181 files changed, 273 insertions, 240 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/dev-kmsg b/Documentation/ABI/testing/dev-kmsg
index 7e7e07a82e0e..bb820be48179 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/dev-kmsg
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/dev-kmsg
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ Description:	The /dev/kmsg character device node provides userspace access
                 The flags field carries '-' by default. A 'c' indicates a
                 fragment of a line. All following fragments are flagged with
                 '+'. Note, that these hints about continuation lines are not
-                neccessarily correct, and the stream could be interleaved with
+                necessarily correct, and the stream could be interleaved with
                 unrelated messages, but merging the lines in the output
                 usually produces better human readable results. A similar
                 logic is used internally when messages are printed to the
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-power b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-power
index 7fc2997b23a6..9d43e7670841 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-power
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-power
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ Contact:	Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
 Description:
                 The /sys/devices/.../wakeup_prevent_sleep_time_ms attribute
                 contains the total time the device has been preventing
-                opportunistic transitions to sleep states from occuring.
+                opportunistic transitions to sleep states from occurring.
                 This attribute is read-only.  If the device is not enabled to
                 wake up the system from sleep states, this attribute is not
                 present.
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-ppi b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-ppi
index 97a003ee058b..7d1435bc976c 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-ppi
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-ppi
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Contact:	xiaoyan.zhang@intel.com
 Description:
                 This folder includes the attributes related with PPI (Physical
                 Presence Interface). Only if TPM is supported by BIOS, this
-                folder makes sence. The folder path can be got by command
+                folder makes sense. The folder path can be got by command
                 'find /sys/ -name 'pcrs''. For the detail information of PPI,
                 please refer to the PPI specification from
                 http://www.trustedcomputinggroup.org/
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-profiling b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-profiling
index b02d8b8c173a..8a8e466eb2c0 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-profiling
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-profiling
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-What:           /sys/kernel/profile
+What:           /sys/kernel/profiling
 Date:           September 2008
 Contact:        Dave Hansen <dave@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
 Description:
-                /sys/kernel/profile is the runtime equivalent
+                /sys/kernel/profiling is the runtime equivalent
                 of the boot-time profile= option.
 
                 You can get the same effect running:
 
-                        echo 2 > /sys/kernel/profile
+                        echo 2 > /sys/kernel/profiling
 
                 as you would by issuing profile=2 on the boot
                 command line.
diff --git a/Documentation/HOWTO b/Documentation/HOWTO
index 59c080f084ef..a9f288ff54f9 100644
--- a/Documentation/HOWTO
+++ b/Documentation/HOWTO
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ Differences between the kernel community and corporate structures
 
 The kernel community works differently than most traditional corporate
 development environments.  Here are a list of things that you can try to
-do to try to avoid problems:
+do to avoid problems:
   Good things to say regarding your proposed changes:
     - "This solves multiple problems."
     - "This deletes 2000 lines of code."
diff --git a/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c b/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c
index 6f706aca2049..f8ebcde43b17 100644
--- a/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c
+++ b/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ int dbg;
 int print_delays;
 int print_io_accounting;
 int print_task_context_switch_counts;
-__u64 stime, utime;
 
 #define PRINTF(fmt, arg...) {                   \
             if (dbg) {                          \
diff --git a/Documentation/dma-buf-sharing.txt b/Documentation/dma-buf-sharing.txt
index ad86fb86c9a0..0188903bc9e1 100644
--- a/Documentation/dma-buf-sharing.txt
+++ b/Documentation/dma-buf-sharing.txt
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ Being able to mmap an export dma-buf buffer object has 2 main use-cases:
    leaving the cpu domain and flushing caches at fault time. Note that all the
    dma_buf files share the same anon inode, hence the exporter needs to replace
    the dma_buf file stored in vma->vm_file with it's own if pte shootdown is
-   requred. This is because the kernel uses the underlying inode's address_space
+   required. This is because the kernel uses the underlying inode's address_space
    for vma tracking (and hence pte tracking at shootdown time with
    unmap_mapping_range).
 
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ Being able to mmap an export dma-buf buffer object has 2 main use-cases:
    Exporters that shoot down mappings (for any reasons) shall not do any
    synchronization at fault time with outstanding device operations.
    Synchronization is an orthogonal issue to sharing the backing storage of a
-   buffer and hence should not be handled by dma-buf itself. This is explictly
+   buffer and hence should not be handled by dma-buf itself. This is explicitly
    mentioned here because many people seem to want something like this, but if
    different exporters handle this differently, buffer sharing can fail in
    interesting ways depending upong the exporter (if userspace starts depending
diff --git a/Documentation/dontdiff b/Documentation/dontdiff
index 74c25c8d8884..b89a739a3276 100644
--- a/Documentation/dontdiff
+++ b/Documentation/dontdiff
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@ modversions.h*
 nconf
 ncscope.*
 offset.h
-offsets.h
 oui.c*
 page-types
 parse.c
diff --git a/Documentation/fault-injection/notifier-error-inject.txt b/Documentation/fault-injection/notifier-error-inject.txt
index c83526c364e5..09adabef513f 100644
--- a/Documentation/fault-injection/notifier-error-inject.txt
+++ b/Documentation/fault-injection/notifier-error-inject.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Notifier error injection
 ========================
 
-Notifier error injection provides the ability to inject artifical errors to
+Notifier error injection provides the ability to inject artificial errors to
 specified notifier chain callbacks. It is useful to test the error handling of
 notifier call chain failures which is rarely executed.  There are kernel
 modules that can be used to test the following notifiers.
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ modules that can be used to test the following notifiers.
 CPU notifier error injection module
 -----------------------------------
 This feature can be used to test the error handling of the CPU notifiers by
-injecting artifical errors to CPU notifier chain callbacks.
+injecting artificial errors to CPU notifier chain callbacks.
 
 If the notifier call chain should be failed with some events notified, write
 the error code to debugfs interface
diff --git a/Documentation/hid/uhid.txt b/Documentation/hid/uhid.txt
index 4627c4241ece..3c741214dfbb 100644
--- a/Documentation/hid/uhid.txt
+++ b/Documentation/hid/uhid.txt
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ the request was handled successfully.
   UHID_FEATURE_ANSWER:
   If you receive a UHID_FEATURE request you must answer with this request. You
   must copy the "id" field from the request into the answer. Set the "err" field
-  to 0 if no error occured or to EIO if an I/O error occurred.
+  to 0 if no error occurred or to EIO if an I/O error occurred.
   If "err" is 0 then you should fill the buffer of the answer with the results
   of the feature request and set "size" correspondingly.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/pmbus b/Documentation/hwmon/pmbus
index f90f99920cc5..3d3a0f97f966 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/pmbus
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/pmbus
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ Sysfs entries
 
 When probing the chip, the driver identifies which PMBus registers are
 supported, and determines available sensors from this information.
-Attribute files only exist if respective sensors are suported by the chip.
+Attribute files only exist if respective sensors are supported by the chip.
 Labels are provided to inform the user about the sensor associated with
 a given sysfs entry.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/input/alps.txt b/Documentation/input/alps.txt
index ae8ba9a74ce1..3262b6e4d686 100644
--- a/Documentation/input/alps.txt
+++ b/Documentation/input/alps.txt
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ number of contacts (f1 and f0 in the table below).
 
 This packet only appears after a position packet with the mt bit set, and
 usually only appears when there are two or more contacts (although
-occassionally it's seen with only a single contact).
+occasionally it's seen with only a single contact).
 
 The final v3 packet type is the trackstick packet.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt
index 3fb39e0116b4..69372fb98cf8 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ build.
 
         Sometimes, an external module uses exported symbols from
         another external module. kbuild needs to have full knowledge of
-        all symbols to avoid spitting out warnings about undefined
+        all symbols to avoid spliitting out warnings about undefined
         symbols. Three solutions exist for this situation.
 
         NOTE: The method with a top-level kbuild file is recommended
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt b/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
index 3d8a97747f77..99b57abddf8a 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ Example kernel-doc function comment:
  * comment lines.
  *
  * The longer description can have multiple paragraphs.
+ *
+ * Return: Describe the return value of foobar.
  */
 
 The short description following the subject can span multiple lines
@@ -78,6 +80,8 @@ If a function parameter is "..." (varargs), it should be listed in
 kernel-doc notation as:
  * @...: description
 
+The return value, if any, should be described in a dedicated section
+named "Return".
 
 Example kernel-doc data structure comment.
 
@@ -222,6 +226,9 @@ only a "*").
 "section header:" names must be unique per function (or struct,
 union, typedef, enum).
 
+Use the section header "Return" for sections describing the return value
+of a function.
+
 Avoid putting a spurious blank line after the function name, or else the
 description will be repeated!
 
@@ -237,21 +244,21 @@ patterns, which are highlighted appropriately.
 NOTE 1:  The multi-line descriptive text you provide does *not* recognize
 line breaks, so if you try to format some text nicely, as in:
 
-  Return codes
+  Return:
     0 - cool
     1 - invalid arg
     2 - out of memory
 
 this will all run together and produce:
 
-  Return codes 0 - cool 1 - invalid arg 2 - out of memory
+  Return: 0 - cool 1 - invalid arg 2 - out of memory
 
 NOTE 2:  If the descriptive text you provide has lines that begin with
 some phrase followed by a colon, each of those phrases will be taken as
 a new section heading, which means you should similarly try to avoid text
 like:
 
-  Return codes:
+  Return:
     0: cool
     1: invalid arg
     2: out of memory
diff --git a/Documentation/misc-devices/mei/mei-amt-version.c b/Documentation/misc-devices/mei/mei-amt-version.c
index 01804f216312..49e4f770864a 100644
--- a/Documentation/misc-devices/mei/mei-amt-version.c
+++ b/Documentation/misc-devices/mei/mei-amt-version.c
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ out:
 }
 
 /***************************************************************************
- * Intel Advanced Management Technolgy ME Client
+ * Intel Advanced Management Technology ME Client
  ***************************************************************************/
 
 #define AMT_MAJOR_VERSION 1
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ struct amt_code_versions {
 } __attribute__((packed));
 
 /***************************************************************************
- * Intel Advanced Management Technolgy Host Interface
+ * Intel Advanced Management Technology Host Interface
  ***************************************************************************/
 
 struct amt_host_if_msg_header {
diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Cards b/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Cards
index db833ced2cb8..a8fb6e2d3c8b 100644
--- a/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Cards
+++ b/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Cards
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Very nice card if you only have satellite TV but several tuners connected
 to the card via composite.
 
 Many thanks to Matrix-Vision for giving us 2 cards for free which made
-Bt848a/Bt849 single crytal operation support possible!!!
+Bt848a/Bt849 single crystal operation support possible!!!
 
 
 
diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Sound-FAQ b/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Sound-FAQ
index 395f6c6fdd98..d3f1d7783d1c 100644
--- a/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Sound-FAQ
+++ b/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Sound-FAQ
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ card installed, you might to check out if you can read these registers
 values used by the windows driver.  A tool to do this is available
 from ftp://telepresence.dmem.strath.ac.uk/pub/bt848/winutil, but it
 does'nt work with bt878 boards according to some reports I received.
-Another one with bt878 suport is available from
+Another one with bt878 support is available from
 http://btwincap.sourceforge.net/Files/btspy2.00.zip
 
 You might also dig around in the *.ini files of the Windows applications.
diff --git a/Documentation/vm/frontswap.txt b/Documentation/vm/frontswap.txt
index 5ef2d1366425..c71a019be600 100644
--- a/Documentation/vm/frontswap.txt
+++ b/Documentation/vm/frontswap.txt
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ faster.
    or maybe swap-over-nbd/NFS)?
 
 No.  First, the existing swap subsystem doesn't allow for any kind of
-swap hierarchy.  Perhaps it could be rewritten to accomodate a hierarchy,
+swap hierarchy.  Perhaps it could be rewritten to accommodate a hierarchy,
 but this would require fairly drastic changes.  Even if it were
 rewritten, the existing swap subsystem uses the block I/O layer which
 assumes a swap device is fixed size and any page in it is linearly
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 0bc485c4a88e..b0b880da6e5c 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -3596,7 +3596,7 @@ S:	Maintained
 F:      drivers/input/touchscreen/htcpen.c
 
 HUGETLB FILESYSTEM
-M:      William Irwin <wli@holomorphy.com>
+M:      Nadia Yvette Chambers <nyc@holomorphy.com>
 S:      Maintained
 F:      fs/hugetlbfs/
 
diff --git a/README b/README
index f32710a817fc..a24ec89ba442 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -180,6 +180,10 @@ CONFIGURING the kernel:
                         with questions already answered.
                         Additionally updates the dependencies.
 
