Calibrate the ADC and DAC */
 	snd_emu10k1_ecard_write(emu, EC_DACCAL | EC_LEDN | EC_TRIM_CSN);
 
-	/* Step 3: Wait for awhile;   XXX We can't get away with this
+	/* Step 3: Wait for a while;   XXX We can't get away with this
 	 * under a real operating system; we'll need to block and wait that
 	 * way. */
 	snd_emu10k1_wait(emu, 48000);
diff --git a/sound/pci/emu10k1/emupcm.c b/sound/pci/emu10k1/emupcm.c
index 1bf6e3d652f8..ca4b03317539 100644
--- a/sound/pci/emu10k1/emupcm.c
+++ b/sound/pci/emu10k1/emupcm.c
@@ -991,7 +991,7 @@ static snd_pcm_uframes_t snd_emu10k1_capture_pointer(struct snd_pcm_substream *s
 	if (!epcm->running)
 		return 0;
 	if (epcm->first_ptr) {
-		udelay(50);	/* hack, it takes awhile until capture is started */
+		udelay(50);	/* hack, it takes a while until capture is started */
 		epcm->first_ptr = 0;
 	}
 	ptr = snd_emu10k1_ptr_read(emu, epcm->capture_idx_reg, 0) & 0x0000ffff;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-tmspr.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-tmspr.c
index dd5ddffa28b7..0d64988ffb40 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-tmspr.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-tmspr.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * (1) create more threads than cpus
  * (2) in each thread:
  * 	(a) set TFIAR and TFHAR a unique value
- * 	(b) loop for awhile, continually checking to see if
+ * 	(b) loop for a while, continually checking to see if
  * 	either register has been corrupted.
  *
  * (3) Loop:
-- 
2.39.5

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Re: [PATCH] global: fix misapplications of "awhile"

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Wed, Jul 02, 2025 at 09:32:45PM +0200, Ahelenia Ziemiańska wrote:
> Of these:
>   7 "for a while" typos
>   5 "take a while" typos
>   1 misreading of "once in a while"?
> 
> 3 awhiles used correctly remain in the tree
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ahelenia Ziemiańska <nabijaczleweli@nabijaczleweli.xyz>

Please properly break your patch up into one-per-subsystem and submit it
that way.

thanks,

greg k-h