4 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 41a3ccff18d8..0b2c87e08e90 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -628,8 +628,8 @@ static long writeback_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb,
                 }
 
                 /*
-                 * Don't bother with new inodes or inodes beeing freed, first
-                 * kind does not need peridic writeout yet, and for the latter
+                 * Don't bother with new inodes or inodes being freed, first
+                 * kind does not need periodic writeout yet, and for the latter
                  * kind writeout is handled by the freer.
                  */
                 spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index cf001775617f..3d65443aea8c 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ static int grab_super(struct super_block *s) __releases(sb_lock)
 
 /*
  *      grab_super_passive - acquire a passive reference
- *      @s: reference we are trying to grab
+ *      @sb: reference we are trying to grab
  *
  *      Tries to acquire a passive reference. This is used in places where we
  *      cannot take an active reference but we need to ensure that the
diff --git a/fs/sync.c b/fs/sync.c
index 11e3d1c44901..1830704df071 100644
--- a/fs/sync.c
+++ b/fs/sync.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ static void sync_filesystems(int wait)
 }
 
 /*
- * sync everything.  Start out by waking pdflush, because that writes back
+ * sync everything.  Start out by waking flusher, because that writes back
  * all queues in parallel.
  */
 SYSCALL_DEFINE0(sync)
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index ec14419e53b5..e5363f34e025 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ static void bdi_update_dirty_ratelimit(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
          *      bdi->dirty_ratelimit = balanced_dirty_ratelimit;
          *
          * However to get a more stable dirty_ratelimit, the below elaborated
-         * code makes use of task_ratelimit to filter out sigular points and
+         * code makes use of task_ratelimit to filter out singular points and
          * limit the step size.
          *
          * The below code essentially only uses the relative value of
@@ -969,7 +969,7 @@ static void bdi_update_dirty_ratelimit(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
          * feel and care are stable dirty rate and small position error.
          *
          * |task_ratelimit - dirty_ratelimit| is used to limit the step size
-         * and filter out the sigular points of balanced_dirty_ratelimit. Which
+         * and filter out the singular points of balanced_dirty_ratelimit. Which
          * keeps jumping around randomly and can even leap far away at times
          * due to the small 200ms estimation period of dirty_rate (we want to
          * keep that period small to reduce time lags).