+     "make olddefconfig"
+                        Like above, but sets new symbols to their default
+                        values without prompting.
+
      "make defconfig"   Create a ./.config file by using the default
                         symbol values from either arch/$ARCH/defconfig
                         or arch/$ARCH/configs/${PLATFORM}_defconfig,
diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/mmzone.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/mmzone.h
index 445dc42e0334..c5b5d6bac9ed 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/mmzone.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/mmzone.h
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ PLAT_NODE_DATA_LOCALNR(unsigned long p, int n)
     ((unsigned long)__va(NODE_DATA(kvaddr_to_nid(kaddr))->node_start_pfn  \
                          << PAGE_SHIFT))
 
-/* XXX: FIXME -- wli */
+/* XXX: FIXME -- nyc */
 #define kern_addr_valid(kaddr)  (0)
 
 #define virt_to_page(kaddr)     pfn_to_page(__pa(kaddr) >> PAGE_SHIFT)
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/pci_iommu.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/pci_iommu.c
index 3f844d26d2c7..a21d0ab3b19e 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/pci_iommu.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/pci_iommu.c
@@ -354,8 +354,7 @@ static dma_addr_t alpha_pci_map_page(struct device *dev, struct page *page,
         struct pci_dev *pdev = alpha_gendev_to_pci(dev);
         int dac_allowed;
 
-        if (dir == PCI_DMA_NONE)
-                BUG();
+        BUG_ON(dir == PCI_DMA_NONE);
 
         dac_allowed = pdev ? pci_dac_dma_supported(pdev, pdev->dma_mask) : 0; 
         return pci_map_single_1(pdev, (char *)page_address(page) + offset, 
@@ -378,8 +377,7 @@ static void alpha_pci_unmap_page(struct device *dev, dma_addr_t dma_addr,
         struct pci_iommu_arena *arena;
         long dma_ofs, npages;
 
-        if (dir == PCI_DMA_NONE)
-                BUG();
+        BUG_ON(dir == PCI_DMA_NONE);
 
         if (dma_addr >= __direct_map_base
             && dma_addr < __direct_map_base + __direct_map_size) {
@@ -662,8 +660,7 @@ static int alpha_pci_map_sg(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sg,
         dma_addr_t max_dma;
         int dac_allowed;
 
-        if (dir == PCI_DMA_NONE)
-                BUG();
+        BUG_ON(dir == PCI_DMA_NONE);
 
         dac_allowed = dev ? pci_dac_dma_supported(pdev, pdev->dma_mask) : 0;
 
@@ -742,8 +739,7 @@ static void alpha_pci_unmap_sg(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sg,
         dma_addr_t max_dma;
         dma_addr_t fbeg, fend;
 
-        if (dir == PCI_DMA_NONE)
-                BUG();
+        BUG_ON(dir == PCI_DMA_NONE);
 
         if (! alpha_mv.mv_pci_tbi)
                 return;
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/kprobes-test.c b/arch/arm/kernel/kprobes-test.c
index 1862d8f2fd44..0cd63d080c7b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/kprobes-test.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/kprobes-test.c
@@ -1598,7 +1598,7 @@ static int __init run_all_tests(void)
 {
         int ret = 0;
 
-        pr_info("Begining kprobe tests...\n");
+        pr_info("Beginning kprobe tests...\n");
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_THUMB2_KERNEL
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-netx/xc.c b/arch/arm/mach-netx/xc.c
index e4cfb7e5361d..f1c972d87bac 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-netx/xc.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-netx/xc.c
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ int xc_request_firmware(struct xc *x)
         if (head->magic != 0x4e657458) {
                 if (head->magic == 0x5874654e) {
                         dev_err(x->dev,
-                            "firmware magic is 'XteN'. Endianess problems?\n");
+                            "firmware magic is 'XteN'. Endianness problems?\n");
                         ret = -ENODEV;
                         goto exit_release_firmware;
                 }
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-s3c24xx/include/mach/bast-map.h b/arch/arm/mach-s3c24xx/include/mach/bast-map.h
index 6e7dc9d0cf0e..eecea2a50f8f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-s3c24xx/include/mach/bast-map.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-s3c24xx/include/mach/bast-map.h
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 
 
 /* 0xE0000000 contains the IO space that is split by speed and
- * wether the access is for 8 or 16bit IO... this ensures that
+ * whether the access is for 8 or 16bit IO... this ensures that
  * the correct access is made
  *
  * 0x10000000 of space, partitioned as so:
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-s3c24xx/include/mach/dma.h b/arch/arm/mach-s3c24xx/include/mach/dma.h
index ee99fd56c043..6b72d5a4b377 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-s3c24xx/include/mach/dma.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-s3c24xx/include/mach/dma.h
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ enum s3c2410_dma_state {
  *
  * This represents the state of the DMA engine, wrt to the loaded / running
  * transfers. Since we don't have any way of knowing exactly the state of
- * the DMA transfers, we need to know the state to make decisions on wether
+ * the DMA transfers, we need to know the state to make decisions on whether
  * we can
  *
  * S3C2410_DMA_NONE
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-s3c24xx/include/mach/vr1000-map.h b/arch/arm/mach-s3c24xx/include/mach/vr1000-map.h
index 99612fcc4eb2..28376e56dd3b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-s3c24xx/include/mach/vr1000-map.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-s3c24xx/include/mach/vr1000-map.h
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 #define VR1000_VA_PC104_IRQMASK VR1000_IOADDR(0x00600000)
 
 /* 0xE0000000 contains the IO space that is split by speed and
- * wether the access is for 8 or 16bit IO... this ensures that
+ * whether the access is for 8 or 16bit IO... this ensures that
  * the correct access is made
  *
  * 0x10000000 of space, partitioned as so:
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-s3c24xx/pm.c b/arch/arm/mach-s3c24xx/pm.c
index 60627e63a254..724755f0b0f5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-s3c24xx/pm.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-s3c24xx/pm.c
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ void s3c_pm_configure_extint(void)
         int pin;
 
         /* for each of the external interrupts (EINT0..EINT15) we
-         * need to check wether it is an external interrupt source,
+         * need to check whether it is an external interrupt source,
          * and then configure it as an input if it is not
         */
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/Kconfig
index e426d1b7747e..b442f15fd01a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/Kconfig
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ config TEGRA_AHB
         help
           Adds AHB configuration functionality for NVIDIA Tegra SoCs,
           which controls AHB bus master arbitration and some
-          perfomance parameters(priority, prefech size).
+          performance parameters(priority, prefech size).
 
 config TEGRA_EMC_SCALING_ENABLE
         bool "Enable scaling the memory frequency"
diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-s3c24xx/dma.c b/arch/arm/plat-s3c24xx/dma.c
index 0abd1c469887..ba3e76c95504 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-s3c24xx/dma.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-s3c24xx/dma.c
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ static int s3c2410_dma_start(struct s3c2410_dma_chan *chan)
 
         chan->state = S3C2410_DMA_RUNNING;
 
-        /* check wether there is anything to load, and if not, see
+        /* check whether there is anything to load, and if not, see
          * if we can find anything to load
          */
 
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/mach-bf609/Kconfig b/arch/blackfin/mach-bf609/Kconfig
index 101b33ee9bba..95a4f1b676ce 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/mach-bf609/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/blackfin/mach-bf609/Kconfig
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ config SEC_IRQ_PRIORITY_LEVELS
         default 7
         range 0 7
         help
-          Devide the total number of interrupt priority levels into sub-levels.
+          Divide the total number of interrupt priority levels into sub-levels.
           There is 2 ^ (SEC_IRQ_PRIORITY_LEVELS + 1) different levels.
 
 endmenu
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/mm/sram-alloc.c b/arch/blackfin/mm/sram-alloc.c
index 342e378da1ec..1f3b3ef3e103 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/mm/sram-alloc.c
+++ b/arch/blackfin/mm/sram-alloc.c
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ static irqreturn_t l2_ecc_err(int irq, void *dev_id)
 {
         int status;
 
-        printk(KERN_ERR "L2 ecc error happend\n");
+        printk(KERN_ERR "L2 ecc error happened\n");
         status = bfin_read32(L2CTL0_STAT);
         if (status & 0x1)
                 printk(KERN_ERR "Core channel error type:0x%x, addr:0x%x\n",
diff --git a/arch/cris/include/arch-v10/arch/irq.h b/arch/cris/include/arch-v10/arch/irq.h
index 7d345947b3ee..ca2675ae08ed 100644
--- a/arch/cris/include/arch-v10/arch/irq.h
+++ b/arch/cris/include/arch-v10/arch/irq.h
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ __asm__ ( \
  * it here, we would not get the multiple_irq at all.
  *
  * The non-blocking here is based on the knowledge that the timer interrupt is 
- * registred as a fast interrupt (IRQF_DISABLED) so that we _know_ there will not
+ * registered as a fast interrupt (IRQF_DISABLED) so that we _know_ there will not
  * be an sti() before the timer irq handler is run to acknowledge the interrupt.
  */
 
diff --git a/arch/cris/include/arch-v32/arch/irq.h b/arch/cris/include/arch-v32/arch/irq.h
index b31e9984f849..fe3cdd22bed4 100644
--- a/arch/cris/include/arch-v32/arch/irq.h
+++ b/arch/cris/include/arch-v32/arch/irq.h
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ __asm__ (				\
  * if we had BLOCK'edit here, we would not get the multiple_irq at all.
  *
  * The non-blocking here is based on the knowledge that the timer interrupt is
- * registred as a fast interrupt (IRQF_DISABLED) so that we _know_ there will not
+ * registered as a fast interrupt (IRQF_DISABLED) so that we _know_ there will not
  * be an sti() before the timer irq handler is run to acknowledge the interrupt.
  */
 #define BUILD_TIMER_IRQ(nr, mask)       \
diff --git a/arch/frv/mm/pgalloc.c b/arch/frv/mm/pgalloc.c
index 4fb63a36bd52..f6084bc524e8 100644
--- a/arch/frv/mm/pgalloc.c
+++ b/arch/frv/mm/pgalloc.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ void __set_pmd(pmd_t *pmdptr, unsigned long pmd)
  * checks at dup_mmap(), exec(), and other mmlist addition points
  * could be used. The locking scheme was chosen on the basis of
  * manfred's recommendations and having no core impact whatsoever.
- * -- wli
+ * -- nyc
  */
 DEFINE_SPINLOCK(pgd_lock);
 struct page *pgd_list;
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kvm/kvm-ia64.c b/arch/ia64/kvm/kvm-ia64.c
index 8b3a9c0e771d..0a88cb5d316d 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kvm/kvm-ia64.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kvm/kvm-ia64.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * kvm_ia64.c: Basic KVM suppport On Itanium series processors
+ * kvm_ia64.c: Basic KVM support On Itanium series processors
  *
  *
  *      Copyright (C) 2007, Intel Corporation.
diff --git a/arch/m68k/math-emu/fp_log.c b/arch/m68k/math-emu/fp_log.c
index 3384a5244fbd..0663067870f2 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/math-emu/fp_log.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/math-emu/fp_log.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ fp_fsqrt(struct fp_ext *dest, struct fp_ext *src)
          * sqrt(m*2^e) =
          *               sqrt(2*m) * 2^(p)      , if e = 2*p + 1
          *
-         * So we use the last bit of the exponent to decide wether to
+         * So we use the last bit of the exponent to decide whether to
          * use the m or 2*m.
          *
          * Since only the fractional part of the mantissa is stored and
diff --git a/arch/mips/txx9/generic/pci.c b/arch/mips/txx9/generic/pci.c
index 4efd9185f294..b14ee53581a9 100644
--- a/arch/mips/txx9/generic/pci.c
+++ b/arch/mips/txx9/generic/pci.c
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ static void __devinit quirk_slc90e66_ide(struct pci_dev *dev)
 
 static void __devinit tc35815_fixup(struct pci_dev *dev)
 {
-        /* This device may have PM registers but not they are not suported. */
+        /* This device may have PM registers but not they are not supported. */
         if (dev->pm_cap) {
                 dev_info(&dev->dev, "PM disabled\n");
                 dev->pm_cap = 0;
diff --git a/arch/mn10300/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/mn10300/mm/pgtable.c
index 4ebf117c3285..bd9ada693f95 100644
--- a/arch/mn10300/mm/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/mn10300/mm/pgtable.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ struct page *pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
  * checks at dup_mmap(), exec(), and other mmlist addition points
  * could be used. The locking scheme was chosen on the basis of
  * manfred's recommendations and having no core impact whatsoever.
- * -- wli
+ * -- nyc
  */
 DEFINE_SPINLOCK(pgd_lock);
 struct page *pgd_list;
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/Kconfig b/arch/openrisc/Kconfig
index e7f1a2993f78..ec37e185d20d 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/openrisc/Kconfig
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ config DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
         help
           Make extra checks for space available on stack in some
           critical functions. This will cause kernel to run a bit slower,
-          but will catch most of kernel stack overruns and exit gracefuly.
+          but will catch most of kernel stack overruns and exit gracefully.
 
