[PATCH 1/2] watchdog: fix typos in comments

[PATCH 1/2] watchdog: fix typos in comments

[Hemanth Selam]

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/watchdog/davinci_wdt.c | 2 +-
 drivers/watchdog/max63xx_wdt.c | 2 +-
 drivers/watchdog/pcwd_pci.c    | 2 +-
 drivers/watchdog/pcwd_usb.c    | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/davinci_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/davinci_wdt.c
index 6ea0434f45c2..748dd24affb3 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/davinci_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/davinci_wdt.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ static unsigned int davinci_wdt_get_timeleft(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
 	u32 val;
 	struct davinci_wdt_device *davinci_wdt = watchdog_get_drvdata(wdd);
 
-	/* if timeout has occured then return 0 */
+	/* if timeout has occurred then return 0 */
 	val = ioread32(davinci_wdt->base + WDTCR);
 	if (val & WDFLAG)
 		return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/max63xx_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/max63xx_wdt.c
index e9073df1a7de..0aecf411f91b 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/max63xx_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/max63xx_wdt.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ struct max63xx_wdt {
  * delay (selected with the "nodelay" parameter).
  *
  * I also decided to remove from the tables any timeout smaller than a
- * second, as it looked completly overkill...
+ * second, as it looked completely overkill...
  */
 
 /* Timeouts in second */
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_pci.c b/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_pci.c
index a489b426f2ba..80fc4e6d3b0a 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_pci.c
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ static unsigned long is_active;
 static char expect_release;
 /* this is private data for each PCI-PC watchdog card */
 static struct {
-	/* Wether or not the card has a temperature device */
+	/* Whether or not the card has a temperature device */
 	int supports_temp;
 	/* The card's boot status */
 	int boot_status;
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_usb.c b/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_usb.c
index d7c18c990649..b923fdaaa198 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_usb.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_usb.c
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ struct usb_pcwd_private {
 	/* true if we received a report after a command */
 	atomic_t		cmd_received;
 
-	/* Wether or not the device exists */
+	/* Whether or not the device exists */
 	int			exists;
 	/* locks this structure */
 	struct mutex		mtx;
-- 
2.48.1

[PATCH 2/2] watchdog: fix repeated words in comments

[Hemanth Selam]

Drop words accidentally written twice, reported by checkpatch.pl as a
possible repeated word.  Only touches comments, no code changes.

Assisted-by: Cursor:claude-opus-5
Signed-off-by: Hemanth Selam <hemanth.selam@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/watchdog/pc87413_wdt.c | 2 +-
 drivers/watchdog/wdt.c         | 4 ++--
 drivers/watchdog/wdt977.c      | 2 +-
 drivers/watchdog/wdt_pci.c     | 4 ++--
 4 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/pc87413_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/pc87413_wdt.c
index fbf835d112b8..7c17f9eb1f8a 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/pc87413_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/pc87413_wdt.c
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ static int pc87413_status(void)
  *	@ppos: pointer to the position to write. No seeks allowed
  *
  *	A write to a watchdog device is defined as a keepalive signal. Any
- *	write of data will do, as we we don't define content meaning.
+ *	write of data will do, as we don't define content meaning.
  */
 
 static ssize_t pc87413_write(struct file *file, const char __user *data,
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/wdt.c
index 3980d60bacd8..86aedaec1fef 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/wdt.c
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ static irqreturn_t wdt_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
  *	@ppos: pointer to the position to write. No seeks allowed
  *
  *	A write to a watchdog device is defined as a keepalive signal. Any
- *	write of data will do, as we we don't define content meaning.
+ *	write of data will do, as we don't define content meaning.
  */
 
 static ssize_t wdt_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ static long wdt_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
  *	open and on opening we load the counters. Counter zero is a 100Hz
  *	cascade, into counter 1 which downcounts to reboot. When the counter
  *	triggers counter 2 downcounts the length of the reset pulse which
- *	set set to be as long as possible.
+ *	set to be as long as possible.
  */
 
 static int wdt_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/wdt977.c b/drivers/watchdog/wdt977.c
index 4f449ac4dda4..1627b589d817 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/wdt977.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/wdt977.c
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ static int wdt977_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
  *      @ppos: pointer to the position to write. No seeks allowed
  *
  *      A write to a watchdog device is defined as a keepalive signal. Any
- *      write of data will do, as we we don't define content meaning.
+ *      write of data will do, as we don't define content meaning.
  */
 
 static ssize_t wdt977_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/wdt_pci.c b/drivers/watchdog/wdt_pci.c
index 3918a600f2a0..3468c831d90a 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/wdt_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/wdt_pci.c
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ static irqreturn_t wdtpci_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
  *	@ppos: pointer to the position to write. No seeks allowed
  *
  *	A write to a watchdog device is defined as a keepalive signal. Any
- *	write of data will do, as we we don't define content meaning.
+ *	write of data will do, as we don't define content meaning.
  */
 
 static ssize_t wdtpci_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ static long wdtpci_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
  *	open and on opening we load the counters. Counter zero is a 100Hz
  *	cascade, into counter 1 which downcounts to reboot. When the counter
  *	triggers counter 2 downcounts the length of the reset pulse which
- *	set set to be as long as possible.
+ *	set to be as long as possible.
  */
 
 static int wdtpci_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
-- 
2.48.1

Re: [PATCH 1/2] watchdog: fix typos in comments

[Guenter Roeck]

On Fri, Sep 04, 2026 at 05:07:40PM +0530, Hemanth Selam wrote:
> 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>

Applied.

Thanks,
Guenter

Re: [PATCH 2/2] watchdog: fix repeated words in comments

[Guenter Roeck]

On Fri, Sep 04, 2026 at 05:07:41PM +0530, Hemanth Selam wrote:
> Drop words accidentally written twice, reported by checkpatch.pl as a
> possible repeated word.  Only touches comments, no code changes.
> 
> Assisted-by: Cursor:claude-opus-5
> Signed-off-by: Hemanth Selam <hemanth.selam@gmail.com>

Applied.

Thanks,
Guenter