           Say Y if you are unsure.
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/oprofile_impl.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/oprofile_impl.h
index 639dc96077ab..d697b08994c9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/oprofile_impl.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/oprofile_impl.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ struct op_system_config {
         unsigned long mmcra;
 #ifdef CONFIG_OPROFILE_CELL
         /* Register for oprofile user tool to check cell kernel profiling
-         * suport.
+         * support.
          */
         unsigned long cell_support;
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pte-hash64-64k.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pte-hash64-64k.h
index eedf427c9124..3e13e23e4fdf 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pte-hash64-64k.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pte-hash64-64k.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 /* Note the full page bits must be in the same location as for normal
  * 4k pages as the same assembly will be used to insert 64K pages
- * wether the kernel has CONFIG_PPC_64K_PAGES or not
+ * whether the kernel has CONFIG_PPC_64K_PAGES or not
  */
 #define _PAGE_F_SECOND  0x00008000 /* full page: hidx bits */
 #define _PAGE_F_GIX     0x00007000 /* full page: hidx bits */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/smu.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/smu.h
index ae20ce1af4c7..6e909f3e6a46 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/smu.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/smu.h
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
   *
   * At this point, the OF driver seems to have a limitation on transfer
   * sizes of 0xd bytes on reads and 0x5 bytes on writes. I do not know
-  * wether this is just an OF limit due to some temporary buffer size
+  * whether this is just an OF limit due to some temporary buffer size
   * or if this is an SMU imposed limit. This driver has the same limitation
   * for now as I use a 0x10 bytes temporary buffer as well
   *
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@
  *   3 (optional): enable nmi? [0x00 or 0x01]
  *
  * Returns:
- *   If parameter 2 is 0x00 and parameter 3 is not specified, returns wether
+ *   If parameter 2 is 0x00 and parameter 3 is not specified, returns whether
  *   NMI is enabled. Otherwise unknown.
  */
 #define   SMU_CMD_MISC_df_NMI_OPTION            0x04
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/legacy_serial.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/legacy_serial.c
index bedd12e1cfbc..0733b05eb856 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/legacy_serial.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/legacy_serial.c
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ void __init find_legacy_serial_ports(void)
                         of_node_put(parent);
                         continue;
                 }
-                /* Check for known pciclass, and also check wether we have
+                /* Check for known pciclass, and also check whether we have
                  * a device with child nodes for ports or not
                  */
                 if (of_device_is_compatible(np, "pciclass,0700") ||
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/of_platform.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/of_platform.c
index 2049f2d00ffe..9db8ec07ec94 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/of_platform.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/of_platform.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ static int __devinit of_pci_phb_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
                 return -ENXIO;
 
         /* Claim resources. This might need some rework as well depending
-         * wether we are doing probe-only or not, like assigning unassigned
+         * whether we are doing probe-only or not, like assigning unassigned
          * resources etc...
          */
         pcibios_claim_one_bus(phb->bus);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c
index d183f8719a50..1ca045d44324 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ static long setup_sigcontext(struct sigcontext __user *sc, struct pt_regs *regs,
          * the context). This is very important because we must ensure we
          * don't lose the VRSAVE content that may have been set prior to
          * the process doing its first vector operation
-         * Userland shall check AT_HWCAP to know wether it can rely on the
+         * Userland shall check AT_HWCAP to know whether it can rely on the
          * v_regs pointer or not
          */
 #ifdef CONFIG_ALTIVEC
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/slice.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/slice.c
index 5829d2a950d4..cf9dada734b6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/slice.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/slice.c
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ void slice_set_range_psize(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long start,
 }
 
 /*
- * is_hugepage_only_range() is used by generic code to verify wether
+ * is_hugepage_only_range() is used by generic code to verify whether
  * a normal mmap mapping (non hugetlbfs) is valid on a given area.
  *
  * until the generic code provides a more generic hook and/or starts
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx/mpc52xx_gpt.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx/mpc52xx_gpt.c
index 028470b95886..a51cb07bd663 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx/mpc52xx_gpt.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx/mpc52xx_gpt.c
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(mpc52xx_gpt_timer_period);
 
 #define WDT_IDENTITY        "mpc52xx watchdog on GPT0"
 
-/* wdt_is_active stores wether or not the /dev/watchdog device is opened */
+/* wdt_is_active stores whether or not the /dev/watchdog device is opened */
 static unsigned long wdt_is_active;
 
 /* wdt-capable gpt */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/iommu.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/iommu.c
index dca213666747..e56bb651da1a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/iommu.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/iommu.c
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ static struct cbe_iommu * __init cell_iommu_alloc(struct device_node *np)
                  nid, np->full_name);
 
         /* XXX todo: If we can have multiple windows on the same IOMMU, which
-         * isn't the case today, we probably want here to check wether the
+         * isn't the case today, we probably want here to check whether the
          * iommu for that node is already setup.
          * However, there might be issue with getting the size right so let's
          * ignore that for now. We might want to completely get rid of the
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spider-pic.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spider-pic.c
index d8b7cc8a66ca..8e299447127e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spider-pic.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spider-pic.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ static int spider_set_irq_type(struct irq_data *d, unsigned int type)
 
         /* Configure the source. One gross hack that was there before and
          * that I've kept around is the priority to the BE which I set to
-         * be the same as the interrupt source number. I don't know wether
+         * be the same as the interrupt source number. I don't know whether
          * that's supposed to make any kind of sense however, we'll have to
          * decide that, but for now, I'm not changing the behaviour.
          */
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ static void spider_irq_cascade(unsigned int irq, struct irq_desc *desc)
 /* For hooking up the cascace we have a problem. Our device-tree is
  * crap and we don't know on which BE iic interrupt we are hooked on at
  * least not the "standard" way. We can reconstitute it based on two
- * informations though: which BE node we are connected to and wether
+ * informations though: which BE node we are connected to and whether
  * we are connected to IOIF0 or IOIF1. Right now, we really only care
  * about the IBM cell blade and we know that its firmware gives us an
  * interrupt-map property which is pretty strange.
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ static unsigned int __init spider_find_cascade_and_node(struct spider_pic *pic)
         int imaplen, intsize, unit;
         struct device_node *iic;
 
-        /* First, we check wether we have a real "interrupts" in the device
+        /* First, we check whether we have a real "interrupts" in the device
          * tree in case the device-tree is ever fixed
          */
         struct of_irq oirq;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/pic.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/pic.c
index c4e630576ff2..31036b56670e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/pic.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/pic.c
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ static int __init pmac_pic_probe_mpic(void)
 void __init pmac_pic_init(void)
 {
         /* We configure the OF parsing based on our oldworld vs. newworld
-         * platform type and wether we were booted by BootX.
+         * platform type and whether we were booted by BootX.
          */
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC32
         if (!pmac_newworld)
diff --git a/arch/sh/boards/board-espt.c b/arch/sh/boards/board-espt.c
index 6cba0a7068bc..d71a0bcf8145 100644
--- a/arch/sh/boards/board-espt.c
+++ b/arch/sh/boards/board-espt.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Data Technology Inc. ESPT-GIGA board suport
+ * Data Technology Inc. ESPT-GIGA board support
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2008, 2009 Renesas Solutions Corp.
  * Copyright (C) 2008, 2009 Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu.nobuhiro@renesas.com>
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/.gitignore b/arch/x86/boot/.gitignore
index 851fe936d242..e3cf9f682be5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/.gitignore
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/.gitignore
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ bootsect
 bzImage
 cpustr.h
 mkcpustr
-offsets.h
 voffset.h
 zoffset.h
 setup
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c
index e4c1a4184531..726bf963c227 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ void __init mtrr_bp_init(void)
 
                 /*
                  * This is an AMD specific MSR, but we assume(hope?) that
-                 * Intel will implement it to when they extend the address
+                 * Intel will implement it too when they extend the address
                  * bus of the Xeon.
                  */
                 if (cpuid_eax(0x80000000) >= 0x80000008) {
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c
index 8573b83a63d0..217eb705fac0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ static void pgd_dtor(pgd_t *pgd)
  * against pageattr.c; it is the unique case in which a valid change
  * of kernel pagetables can't be lazily synchronized by vmalloc faults.
  * vmalloc faults work because attached pagetables are never freed.
- * -- wli
+ * -- nyc
  */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_PAE
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsopcode.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsopcode.c
index 0df024e5fb63..d09c6b4bab2c 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsopcode.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsopcode.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /******************************************************************************
  *
- * Module Name: dsopcode - Dispatcher suport for regions and fields
+ * Module Name: dsopcode - Dispatcher support for regions and fields
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
index a0c84bb30856..053201b062a4 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
@@ -3789,7 +3789,7 @@ static int handle_one_recv_msg(ipmi_smi_t          intf,
 
         } else if ((msg->rsp[0] == ((IPMI_NETFN_APP_REQUEST|1) << 2))
                    && (msg->rsp[1] == IPMI_READ_EVENT_MSG_BUFFER_CMD)) {
-                /* It's an asyncronous event. */
+                /* It's an asynchronous event. */
                 requeue = handle_read_event_rsp(intf, msg);
         } else {
                 /* It's a response from the local BMC. */
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
index 20ab5b3a8915..cfdfecd5bc76 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ enum si_stat_indexes {
         /* Number of watchdog pretimeouts. */
         SI_STAT_watchdog_pretimeouts,
 
-        /* Number of asyncronous messages received. */
+        /* Number of asynchronous messages received. */
         SI_STAT_incoming_messages,
 
 
diff --git a/drivers/char/ppdev.c b/drivers/char/ppdev.c
index d0d824ebf2c1..1cd49241e60e 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ppdev.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ppdev.c
@@ -251,12 +251,8 @@ static ssize_t pp_write (struct file * file, const char __user * buf,
                         break;
                 }
 
-                if (signal_pending (current)) {
-                        if (!bytes_written) {
-                                bytes_written = -EINTR;
-                        }
+                if (signal_pending (current))
                         break;
-                }
 
                 cond_resched();
         }
diff --git a/drivers/eisa/eisa.ids b/drivers/eisa/eisa.ids
index 6cbb7a514436..2d864b48a48f 100644
--- a/drivers/eisa/eisa.ids
+++ b/drivers/eisa/eisa.ids
@@ -985,8 +985,8 @@ ISABD00 "Racal-Interlan NP600A Ethernet 16bit"
 ISABD02 "Racal-Interlan NI5210/8 Ethernet"
 ISABD03 "Racal-Interlan NI5210/16 Ethernet"
 ISABE00 "Qua Tech PXB-1608 Parallel Expansion Board"
-ISABE01 "Qua Tech ES-100 8 Channel Asyncronous"
-ISABE02 "Qua Tech QS-100M 4 Channel Asyncronous"
+ISABE01 "Qua Tech ES-100 8 Channel Asynchronous"
+ISABE02 "Qua Tech QS-100M 4 Channel Asynchronous"
 ISABE03 "Qua Tech MXI-100 IEEE 488 GPIB"
 ISABE04 "Qua Tech DS-201 Dual Channel RS-422"
 ISABE05 "Qua Tech PXB-721 Parallel Expansion"
diff --git a/drivers/firewire/init_ohci1394_dma.c b/drivers/firewire/init_ohci1394_dma.c
index a9a347adb353..2cc89ce745c9 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/init_ohci1394_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/firewire/init_ohci1394_dma.c
@@ -149,10 +149,10 @@ static inline void __init init_ohci1394_initialize(struct ohci *ohci)
         reg_write(ohci, OHCI1394_IsoXmitIntMaskClear, 0xffffffff);
         reg_write(ohci, OHCI1394_IsoXmitIntEventClear, 0xffffffff);
 
-        /* Accept asyncronous transfer requests from all nodes for now */
+        /* Accept asynchronous transfer requests from all nodes for now */
         reg_write(ohci, OHCI1394_AsReqFilterHiSet, 0x80000000);
 
-        /* Specify asyncronous transfer retries */
+        /* Specify asynchronous transfer retries */
         reg_write(ohci, OHCI1394_ATRetries,
                   OHCI1394_MAX_AT_REQ_RETRIES |
                   (OHCI1394_MAX_AT_RESP_RETRIES<<4) |
diff --git a/drivers/firewire/ohci.c b/drivers/firewire/ohci.c
index f25610bb3148..6ce6e07c38c1 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/ohci.c
+++ b/drivers/firewire/ohci.c
@@ -1281,7 +1281,7 @@ static int at_context_queue_packet(struct context *ctx,
         d[0].res_count = cpu_to_le16(packet->timestamp);
 
         /*
-         * The DMA format for asyncronous link packets is different
+         * The DMA format for asynchronous link packets is different
          * from the IEEE1394 layout, so shift the fields around
          * accordingly.
          */
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/Kconfig b/drivers/gpio/Kconfig
index a5cbeec6f6db..bf892bd68c17 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpio/Kconfig
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ config GPIO_ADNP
         help
           This option enables support for N GPIOs found on Avionic Design
           I2C GPIO expanders. The register space will be extended by powers
-          of two, so the controller will need to accomodate for that. For
+          of two, so the controller will need to accommodate for that. For
           example: if a controller provides 48 pins, 6 registers will be
           enough to represent all pins, but the driver will assume a
           register layout for 64 pins (8 registers).
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/evergreen.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/evergreen.c
index 219942c660d7..5d1d21a6dcdd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/evergreen.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/evergreen.c
@@ -1650,7 +1650,7 @@ static int evergreen_cp_resume(struct radeon_device *rdev)
         ring->wptr = 0;
         WREG32(CP_RB_WPTR, ring->wptr);
 
-        /* set the wb address wether it's enabled or not */
+        /* set the wb address whether it's enabled or not */
         WREG32(CP_RB_RPTR_ADDR,
                ((rdev->wb.gpu_addr + RADEON_WB_CP_RPTR_OFFSET) & 0xFFFFFFFC));
         WREG32(CP_RB_RPTR_ADDR_HI, upper_32_bits(rdev->wb.gpu_addr + RADEON_WB_CP_RPTR_OFFSET) & 0xFF);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/ni.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/ni.c
index 81e6a568c29d..cda01f808f12 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/ni.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/ni.c
@@ -1059,7 +1059,7 @@ static int cayman_cp_resume(struct radeon_device *rdev)
 
         WREG32(CP_DEBUG, (1 << 27));
 
-        /* set the wb address wether it's enabled or not */
+        /* set the wb address whether it's enabled or not */
         WREG32(SCRATCH_ADDR, ((rdev->wb.gpu_addr + RADEON_WB_SCRATCH_OFFSET) >> 8) & 0xFFFFFFFF);
         WREG32(SCRATCH_UMSK, 0xff);
 
@@ -1076,7 +1076,7 @@ static int cayman_cp_resume(struct radeon_device *rdev)
 #endif
                 WREG32(cp_rb_cntl[i], rb_cntl);
 
-                /* set the wb address wether it's enabled or not */
+                /* set the wb address whether it's enabled or not */
                 addr = rdev->wb.gpu_addr + RADEON_WB_CP_RPTR_OFFSET;
                 WREG32(cp_rb_rptr_addr[i], addr & 0xFFFFFFFC);
                 WREG32(cp_rb_rptr_addr_hi[i], upper_32_bits(addr) & 0xFF);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_ring.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_ring.c
index 47634f27f2e5..ebd69562ef6c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_ring.c
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ void radeon_ring_unlock_commit(struct radeon_device *rdev, struct radeon_ring *r
  *
  * @ring: radeon_ring structure holding ring information
  *
- * Reset the driver's copy of the wtpr (all asics).
+ * Reset the driver's copy of the wptr (all asics).
  */
 void radeon_ring_undo(struct radeon_ring *ring)
 {
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ void radeon_ring_force_activity(struct radeon_device *rdev, struct radeon_ring *
 }
 
 /**
- * radeon_ring_force_activity - update lockup variables
+ * radeon_ring_lockup_update - update lockup variables
  *
  * @ring: radeon_ring structure holding ring information
  *
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/si.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/si.c
index 4422d630b33b..010156dd949f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/si.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/si.c
@@ -2007,7 +2007,7 @@ static int si_cp_resume(struct radeon_device *rdev)
         ring->wptr = 0;
         WREG32(CP_RB0_WPTR, ring->wptr);
 
-        /* set the wb address wether it's enabled or not */
+        /* set the wb address whether it's enabled or not */
         WREG32(CP_RB0_RPTR_ADDR, (rdev->wb.gpu_addr + RADEON_WB_CP_RPTR_OFFSET) & 0xFFFFFFFC);
         WREG32(CP_RB0_RPTR_ADDR_HI, upper_32_bits(rdev->wb.gpu_addr + RADEON_WB_CP_RPTR_OFFSET) & 0xFF);
 
@@ -2040,7 +2040,7 @@ static int si_cp_resume(struct radeon_device *rdev)
         ring->wptr = 0;
         WREG32(CP_RB1_WPTR, ring->wptr);
 
-        /* set the wb address wether it's enabled or not */
+        /* set the wb address whether it's enabled or not */
         WREG32(CP_RB1_RPTR_ADDR, (rdev->wb.gpu_addr + RADEON_WB_CP1_RPTR_OFFSET) & 0xFFFFFFFC);
         WREG32(CP_RB1_RPTR_ADDR_HI, upper_32_bits(rdev->wb.gpu_addr + RADEON_WB_CP1_RPTR_OFFSET) & 0xFF);
 
@@ -2066,7 +2066,7 @@ static int si_cp_resume(struct radeon_device *rdev)
         ring->wptr = 0;
         WREG32(CP_RB2_WPTR, ring->wptr);
 
-        /* set the wb address wether it's enabled or not */
+        /* set the wb address whether it's enabled or not */
         WREG32(CP_RB2_RPTR_ADDR, (rdev->wb.gpu_addr + RADEON_WB_CP2_RPTR_OFFSET) & 0xFFFFFFFC);
         WREG32(CP_RB2_RPTR_ADDR_HI, upper_32_bits(rdev->wb.gpu_addr + RADEON_WB_CP2_RPTR_OFFSET) & 0xFF);
 
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-nuc900.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-nuc900.c
index f41502ef3f55..a23b91b0b738 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-nuc900.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-nuc900.c
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ retry_write:
 
         case STATE_READ:
                 /* we have a byte of data in the data register, do
-                 * something with it, and then work out wether we are
+                 * something with it, and then work out whether we are
                  * going to do any more read/write
                  */
 
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-s3c2410.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-s3c2410.c
index 9d902725bac9..b33d95ebc890 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-s3c2410.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-s3c2410.c
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ static void s3c24xx_i2c_message_start(struct s3c24xx_i2c *i2c,
         if (msg->flags & I2C_M_REV_DIR_ADDR)
                 addr ^= 1;
 
-        /* todo - check for wether ack wanted or not */
+        /* todo - check for whether ack wanted or not */
         s3c24xx_i2c_enable_ack(i2c);
 
         iiccon = readl(i2c->regs + S3C2410_IICCON);
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ static int i2c_s3c_irq_nextbyte(struct s3c24xx_i2c *i2c, unsigned long iicstat)
 
         case STATE_READ:
                 /* we have a byte of data in the data register, do
-                 * something with it, and then work out wether we are
+                 * something with it, and then work out whether we are
                  * going to do any more read/write
                  */
 
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/hisax/amd7930_fn.c b/drivers/isdn/hisax/amd7930_fn.c
index 89342f7e0c5b..525471e776a7 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/hisax/amd7930_fn.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/hisax/amd7930_fn.c
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ Amd7930_l1hw(struct PStack *st, int pr, void *arg)
                 if ((cs->dc.amd7930.ph_state == 8)) {
                         /* b-channels off, PH-AR cleared
                          * change to F3 */
-                        Amd7930_ph_command(cs, 0x20, "HW_RESET REQEST"); //LMR1 bit 5
+                        Amd7930_ph_command(cs, 0x20, "HW_RESET REQUEST"); //LMR1 bit 5
                         spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cs->lock, flags);
                 } else {
                         Amd7930_ph_command(cs, 0x40, "HW_RESET REQUEST");
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/hisax/isar.c b/drivers/isdn/hisax/isar.c
index ff5e139f4850..7fdf34704fe5 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/hisax/isar.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/hisax/isar.c
@@ -1417,7 +1417,7 @@ modeisar(struct BCState *bcs, int mode, int bc)
                                                    &bcs->hw.isar.reg->Flags))
                                 bcs->hw.isar.dpath = 1;
                         else {
-                                printk(KERN_WARNING"isar modeisar both pathes in use\n");
+                                printk(KERN_WARNING"isar modeisar both paths in use\n");
                                 return (1);
                         }
                         break;
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 61200717687b..bd8bf0953fe3 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -4124,7 +4124,7 @@ static struct md_sysfs_entry md_size =
 __ATTR(component_size, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR, size_show, size_store);
 
 
-/* Metdata version.
+/* Metadata version.
  * This is one of
  *   'none' for arrays with no metadata (good luck...)
  *   'external' for arrays with externally managed metadata,
diff --git a/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-block-manager.c b/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-block-manager.c
index 5ba277768d99..a3ae09124a67 100644
--- a/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-block-manager.c
+++ b/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-block-manager.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
  * may be held at once.  This is just an implementation detail.
  *
  * ii) Recursive locking attempts are detected and return EINVAL.  A stack
- * trace is also emitted for the previous lock aquisition.
+ * trace is also emitted for the previous lock acquisition.
  *
  * iii) Priority is given to write locks.
  */
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ static int __check_holder(struct block_lock *lock)
                         DMERR("previously held here:");
                         print_stack_trace(lock->traces + i, 4);
 
-                        DMERR("subsequent aquisition attempted here:");
+                        DMERR("subsequent acquisition attempted here:");
                         t.nr_entries = 0;
                         t.max_entries = MAX_STACK;
                         t.entries = entries;
diff --git a/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-btree.h b/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-btree.h
index ae02c84410ff..a2cd50441ca1 100644
--- a/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-btree.h
+++ b/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-btree.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ struct dm_transaction_manager;
  */
 
 /*
- * Infomation about the values stored within the btree.
+ * Information about the values stored within the btree.
  */
 struct dm_btree_value_type {
         void *context;
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index a4502686e7a8..3380372c0393 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -1576,7 +1576,7 @@ static int resize_stripes(struct r5conf *conf, int newsize)
          * This happens in stages:
          * 1/ create a new kmem_cache and allocate the required number of
          *    stripe_heads.
-         * 2/ gather all the old stripe_heads and tranfer the pages across
+         * 2/ gather all the old stripe_heads and transfer the pages across
          *    to the new stripe_heads.  This will have the side effect of
          *    freezing the array as once all stripe_heads have been collected,
          *    no IO will be possible.  Old stripe heads are freed once their
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/drxk_hard.c b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/drxk_hard.c
index 8b4c6d5f8f36..df9abe83f877 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/drxk_hard.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/drxk_hard.c
@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@ static int GetDeviceCapabilities(struct drxk_state *state)
                 state->m_oscClockFreq = 20250;
                 break;
         default:
-                printk(KERN_ERR "drxk: Clock Frequency is unkonwn\n");
+                printk(KERN_ERR "drxk: Clock Frequency is unknown\n");
                 return -EINVAL;
         }
         /*
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/mx2_emmaprp.c b/drivers/media/platform/mx2_emmaprp.c
index 8f22ce543cf7..bfa65079fc38 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/mx2_emmaprp.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/mx2_emmaprp.c
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ static irqreturn_t emmaprp_irq(int irq_emma, void *data)
         if (!curr_ctx->aborting) {
                 if ((irqst & PRP_INTR_ST_RDERR) ||
                 (irqst & PRP_INTR_ST_CH2WERR)) {
-                        pr_err("PrP bus error ocurred, this transfer is probably corrupted\n");
+                        pr_err("PrP bus error occurred, this transfer is probably corrupted\n");
                         writel(PRP_CNTL_SWRST, pcdev->base_emma + PRP_CNTL);
                 } else if (irqst & PRP_INTR_ST_CH2B1CI) { /* buffer ready */
                         src_vb = v4l2_m2m_src_buf_remove(curr_ctx->m2m_ctx);
diff --git a/drivers/message/i2o/README.ioctl b/drivers/message/i2o/README.ioctl
index 5fb195af43e2..4a7d2ebdfc97 100644
--- a/drivers/message/i2o/README.ioctl
+++ b/drivers/message/i2o/README.ioctl
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ VI. Setting Parameters
 
    The return value is the size in bytes of the data written into
    ops->resbuf if no errors occur.  If an error occurs, -1 is returned 
-   and errno is set appropriatly:
+   and errno is set appropriately:
 
       EFAULT      Invalid user space pointer was passed
       ENXIO       Invalid IOP number
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ VIII. Downloading Software
    RETURNS
 
    This function returns 0 no errors occur. If an error occurs, -1 
-   is returned and errno is set appropriatly:
+   is returned and errno is set appropriately:
 
       EFAULT      Invalid user space pointer was passed
       ENXIO       Invalid IOP number
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ IX. Uploading Software
    RETURNS
 
    This function returns 0 if no errors occur.  If an error occurs, -1
-   is returned and errno is set appropriatly:
+   is returned and errno is set appropriately:
 
       EFAULT      Invalid user space pointer was passed
       ENXIO       Invalid IOP number
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ X. Removing Software
    RETURNS
 
    This function returns 0 if no errors occur.  If an error occurs, -1
-   is returned and errno is set appropriatly:
+   is returned and errno is set appropriately:
 
       EFAULT      Invalid user space pointer was passed
       ENXIO       Invalid IOP number
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ X. Validating Configuration
    RETURNS
 
    This function returns 0 if no erro occur.  If an error occurs, -1 is
-   returned and errno is set appropriatly:
+   returned and errno is set appropriately:
 
       ETIMEDOUT   Timeout waiting for reply message
       ENXIO       Invalid IOP number
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ XI. Configuration Dialog
    RETURNS
 
    This function returns 0 if no error occur. If an error occurs, -1
-   is returned and errno is set appropriatly:
+   is returned and errno is set appropriately:
 
       EFAULT      Invalid user space pointer was passed
       ENXIO       Invalid IOP number
diff --git a/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_block.c b/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_block.c
index 4796bbf0ae4e..49e86aed2bc4 100644
--- a/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_block.c
+++ b/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_block.c
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ static int i2o_block_release(struct gendisk *disk, fmode_t mode)
         u8 operation;
 
         /*
-         * This is to deail with the case of an application
+         * This is to deal with the case of an application
          * opening a device and then the device disappears while
          * it's in use, and then the application tries to release
          * it.  ex: Unmounting a deleted RAID volume at reboot.
diff --git a/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_config.c b/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_config.c
index 9a49c243a6ac..5451beff183f 100644
--- a/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_config.c
+++ b/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_config.c
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ static int i2o_cfg_parms(unsigned long arg, unsigned int type)
                 return -ENXIO;
 
         /*
-         * Stop users being able to try and allocate arbitary amounts
+         * Stop users being able to try and allocate arbitrary amounts
          * of DMA space. 64K is way more than sufficient for this.
          */
         if (kcmd.oplen > 65536)
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/Kconfig b/drivers/mmc/host/Kconfig
index 737e4edc241b..8d13c6594520 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/Kconfig
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ config MMC_DW_PLTFM
           If unsure, say Y.
 
 config MMC_DW_EXYNOS
-        tristate "Exynos specific extentions for Synopsys DW Memory Card Interface"
+        tristate "Exynos specific extensions for Synopsys DW Memory Card Interface"
         depends on MMC_DW
         select MMC_DW_PLTFM
         help
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/maps/plat-ram.c b/drivers/mtd/maps/plat-ram.c
index 891558de3ec1..2de66b062f0d 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/maps/plat-ram.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/maps/plat-ram.c
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ static int platram_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
         platram_setrw(info, PLATRAM_RW);
 
-        /* check to see if there are any available partitions, or wether
+        /* check to see if there are any available partitions, or whether
          * to add this device whole */
 
         err = mtd_device_parse_register(info->mtd, pdata->probes, NULL,
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/s3c2410.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/s3c2410.c
index 295e4bedad96..79ded48e7427 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/s3c2410.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/s3c2410.c
@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ static void s3c2410_nand_update_chip(struct s3c2410_nand_info *info,
         if (chip->ecc.mode != NAND_ECC_HW)
                 return;
 
-                /* change the behaviour depending on wether we are using
+                /* change the behaviour depending on whether we are using
                  * the large or small page nand device */
 
         if (chip->page_shift > 10) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
index 6dded569b111..21b68e5c14fd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ struct bonding {
         struct   delayed_work ad_work;
         struct   delayed_work mcast_work;
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
-        /* debugging suport via debugfs */
+        /* debugging support via debugfs */
         struct   dentry *debug_dir;
 #endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_FS */
 };
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/8390/ax88796.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/8390/ax88796.c
index 0338352bc036..70dba5d01ad3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/8390/ax88796.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/8390/ax88796.c
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ static inline struct ax_device *to_ax_dev(struct net_device *dev)
 /*
  * ax_initial_check
  *
- * do an initial probe for the card to check wether it exists
+ * do an initial probe for the card to check whether it exists
  * and is functional
  */
 static int ax_initial_check(struct net_device *dev)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_sp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_sp.c
index b8b4b749daab..09b625e0fdaa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_sp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_sp.c
@@ -4318,7 +4318,7 @@ static int bnx2x_queue_comp_cmd(struct bnx2x *bp,
 
         if (o->next_tx_only >= o->max_cos)
                 /* >= becuase tx only must always be smaller than cos since the
-                 * primary connection suports COS 0
+                 * primary connection supports COS 0
                  */
                 BNX2X_ERR("illegal value for next tx_only: %d. max cos was %d",
                            o->next_tx_only, o->max_cos);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c
index 9089d00f1421..14e30515f6aa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c
@@ -1671,7 +1671,7 @@ static void e1000_get_wol(struct net_device *netdev,
         /* apply any specific unsupported masks here */
         switch (hw->device_id) {
         case E1000_DEV_ID_82546GB_QUAD_COPPER_KSP3:
-                /* KSP3 does not suppport UCAST wake-ups */
+                /* KSP3 does not support UCAST wake-ups */
                 wol->supported &= ~WAKE_UCAST;
 
                 if (adapter->wol & E1000_WUFC_EX)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/eq.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/eq.c
index b84a88bc44dc..c48cf6f6529c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/eq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/eq.c
@@ -1267,7 +1267,7 @@ int mlx4_test_interrupts(struct mlx4_dev *dev)
                 /* Temporary use polling for command completions */
                 mlx4_cmd_use_polling(dev);
 
-                /* Map the new eq to handle all asyncronous events */
+                /* Map the new eq to handle all asynchronous events */
                 err = mlx4_MAP_EQ(dev, get_async_ev_mask(dev), 0,
                                   priv->eq_table.eq[i].eqn);
                 if (err) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ksz884x.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ksz884x.c
index 093d594435e1..83f0ea929d3d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ksz884x.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ksz884x.c
@@ -6769,7 +6769,7 @@ static int stp;
 /*
  * This enables fast aging in the KSZ8842 switch.  Not sure what situation
  * needs that.  However, fast aging is used to flush the dynamic MAC table when
- * STP suport is enabled.
+ * STP support is enabled.
  */
 static int fast_aging;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/myricom/myri10ge/myri10ge_mcp_gen_header.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/myricom/myri10ge/myri10ge_mcp_gen_header.h
index 7ec4b864a550..75ec5e7cf50d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/myricom/myri10ge/myri10ge_mcp_gen_header.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/myricom/myri10ge/myri10ge_mcp_gen_header.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ struct mcp_gen_header {
          *
          * Fields below this comment are extensions added in later versions
          * of this struct, drivers should compare the header_length against
-         * offsetof(field) to check wether a given MCP implements them.
+         * offsetof(field) to check whether a given MCP implements them.
          *
          * Never remove any field.  Keep everything naturally align.
          */
diff --git a/drivers/net/sungem_phy.c b/drivers/net/sungem_phy.c
index 58f13adaa549..ae7cd7f3656d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sungem_phy.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sungem_phy.c
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ static int bcm5421_poll_link(struct mii_phy* phy)
         if ( mode == BCM54XX_COPPER)
                 return genmii_poll_link(phy);
 
-        /* try to find out wether we have a link */
+        /* try to find out whether we have a link */
         phy_write(phy, MII_NCONFIG, 0x2000);
         phy_reg = phy_read(phy, MII_NCONFIG);
 
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ static int bcm5421_read_link(struct mii_phy* phy)
 
         phy->speed = SPEED_1000;
 
-        /* find out wether we are running half- or full duplex */
+        /* find out whether we are running half- or full duplex */
         phy_write(phy, MII_NCONFIG, 0x2000);
         phy_reg = phy_read(phy, MII_NCONFIG);
 
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ static int bcm5461_poll_link(struct mii_phy* phy)
         if ( mode == BCM54XX_COPPER)
                 return genmii_poll_link(phy);
 
-        /* find out wether we have a link */
+        /* find out whether we have a link */
         phy_write(phy, MII_NCONFIG, 0x7000);
         phy_reg = phy_read(phy, MII_NCONFIG);
 
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ static int bcm5461_read_link(struct mii_phy* phy)
 
         phy->speed = SPEED_1000;
 
-        /* find out wether we are running half- or full duplex */
+        /* find out whether we are running half- or full duplex */
         phy_write(phy, MII_NCONFIG, 0x7000);
         phy_reg = phy_read(phy, MII_NCONFIG);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/debugfs.c b/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/debugfs.c
index 4b66ab1d0e5c..6702da838b0e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/debugfs.c
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ int debugfs_i2400m_reset_set(void *data, u64 val)
                 result = i2400m_reset(i2400m, rt);
                 if (result >= 0)
                         result = 0;
+                break;
         default:
                 result = -EINVAL;
         }
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/atmel.c b/drivers/net/wireless/atmel.c
index 4a4e98f71807..4374079dfc2a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/atmel.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/atmel.c
@@ -2963,7 +2963,7 @@ static void send_association_request(struct atmel_private *priv, int is_reassoc)
         ssid_el_p[1] = priv->SSID_size;
         memcpy(ssid_el_p + 2, priv->SSID, priv->SSID_size);
         ssid_el_p[2 + priv->SSID_size] = WLAN_EID_SUPP_RATES;
-        ssid_el_p[3 + priv->SSID_size] = 4; /* len of suported rates */
+        ssid_el_p[3 + priv->SSID_size] = 4; /* len of supported rates */
         memcpy(ssid_el_p + 4 + priv->SSID_size, atmel_basic_rates, 4);
 
         atmel_transmit_management_frame(priv, &header, (void *)&body, bodysize);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2100.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2100.h
index 973125242490..5fe17cbab1f3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2100.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2100.h
@@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@ typedef enum _ORDINAL_TABLE_1 {	// NS - means Not Supported by FW
         IPW_ORD_POWER_MGMT_MODE,        // Power mode - 0=CAM, 1=PSP
         IPW_ORD_POWER_MGMT_INDEX,       //NS //
         IPW_ORD_COUNTRY_CODE,   // IEEE country code as recv'd from beacon
-        IPW_ORD_COUNTRY_CHANNELS,       // channels suported by country
+        IPW_ORD_COUNTRY_CHANNELS,       // channels supported by country
 // IPW_ORD_COUNTRY_CHANNELS:
 // For 11b the lower 2-byte are used for channels from 1-14
 //   and the higher 2-byte are not used.
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd_chip.c b/drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd_chip.c
index ff306d763e37..71ab320fae82 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd_chip.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd_chip.c
@@ -1155,7 +1155,7 @@ int zd_chip_init_hw(struct zd_chip *chip)
         if (r)
                 goto out;
         /* Currently we support IEEE 802.11g for full and high speed USB.
-         * It might be discussed, whether we should suppport pure b mode for
+         * It might be discussed, whether we should support pure b mode for
          * full speed USB.
          */
         r = set_mandatory_rates(chip, 1);
diff --git a/drivers/regulator/palmas-regulator.c b/drivers/regulator/palmas-regulator.c
index 07aee694ba92..08fec06dba50 100644
--- a/drivers/regulator/palmas-regulator.c
+++ b/drivers/regulator/palmas-regulator.c
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ static __devinit int palmas_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
                 /*
                  * read and store the RANGE bit for later use
                  * This must be done before regulator is probed otherwise
-                 * we error in probe with unsuportable ranges.
+                 * we error in probe with unsupportable ranges.
                  */
                 if (id != PALMAS_REG_SMPS10) {
                         addr = palmas_regs_info[id].vsel_addr;
diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_elf_loader.c b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_elf_loader.c
index e1f89d649733..0d36f94ab51d 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_elf_loader.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_elf_loader.c
@@ -66,13 +66,13 @@ rproc_elf_sanity_check(struct rproc *rproc, const struct firmware *fw)
                 return -EINVAL;
         }
 
-        /* We assume the firmware has the same endianess as the host */
+        /* We assume the firmware has the same endianness as the host */
 # ifdef __LITTLE_ENDIAN
         if (ehdr->e_ident[EI_DATA] != ELFDATA2LSB) {
 # else /* BIG ENDIAN */
         if (ehdr->e_ident[EI_DATA] != ELFDATA2MSB) {
 # endif
-                dev_err(dev, "Unsupported firmware endianess\n");
+                dev_err(dev, "Unsupported firmware endianness\n");
                 return -EINVAL;
         }
 
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-isl1208.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-isl1208.c
index 26c81f233606..afb7cfa85ccc 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-isl1208.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-isl1208.c
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ isl1208_i2c_set_regs(struct i2c_client *client, u8 reg, u8 const buf[],
         return ret;
 }
 
-/* simple check to see wether we have a isl1208 */
+/* simple check to see whether we have a isl1208 */
 static int
 isl1208_i2c_validate_client(struct i2c_client *client)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-s3c.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-s3c.c
index 77823d21d314..a7a2a998fa91 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-s3c.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-s3c.c
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ static int s3c_rtc_gettime(struct device *dev, struct rtc_time *rtc_tm)
         rtc_tm->tm_year = readb(base + S3C2410_RTCYEAR);
         rtc_tm->tm_sec  = readb(base + S3C2410_RTCSEC);
 
-        /* the only way to work out wether the system was mid-update
+        /* the only way to work out whether the system was mid-update
          * when we read it is to check the second counter, and if it
          * is zero, then we re-try the entire read
          */
diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c
index b2b8c18eeced..20cfd028edcf 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c
@@ -1344,7 +1344,7 @@ dasd_get_feature(struct ccw_device *cdev, int feature)
 
 /*
  * Set / reset given feature.
- * Flag indicates wether to set (!=0) or the reset (=0) the feature.
+ * Flag indicates whether to set (!=0) or the reset (=0) the feature.
  */
 int
 dasd_set_feature(struct ccw_device *cdev, int feature, int flag)
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_hwi.c b/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_hwi.c
index 6d6eee42ac7d..ef60afa94d0e 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_hwi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_hwi.c
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ int bnx2fc_send_session_ofld_req(struct fcoe_port *port,
         ofld_req3.flags |= (interface->vlan_enabled <<
                             FCOE_KWQE_CONN_OFFLOAD3_B_VLAN_FLAG_SHIFT);
 
-        /* C2_VALID and ACK flags are not set as they are not suppported */
+        /* C2_VALID and ACK flags are not set as they are not supported */
 
 
         /* Initialize offload request 4 structure */
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c
index efc6e72f09f3..aec2e0da5016 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c
@@ -1800,7 +1800,7 @@ out:
  * @dev:domain device to be detect.
  * @src_dev: the device which originated BROADCAST(CHANGE).
  *
- * Add self-configuration expander suport. Suppose two expander cascading,
+ * Add self-configuration expander support. Suppose two expander cascading,
  * when the first level expander is self-configuring, hotplug the disks in
  * second level expander, BROADCAST(CHANGE) will not only be originated
  * in the second level expander, but also be originated in the first level
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_isr.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_isr.c
index 5733811ce8e7..9d1c7b56090a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_isr.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_isr.c
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ qla2x00_mbx_completion(scsi_qla_host_t *vha, uint16_t mb0)
         /* Read all mbox registers? */
         mboxes = (1 << ha->mbx_count) - 1;
         if (!ha->mcp)
-                ql_dbg(ql_dbg_async, vha, 0x5001, "MBX pointer ERRROR.\n");
+                ql_dbg(ql_dbg_async, vha, 0x5001, "MBX pointer ERROR.\n");
         else
                 mboxes = ha->mcp->in_mb;
 
@@ -2318,7 +2318,7 @@ qla24xx_mbx_completion(scsi_qla_host_t *vha, uint16_t mb0)
         /* Read all mbox registers? */
         mboxes = (1 << ha->mbx_count) - 1;
         if (!ha->mcp)
-                ql_dbg(ql_dbg_async, vha, 0x504e, "MBX pointer ERRROR.\n");
+                ql_dbg(ql_dbg_async, vha, 0x504e, "MBX pointer ERROR.\n");
         else
                 mboxes = ha->mcp->in_mb;
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nx.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nx.c
index 14cd361742fa..f5e297c6b684 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nx.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nx.c
@@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ qla82xx_rom_fast_read(struct qla_hw_data *ha, int addr, int *valp)
         }
         if (loops >= 50000) {
                 ql_log(ql_log_fatal, vha, 0x00b9,
-                    "Failed to aquire SEM2 lock.\n");
+                    "Failed to acquire SEM2 lock.\n");
                 return -1;
         }
         ret = qla82xx_do_rom_fast_read(ha, addr, valp);
@@ -1122,7 +1122,7 @@ qla82xx_pinit_from_rom(scsi_qla_host_t *vha)
                 long data;
         };
 
-        /* Halt all the indiviual PEGs and other blocks of the ISP */
+        /* Halt all the individual PEGs and other blocks of the ISP */
         qla82xx_rom_lock(ha);
 
         /* disable all I2Q */
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c
index 62aa5584f644..b49d21779a24 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ enum fcp_resp_rsp_codes {
 #define FCP_PTA_SIMPLE      0   /* simple task attribute */
 #define FCP_PTA_HEADQ       1   /* head of queue task attribute */
 #define FCP_PTA_ORDERED     2   /* ordered task attribute */
-#define FCP_PTA_ACA         4   /* auto. contigent allegiance */
+#define FCP_PTA_ACA         4   /* auto. contingent allegiance */
 #define FCP_PTA_MASK        7   /* mask for task attribute field */
 #define FCP_PRI_SHIFT       3   /* priority field starts in bit 3 */
 #define FCP_PRI_RESVD_MASK  0x80        /* reserved bits in priority field */
@@ -3980,7 +3980,7 @@ void qlt_async_event(uint16_t code, struct scsi_qla_host *vha,
         case MBA_RSP_TRANSFER_ERR:      /* Response Transfer Error */
                 ql_dbg(ql_dbg_tgt_mgt, vha, 0xf03a,
                     "qla_target(%d): System error async event %#x "
-                    "occured", vha->vp_idx, code);
+                    "occurred", vha->vp_idx, code);
                 break;
         case MBA_WAKEUP_THRES:          /* Request Queue Wake-up. */
                 set_bit(ISP_ABORT_NEEDED, &vha->dpc_flags);
@@ -3989,7 +3989,7 @@ void qlt_async_event(uint16_t code, struct scsi_qla_host *vha,
         case MBA_LOOP_UP:
         {
                 ql_dbg(ql_dbg_tgt_mgt, vha, 0xf03b,
-                    "qla_target(%d): Async LOOP_UP occured "
+                    "qla_target(%d): Async LOOP_UP occurred "
                     "(m[0]=%x, m[1]=%x, m[2]=%x, m[3]=%x)", vha->vp_idx,
                     le16_to_cpu(mailbox[0]), le16_to_cpu(mailbox[1]),
                     le16_to_cpu(mailbox[2]), le16_to_cpu(mailbox[3]));
@@ -4006,7 +4006,7 @@ void qlt_async_event(uint16_t code, struct scsi_qla_host *vha,
         case MBA_LIP_RESET:
         case MBA_RSCN_UPDATE:
                 ql_dbg(ql_dbg_tgt_mgt, vha, 0xf03c,
-                    "qla_target(%d): Async event %#x occured "
+                    "qla_target(%d): Async event %#x occurred "
                     "(m[0]=%x, m[1]=%x, m[2]=%x, m[3]=%x)", vha->vp_idx, code,
                     le16_to_cpu(mailbox[0]), le16_to_cpu(mailbox[1]),
                     le16_to_cpu(mailbox[2]), le16_to_cpu(mailbox[3]));
@@ -4015,7 +4015,7 @@ void qlt_async_event(uint16_t code, struct scsi_qla_host *vha,
         case MBA_PORT_UPDATE:
                 ql_dbg(ql_dbg_tgt_mgt, vha, 0xf03d,
                     "qla_target(%d): Port update async event %#x "
-                    "occured: updating the ports database (m[0]=%x, m[1]=%x, "
+                    "occurred: updating the ports database (m[0]=%x, m[1]=%x, "
                     "m[2]=%x, m[3]=%x)", vha->vp_idx, code,
                     le16_to_cpu(mailbox[0]), le16_to_cpu(mailbox[1]),
                     le16_to_cpu(mailbox[2]), le16_to_cpu(mailbox[3]));
@@ -4031,7 +4031,7 @@ void qlt_async_event(uint16_t code, struct scsi_qla_host *vha,
 
         default:
                 ql_dbg(ql_dbg_tgt_mgt, vha, 0xf040,
-                    "qla_target(%d): Async event %#x occured: "
+                    "qla_target(%d): Async event %#x occurred: "
                     "ignore (m[0]=%x, m[1]=%x, m[2]=%x, m[3]=%x)", vha->vp_idx,
                     code, le16_to_cpu(mailbox[0]), le16_to_cpu(mailbox[1]),
                     le16_to_cpu(mailbox[2]), le16_to_cpu(mailbox[3]));
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/tcm_qla2xxx.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/tcm_qla2xxx.c
index 3d74f2f39ae1..4372e32bc95f 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/tcm_qla2xxx.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/tcm_qla2xxx.c
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ static struct se_node_acl *tcm_qla2xxx_alloc_fabric_acl(
 
         nacl = kzalloc(sizeof(struct tcm_qla2xxx_nacl), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!nacl) {
-                pr_err("Unable to alocate struct tcm_qla2xxx_nacl\n");
+                pr_err("Unable to allocate struct tcm_qla2xxx_nacl\n");
                 return NULL;
         }
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/usbdux.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/usbdux.c
index 78f3a2e013c4..17b45ebb0553 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/usbdux.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/usbdux.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ sampling rate. If you sample two channels you get 4kHz and so on.
  *       And loads of cleaning up, in particular streamlining the
  *       bulk transfers.
  * 1.1:  moved EP4 transfers to EP1 to make space for a PWM output on EP4
- * 1.2:  added PWM suport via EP4
+ * 1.2:  added PWM support via EP4
  * 2.0:  PWM seems to be stable and is not interfering with the other functions
  * 2.1:  changed PWM API
  * 2.2:  added firmware kernel request to fix an udev problem
diff --git a/drivers/staging/tidspbridge/rmgr/node.c b/drivers/staging/tidspbridge/rmgr/node.c
index 294e9b40f516..737f4a9d86a3 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/tidspbridge/rmgr/node.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/tidspbridge/rmgr/node.c
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ DBAPI node_alloc_msg_buf(struct node_object *hnode, u32 usize,
                 case 4:
                         break;
                 default:
-                        /* alignment value not suportted */
+                        /* alignment value not supportted */
                         status = -EPERM;
                         break;
                 }
diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_configfs.c b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_configfs.c
index ff6fd4fb624d..0f03b7919d7c 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_configfs.c
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_configfs.c
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ static struct se_tpg_np *lio_target_call_addnptotpg(
          * iSER/SCTP (TODO, software emulation with osc-iwarp)
          * iSER/IB (TODO, hardware available)
          *
-         * can be enabled with atributes under
+         * can be enabled with attributes under
          * sys/kernel/config/iscsi/$IQN/$TPG/np/$IP:$PORT/
          *
          */
diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_erl0.c b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_erl0.c
index 8aacf611b86d..8e6298cc8839 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_erl0.c
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_erl0.c
@@ -410,11 +410,11 @@ static int iscsit_dataout_pre_datapduinorder_yes(
         /*
          * For DataSequenceInOrder=Yes: If the offset is greater than the global
          * DataPDUInOrder=Yes offset counter in struct iscsi_cmd a protcol error has
-         * occured and fail the connection.
+         * occurred and fail the connection.
          *
          * For DataSequenceInOrder=No: If the offset is greater than the per
          * sequence DataPDUInOrder=Yes offset counter in struct iscsi_seq a protocol
-         * error has occured and fail the connection.
+         * error has occurred and fail the connection.
          */
         if (conn->sess->sess_ops->DataSequenceInOrder) {
                 if (be32_to_cpu(hdr->offset) != cmd->write_data_done) {
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ void iscsit_start_time2retain_handler(struct iscsi_session *sess)
 {
         int tpg_active;
         /*
-         * Only start Time2Retain timer when the assoicated TPG is still in
+         * Only start Time2Retain timer when the associated TPG is still in
          * an ACTIVE (eg: not disabled or shutdown) state.
          */
         spin_lock(&ISCSI_TPG_S(sess)->tpg_state_lock);
diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_parameters.c b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_parameters.c
index 90b740048f26..1bf7432bfcbc 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_parameters.c
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_parameters.c
@@ -1432,6 +1432,7 @@ static struct iscsi_param *iscsi_check_key(
                         break;
                 case PHASE_OPERATIONAL:
                         pr_debug("Operational phase.\n");
+                        break;
                 default:
                         pr_debug("Unknown phase.\n");
                 }
diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_util.c b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_util.c
index 1a91195ab619..69e0cfd98870 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_util.c
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_util.c
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ void iscsit_release_cmd(struct iscsi_cmd *cmd)
 void iscsit_free_cmd(struct iscsi_cmd *cmd)
 {
         /*
-         * Determine if a struct se_cmd is assoicated with
+         * Determine if a struct se_cmd is associated with
          * this struct iscsi_cmd.
          */
         switch (cmd->iscsi_opcode) {
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/Kconfig b/drivers/thermal/Kconfig
index 8636fae1f7ec..c2c77d1ac499 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/thermal/Kconfig
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ config EXYNOS_THERMAL
         depends on (ARCH_EXYNOS4 || ARCH_EXYNOS5)
         depends on CPU_THERMAL
         help
-          If you say yes here you get support for TMU (Thermal Managment
+          If you say yes here you get support for TMU (Thermal Management
           Unit) on SAMSUNG EXYNOS series of SoC.
 
 config DB8500_THERMAL
diff --git a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_opal.c b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_opal.c
index be1a9a1e749e..cd69b48f6dfd 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_opal.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_opal.c
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ static int hvc_opal_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
                 proto = HV_PROTOCOL_HVSI;
                 ops = &hvc_opal_hvsi_ops;
         } else {
-                pr_err("hvc_opal: Unkown protocol for %s\n",
+                pr_err("hvc_opal: Unknown protocol for %s\n",
                        dev->dev.of_node->full_name);
                 return -ENXIO;
         }
diff --git a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_vio.c b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_vio.c
index ed6f5f1f5a55..0c629807610e 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_vio.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_vio.c
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ static int hvc_vio_probe(struct vio_dev *vdev,
                 proto = HV_PROTOCOL_HVSI;
                 ops = &hvterm_hvsi_ops;
         } else {
-                pr_err("hvc_vio: Unkown protocol for %s\n", vdev->dev.of_node->full_name);
+                pr_err("hvc_vio: Unknown protocol for %s\n", vdev->dev.of_node->full_name);
                 return -ENXIO;
         }
 
diff --git a/drivers/tty/ipwireless/setup_protocol.h b/drivers/tty/ipwireless/setup_protocol.h
index 9d6bcc77c73c..002c34e72521 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/ipwireless/setup_protocol.h
+++ b/drivers/tty/ipwireless/setup_protocol.h
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ struct tl_setup_config_done_msg {
         unsigned char sig_no;           /* TL_SETUP_SIGNO_CONFIG_DONE_MSG */
 } __attribute__ ((__packed__));
 
-/* Asyncronous messages */
+/* Asynchronous messages */
 struct tl_setup_open_msg {
         unsigned char sig_no;           /* TL_SETUP_SIGNO_OPEN_MSG */
         unsigned char port_no;
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/Kconfig b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/Kconfig
index f3d283f2e3aa..c31133a6ea8e 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/Kconfig
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ config SERIAL_8250_DW
           present in the Synopsys DesignWare APB UART.
 
 config SERIAL_8250_EM
-        tristate "Support for Emma Mobile intergrated serial port"
+        tristate "Support for Emma Mobile integrated serial port"
         depends on SERIAL_8250 && ARM && HAVE_CLK
         help
           Selecting this option will add support for the integrated serial
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/bfin_uart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/bfin_uart.c
index e6a008f4939f..2e2b2c1cb722 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/bfin_uart.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/bfin_uart.c
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ bfin_serial_set_termios(struct uart_port *port, struct ktermios *termios,
                 lcr = WLS(5);
                 break;
         default:
-                printk(KERN_ERR "%s: word lengh not supported\n",
+                printk(KERN_ERR "%s: word length not supported\n",
                         __func__);
         }
 
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/icom.c b/drivers/tty/serial/icom.c
index 6197a69adb4d..72b6334bcf1a 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/icom.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/icom.c
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ static void load_code(struct icom_port *icom_port)
                 /* Stop processor */
                 stop_processor(icom_port);
 
-                dev_err(&icom_port->adapter->pci_dev->dev,"Port not opertional\n");
+                dev_err(&icom_port->adapter->pci_dev->dev,"Port not operational\n");
         }
 
         if (new_page != NULL)
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/driver.c b/drivers/usb/core/driver.c
index 88dde95b6795..d938b2b99e31 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/driver.c
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ static int usb_probe_device(struct device *dev)
         /* TODO: Add real matching code */
 
         /* The device should always appear to be in use
-         * unless the driver suports autosuspend.
+         * unless the driver supports autosuspend.
          */
         if (!udriver->supports_autosuspend)
                 error = usb_autoresume_device(udev);
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/at91_udc.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/at91_udc.c
index 59dcea2f6957..f4a21f6f081f 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/at91_udc.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/at91_udc.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
  * full speed USB controllers, including the at91rm9200 (arm920T, with MMU),
  * at91sam926x (arm926ejs, with MMU), and several no-mmu versions.
  *
- * This driver expects the board has been wired with two GPIOs suppporting
+ * This driver expects the board has been wired with two GPIOs supporting
  * a VBUS sensing IRQ, and a D+ pullup.  (They may be omitted, but the
  * testing hasn't covered such cases.)
  *
diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/realtek_cr.c b/drivers/usb/storage/realtek_cr.c
index ea5f2586fbdd..6c3586a4c956 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/storage/realtek_cr.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/realtek_cr.c
@@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ static void rts51x_invoke_transport(struct scsi_cmnd *srb, struct us_data *us)
                 } else {
                         US_DEBUGP("%s: NOT working scsi, not SS\n", __func__);
                         chip->proto_handler_backup(srb, us);
-                        /* Check wether card is plugged in */
+                        /* Check whether card is plugged in */
                         if (srb->cmnd[0] == TEST_UNIT_READY) {
                                 if (srb->result == SAM_STAT_GOOD) {
                                         SET_LUN_READY(chip, srb->device->lun);
diff --git a/drivers/vhost/tcm_vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/tcm_vhost.c
index 79e7e4d45eb2..d670130ee687 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/tcm_vhost.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/tcm_vhost.c
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ static struct se_node_acl *tcm_vhost_alloc_fabric_acl(
 
         nacl = kzalloc(sizeof(struct tcm_vhost_nacl), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!nacl) {
-                pr_err("Unable to alocate struct tcm_vhost_nacl\n");
+                pr_err("Unable to allocate struct tcm_vhost_nacl\n");
                 return NULL;
         }
 
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/booke_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/booke_wdt.c
index 5b06d31ab6a9..c0bc92d8e438 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/booke_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/booke_wdt.c
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ static long booke_wdt_ioctl(struct file *file,
         return 0;
 }
 
-/* wdt_is_active stores wether or not the /dev/watchdog device is opened */
+/* wdt_is_active stores whether or not the /dev/watchdog device is opened */
 static unsigned long wdt_is_active;
 
 static int booke_wdt_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
diff --git a/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/pci_stub.c b/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/pci_stub.c
index 961d664e2d2f..68dcc59cd287 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/pci_stub.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/pci_stub.c
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ static int __devinit pcistub_init_device(struct pci_dev *dev)
         if (!dev_data->pci_saved_state)
                 dev_err(&dev->dev, "Could not store PCI conf saved state!\n");
         else {
-                dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "reseting (FLR, D3, etc) the device\n");
+                dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "resetting (FLR, D3, etc) the device\n");
                 __pci_reset_function_locked(dev);
                 pci_restore_state(dev);
         }
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index c72ead869507..596617ecd329 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ struct btrfs_root_backup {
         __le64 bytes_used;
         __le64 num_devices;
         /* future */
-        __le64 unsed_64[4];
+        __le64 unused_64[4];
 
         u8 tree_root_level;
         u8 chunk_root_level;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 3d3e2c17d8d1..06b2635073f3 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -3888,7 +3888,7 @@ static int flush_space(struct btrfs_root *root,
  * @root - the root we're allocating for
  * @block_rsv - the block_rsv we're allocating for
  * @orig_bytes - the number of bytes we want
- * @flush - wether or not we can flush to make our reservation
+ * @flush - whether or not we can flush to make our reservation
  *
  * This will reserve orgi_bytes number of bytes from the space info associated
  * with the block_rsv.  If there is not enough space it will make an attempt to
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent_map.c b/fs/btrfs/extent_map.c
index b8cbc8d5c7f7..ce9f79216723 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent_map.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent_map.c
@@ -234,12 +234,11 @@ static void try_merge_map(struct extent_map_tree *tree, struct extent_map *em)
 }
 
 /**
- * unpint_extent_cache - unpin an extent from the cache
+ * unpin_extent_cache - unpin an extent from the cache
  * @tree:       tree to unpin the extent in
  * @start:      logical offset in the file
  * @len:        length of the extent
  * @gen:        generation that this extent has been modified in
- * @prealloc:   if this is set we need to clear the prealloc flag
  *
  * Called after an extent has been written to disk properly.  Set the generation
  * to the generation that actually added the file item to the inode so we know
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.h b/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.h
index dd27a0b46a37..853fc7beedfa 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.h
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ struct btrfs_ordered_sum {
 
 #define BTRFS_ORDERED_IOERR 6 /* We had an io error when writing this out */
 
-#define BTRFS_ORDERED_UPDATED_ISIZE 7 /* indicates wether this ordered extent
+#define BTRFS_ORDERED_UPDATED_ISIZE 7 /* indicates whether this ordered extent
                                        * has done its due diligence in updating
                                        * the isize. */
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index 0f5ebb72a5ea..e3c6ee3cc2ba 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -4294,7 +4294,7 @@ int btrfs_map_bio(struct btrfs_root *root, int rw, struct bio *bio,
 
                         rcu_read_lock();
                         name = rcu_dereference(dev->name);
-                        pr_debug("btrfs_map_bio: rw %d, secor=%llu, dev=%lu "
+                        pr_debug("btrfs_map_bio: rw %d, sector=%llu, dev=%lu "
                                  "(%s id %llu), size=%u\n", rw,
                                  (u64)bio->bi_sector, (u_long)dev->bdev->bd_dev,
                                  name->str, dev->devid, bio->bi_size);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/README b/fs/cifs/README
index 22ab7b5b8da7..2d5622f60e11 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/README
+++ b/fs/cifs/README
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ A partial list of the supported mount options follows:
                 Unicode on the wire.
  nomapchars     Do not translate any of these seven characters (default).
  nocase         Request case insensitive path name matching (case
-                sensitive is the default if the server suports it).
+                sensitive is the default if the server supports it).
                 (mount option "ignorecase" is identical to "nocase")
  posixpaths     If CIFS Unix extensions are supported, attempt to
                 negotiate posix path name support which allows certain
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index 3c20de1d59d0..df163da388c9 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -2455,7 +2455,7 @@ TAS_BUFFER_FNS(Uninit, uninit)
 BUFFER_FNS(Da_Mapped, da_mapped)
 
 /*
- * Add new method to test wether block and inode bitmaps are properly
+ * Add new method to test whether block and inode bitmaps are properly
  * initialized. With uninit_bg reading the block from disk is not enough
  * to mark the bitmap uptodate. We need to also zero-out the bitmap
  */
diff --git a/fs/fhandle.c b/fs/fhandle.c
index f775bfdd6e4a..cccdc874bb55 100644
--- a/fs/fhandle.c
+++ b/fs/fhandle.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ static long do_sys_name_to_handle(struct path *path,
         struct file_handle *handle = NULL;
 
         /*
-         * We need t make sure wether the file system
+         * We need to make sure whether the file system
          * support decoding of the file handle
          */
         if (!path->dentry->d_sb->s_export_op ||
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ static long do_sys_name_to_handle(struct path *path,
         if (!handle)
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
-        /* convert handle size to  multiple of sizeof(u32) */
+        /* convert handle size to multiple of sizeof(u32) */
         handle_dwords = f_handle.handle_bytes >> 2;
 
         /* we ask for a non connected handle */
diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index 4a55f35a6ced..78bde32ea951 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * hugetlbpage-backed filesystem.  Based on ramfs.
  *
- * William Irwin, 2002
+ * Nadia Yvette Chambers, 2002
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2002 Linus Torvalds.
  */
diff --git a/fs/jbd/transaction.c b/fs/jbd/transaction.c
index 7f5120bf0ec2..071d6905f0dd 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/transaction.c
@@ -1259,7 +1259,7 @@ int journal_forget (handle_t *handle, struct buffer_head *bh)
                 goto not_jbd;
         }
 
-        /* keep track of wether or not this transaction modified us */
+        /* keep track of whether or not this transaction modified us */
         was_modified = jh->b_modified;
 
         /*
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
index a74ba4659549..d8da40e99d84 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
@@ -1261,7 +1261,7 @@ int jbd2_journal_forget (handle_t *handle, struct buffer_head *bh)
                 goto not_jbd;
         }
 
-        /* keep track of wether or not this transaction modified us */
+        /* keep track of whether or not this transaction modified us */
         was_modified = jh->b_modified;
 
         /*
diff --git a/fs/logfs/inode.c b/fs/logfs/inode.c
index adb90116d36b..af49e2d6941a 100644
--- a/fs/logfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/logfs/inode.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
  * are being written out - and waiting for GC to make progress, naturally.
  *
  * So we cannot just call iget() or some variant of it, but first have to check
- * wether the inode in question might be in I_FREEING state.  Therefore we
+ * whether the inode in question might be in I_FREEING state.  Therefore we
  * maintain our own per-sb list of "almost deleted" inodes and check against
  * that list first.  Normally this should be at most 1-2 entries long.
  *
diff --git a/fs/ncpfs/mmap.c b/fs/ncpfs/mmap.c
index be20a7e171a0..63d14a99483d 100644
--- a/fs/ncpfs/mmap.c
+++ b/fs/ncpfs/mmap.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ static int ncp_file_mmap_fault(struct vm_area_struct *area,
         /*
          * If I understand ncp_read_kernel() properly, the above always
          * fetches from the network, here the analogue of disk.
-         * -- wli
+         * -- nyc
          */
         count_vm_event(PGMAJFAULT);
         mem_cgroup_count_vm_event(area->vm_mm, PGMAJFAULT);
diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/Kconfig b/fs/notify/fanotify/Kconfig
index 7dceff005a67..e5f911bd80d2 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/Kconfig
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ config FANOTIFY
         select ANON_INODES
         default n
         ---help---
-           Say Y here to enable fanotify suport.  fanotify is a file access
+           Say Y here to enable fanotify support.  fanotify is a file access
            notification system which differs from inotify in that it sends
            an open file descriptor to the userspace listener along with
            the event.
diff --git a/fs/notify/notification.c b/fs/notify/notification.c
index c887b1378f7e..48cb994e4922 100644
--- a/fs/notify/notification.c
+++ b/fs/notify/notification.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 /*
  * Basic idea behind the notification queue: An fsnotify group (like inotify)
- * sends the userspace notification about events asyncronously some time after
+ * sends the userspace notification about events asynchronously some time after
  * the event happened.  When inotify gets an event it will need to add that
  * event to the group notify queue.  Since a single event might need to be on
  * multiple group's notification queues we can't add the event directly to each
diff --git a/include/linux/dlm.h b/include/linux/dlm.h
index 1d47dcce11e1..d02da2c6fc1a 100644
--- a/include/linux/dlm.h
+++ b/include/linux/dlm.h
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ int dlm_release_lockspace(dlm_lockspace_t *lockspace, int force);
 /*
  * dlm_lock
  *
- * Make an asyncronous request to acquire or convert a lock on a named
+ * Make an asynchronous request to acquire or convert a lock on a named
  * resource.
  *
  * lockspace: context for the request
diff --git a/include/linux/hash.h b/include/linux/hash.h
index 24df9e70406f..61c97ae22e01 100644
--- a/include/linux/hash.h
+++ b/include/linux/hash.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_HASH_H
 #define _LINUX_HASH_H
 /* Fast hashing routine for ints,  longs and pointers.
-   (C) 2002 William Lee Irwin III, IBM */
+   (C) 2002 Nadia Yvette Chambers, IBM */
 
 /*
  * Knuth recommends primes in approximately golden ratio to the maximum
diff --git a/include/linux/ipmi_smi.h b/include/linux/ipmi_smi.h
index fcb5d44ea635..8ea3fe0b9759 100644
--- a/include/linux/ipmi_smi.h
+++ b/include/linux/ipmi_smi.h
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ int ipmi_unregister_smi(ipmi_smi_t intf);
 
 /*
  * The lower layer reports received messages through this interface.
- * The data_size should be zero if this is an asyncronous message.  If
+ * The data_size should be zero if this is an asynchronous message.  If
  * the lower layer gets an error sending a message, it should format
  * an error response in the message response.
  */
diff --git a/include/linux/lru_cache.h b/include/linux/lru_cache.h
index 7a71ffad037c..cafc7f99e124 100644
--- a/include/linux/lru_cache.h
+++ b/include/linux/lru_cache.h
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ We replicate IO (more or less synchronously) to local and remote disk.
 
 For crash recovery after replication node failure,
   we need to resync all regions that have been target of in-flight WRITE IO
-  (in use, or "hot", regions), as we don't know wether or not those WRITEs have
-  made it to stable storage.
+  (in use, or "hot", regions), as we don't know whether or not those WRITEs
+  have made it to stable storage.
 
   To avoid a "full resync", we need to persistently track these regions.
 
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index ef9336c9d464..02e0f6b156c3 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ typedef enum gro_result gro_result_t;
  *
  * If the rx_handler consider the skb should be ignored, it should return
  * RX_HANDLER_EXACT. The skb will only be delivered to protocol handlers that
- * are registred on exact device (ptype->dev == skb->dev).
+ * are registered on exact device (ptype->dev == skb->dev).
  *
  * If the rx_handler didn't changed skb->dev, but want the skb to be normally
  * delivered, it should return RX_HANDLER_PASS.
diff --git a/include/linux/stmmac.h b/include/linux/stmmac.h
index de5b2f8176ce..c1b3ed3fb787 100644
--- a/include/linux/stmmac.h
+++ b/include/linux/stmmac.h
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 #define STMMAC_CSR_I_16         0xE     /* clk_csr_i/16 */
 #define STMMAC_CSR_I_18         0xF     /* clk_csr_i/18 */
 
-/* AXI DMA Burst length suported */
+/* AXI DMA Burst length supported */
 #define DMA_AXI_BLEN_4          (1 << 1)
 #define DMA_AXI_BLEN_8          (1 << 2)
 #define DMA_AXI_BLEN_16         (1 << 3)
diff --git a/include/linux/vgaarb.h b/include/linux/vgaarb.h
index 0ee42d9acdc0..2c02f3a8d2ba 100644
--- a/include/linux/vgaarb.h
+++ b/include/linux/vgaarb.h
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ extern void vga_set_legacy_decoding(struct pci_dev *pdev,
  *     This function acquires VGA resources for the given
  *     card and mark those resources locked. If the resource requested
  *     are "normal" (and not legacy) resources, the arbiter will first check
- *     wether the card is doing legacy decoding for that type of resource. If
+ *     whether the card is doing legacy decoding for that type of resource. If
  *     yes, the lock is "converted" into a legacy resource lock.
  *     The arbiter will first look for all VGA cards that might conflict
  *     and disable their IOs and/or Memory access, including VGA forwarding
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ extern void vga_set_legacy_decoding(struct pci_dev *pdev,
  *     This function will block if some conflicting card is already locking
  *     one of the required resources (or any resource on a different bus
  *     segment, since P2P bridges don't differenciate VGA memory and IO
- *     afaik). You can indicate wether this blocking should be interruptible
+ *     afaik). You can indicate whether this blocking should be interruptible
  *     by a signal (for userland interface) or not.
  *     Must not be called at interrupt time or in atomic context.
  *     If the card already owns the resources, the function succeeds.
diff --git a/include/linux/watchdog.h b/include/linux/watchdog.h
index b7f45d48b2de..87490ac4bd87 100644
--- a/include/linux/watchdog.h
+++ b/include/linux/watchdog.h
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ struct watchdog_device {
 #define WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT_INIT_STATUS   0
 #endif
 
-/* Use the following function to check wether or not the watchdog is active */
+/* Use the following function to check whether or not the watchdog is active */
 static inline bool watchdog_active(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
 {
         return test_bit(WDOG_ACTIVE, &wdd->status);
diff --git a/include/net/irda/irlmp.h b/include/net/irda/irlmp.h
index fff11b7fe8a4..591f78631f13 100644
--- a/include/net/irda/irlmp.h
+++ b/include/net/irda/irlmp.h
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ typedef struct {
 } CACHE_ENTRY;
 
 /*
- *  Information about each registred IrLAP layer
+ *  Information about each registered IrLAP layer
  */
 struct lap_cb {
         irda_queue_t queue; /* Must be first */
diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index 0a9a01a5b0d7..93a6745bfdb2 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ struct cg_proto;
   *     @sk_sndbuf: size of send buffer in bytes
   *     @sk_flags: %SO_LINGER (l_onoff), %SO_BROADCAST, %SO_KEEPALIVE,
   *                %SO_OOBINLINE settings, %SO_TIMESTAMPING settings
-  *     @sk_no_check: %SO_NO_CHECK setting, wether or not checkup packets
+  *     @sk_no_check: %SO_NO_CHECK setting, whether or not checkup packets
   *     @sk_route_caps: route capabilities (e.g. %NETIF_F_TSO)
   *     @sk_route_nocaps: forbidden route capabilities (e.g NETIF_F_GSO_MASK)
   *     @sk_gso_type: GSO type (e.g. %SKB_GSO_TCPV4)
diff --git a/kernel/pid.c b/kernel/pid.c
index aebd4f5aaf41..fd996c1ed9f8 100644
--- a/kernel/pid.c
+++ b/kernel/pid.c
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 /*
  * Generic pidhash and scalable, time-bounded PID allocator
  *
- * (C) 2002-2003 William Irwin, IBM
- * (C) 2004 William Irwin, Oracle
+ * (C) 2002-2003 Nadia Yvette Chambers, IBM
+ * (C) 2004 Nadia Yvette Chambers, Oracle
  * (C) 2002-2004 Ingo Molnar, Red Hat
  *
  * pid-structures are backing objects for tasks sharing a given ID to chain
diff --git a/kernel/profile.c b/kernel/profile.c
index 76b8e77773ee..1f391819c42f 100644
--- a/kernel/profile.c
+++ b/kernel/profile.c
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@
  *  Scheduler profiling support, Arjan van de Ven and Ingo Molnar,
  *      Red Hat, July 2004
  *  Consolidation of architecture support code for profiling,
- *      William Irwin, Oracle, July 2004
+ *      Nadia Yvette Chambers, Oracle, July 2004
  *  Amortized hit count accounting via per-cpu open-addressed hashtables
- *      to resolve timer interrupt livelocks, William Irwin, Oracle, 2004
+ *      to resolve timer interrupt livelocks, Nadia Yvette Chambers,
+ *      Oracle, 2004
  */
 
 #include <linux/export.h>
@@ -256,7 +257,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_timer_hook);
  * pagetable hash functions, but uses a full hashtable full of finite
  * collision chains, not just pairs of them.
  *
- * -- wli
+ * -- nyc
  */
 static void __profile_flip_buffers(void *unused)
 {
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 7693aaf324c6..afd092de45b7 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  * Based on code in the latency_tracer, that is:
  *
  *  Copyright (C) 2004-2006 Ingo Molnar
- *  Copyright (C) 2004 William Lee Irwin III
+ *  Copyright (C) 2004 Nadia Yvette Chambers
  */
 
 #include <linux/stop_machine.h>
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index b69cc380322d..61e081b4ba11 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  *
  * Based on code from the latency_tracer, that is:
  *  Copyright (C) 2004-2006 Ingo Molnar
- *  Copyright (C) 2004 William Lee Irwin III
+ *  Copyright (C) 2004 Nadia Yvette Chambers
  */
 #include <linux/ring_buffer.h>
 #include <generated/utsrelease.h>
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_functions.c b/kernel/trace/trace_functions.c
index bb227e380cb5..8e3ad8082ab7 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_functions.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_functions.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * Based on code from the latency_tracer, that is:
  *
  *  Copyright (C) 2004-2006 Ingo Molnar
- *  Copyright (C) 2004 William Lee Irwin III
+ *  Copyright (C) 2004 Nadia Yvette Chambers
  */
 #include <linux/ring_buffer.h>
 #include <linux/debugfs.h>
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c b/kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c
index 5ffce7b0f33c..713a2cac4881 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * From code in the latency_tracer, that is:
  *
  *  Copyright (C) 2004-2006 Ingo Molnar
- *  Copyright (C) 2004 William Lee Irwin III
+ *  Copyright (C) 2004 Nadia Yvette Chambers
  */
 #include <linux/kallsyms.h>
 #include <linux/debugfs.h>
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_sched_wakeup.c b/kernel/trace/trace_sched_wakeup.c
index bc64fc137554..9fe45fcefca0 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_sched_wakeup.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_sched_wakeup.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * Based on code from the latency_tracer, that is:
  *
  *  Copyright (C) 2004-2006 Ingo Molnar
- *  Copyright (C) 2004 William Lee Irwin III
+ *  Copyright (C) 2004 Nadia Yvette Chambers
  */
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
diff --git a/kernel/wait.c b/kernel/wait.c
index 7fdd9eaca2c3..6698e0c04ead 100644
--- a/kernel/wait.c
+++ b/kernel/wait.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * Generic waiting primitives.
  *
- * (C) 2004 William Irwin, Oracle
+ * (C) 2004 Nadia Yvette Chambers, Oracle
  */
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/export.h>
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 41faf0b8df1d..e458782f3c52 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -1115,7 +1115,7 @@ config NOTIFIER_ERROR_INJECTION
         depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
         select DEBUG_FS
         help
-          This option provides the ability to inject artifical errors to
+          This option provides the ability to inject artificial errors to
           specified notifier chain callbacks. It is useful to test the error
           handling of notifier call chain failures.
 
@@ -1126,7 +1126,7 @@ config CPU_NOTIFIER_ERROR_INJECT
         depends on HOTPLUG_CPU && NOTIFIER_ERROR_INJECTION
         help
           This option provides a kernel module that can be used to test
-          the error handling of the cpu notifiers by injecting artifical
+          the error handling of the cpu notifiers by injecting artificial
           errors to CPU notifier chain callbacks.  It is controlled through
           debugfs interface under /sys/kernel/debug/notifier-error-inject/cpu
 
@@ -1150,7 +1150,7 @@ config PM_NOTIFIER_ERROR_INJECT
         depends on PM && NOTIFIER_ERROR_INJECTION
         default m if PM_DEBUG
         help
-          This option provides the ability to inject artifical errors to
+          This option provides the ability to inject artificial errors to
           PM notifier chain callbacks.  It is controlled through debugfs
           interface /sys/kernel/debug/notifier-error-inject/pm
 
@@ -1173,7 +1173,7 @@ config MEMORY_NOTIFIER_ERROR_INJECT
         tristate "Memory hotplug notifier error injection module"
         depends on MEMORY_HOTPLUG_SPARSE && NOTIFIER_ERROR_INJECTION
         help
-          This option provides the ability to inject artifical errors to
+          This option provides the ability to inject artificial errors to
           memory hotplug notifier chain callbacks.  It is controlled through
           debugfs interface under /sys/kernel/debug/notifier-error-inject/memory
 
@@ -1196,7 +1196,7 @@ config PSERIES_RECONFIG_NOTIFIER_ERROR_INJECT
         tristate "pSeries reconfig notifier error injection module"
         depends on PPC_PSERIES && NOTIFIER_ERROR_INJECTION
         help
-          This option provides the ability to inject artifical errors to
+          This option provides the ability to inject artificial errors to
           pSeries reconfig notifier chain callbacks.  It is controlled
           through debugfs interface under
           /sys/kernel/debug/notifier-error-inject/pSeries-reconfig/
diff --git a/lib/bitmap.c b/lib/bitmap.c
index 06fdfa1aeba7..06f7e4fe8d2d 100644
--- a/lib/bitmap.c
+++ b/lib/bitmap.c
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ again:
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bitmap_find_next_zero_area);
 
 /*
- * Bitmap printing & parsing functions: first version by Bill Irwin,
+ * Bitmap printing & parsing functions: first version by Nadia Yvette Chambers,
  * second version by Paul Jackson, third by Joe Korty.
  */
 
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 1ef2cd4ae3c9..34f372ad89d0 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Generic hugetlb support.
- * (C) William Irwin, April 2004
+ * (C) Nadia Yvette Chambers, April 2004
  */
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index de9cb14ae753..c3e66ae411fd 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -1230,10 +1230,10 @@ repeat:
                         goto repeat;
                 }
         }
-        /* drain all zone's lru pagevec, this is asyncronous... */
+        /* drain all zone's lru pagevec, this is asynchronous... */
         lru_add_drain_all();
         yield();
-        /* drain pcp pages , this is synchrouns. */
+        /* drain pcp pages, this is synchronous. */
         drain_all_pages();
         /* check again */
         offlined_pages = check_pages_isolated(start_pfn, end_pfn);
@@ -1242,7 +1242,7 @@ repeat:
                 goto failed_removal;
         }
         printk(KERN_INFO "Offlined Pages %ld\n", offlined_pages);
-        /* Ok, all of our target is islaoted.
+        /* Ok, all of our target is isolated.
            We cannot do rollback at this point. */
         offline_isolated_pages(start_pfn, end_pfn);
         /* reset pagetype flags and makes migrate type to be MOVABLE */
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 5a8d339d282a..eee3efa58c91 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ static inline int page_is_buddy(struct page *page, struct page *buddy,
  * If a block is freed, and its buddy is also free, then this
  * triggers coalescing into a block of larger size.
  *
- * -- wli
+ * -- nyc
  */
 
 static inline void __free_one_page(struct page *page,
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ void __init init_cma_reserved_pageblock(struct page *page)
  * large block of memory acted on by a series of small allocations.
  * This behavior is a critical factor in sglist merging's success.
  *
- * -- wli
+ * -- nyc
  */
 static inline void expand(struct zone *zone, struct page *page,
         int low, int high, struct free_area *area,
diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c
index dc3036cdcc6a..c55e26b17d93 100644
--- a/mm/util.c
+++ b/mm/util.c
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__krealloc);
  *
  * The contents of the object pointed to are preserved up to the
  * lesser of the new and old sizes.  If @p is %NULL, krealloc()
- * behaves exactly like kmalloc().  If @size is 0 and @p is not a
+ * behaves exactly like kmalloc().  If @new_size is 0 and @p is not a
  * %NULL pointer, the object pointed to is freed.
  */
 void *krealloc(const void *p, size_t new_size, gfp_t flags)
diff --git a/net/can/proc.c b/net/can/proc.c
index 3b6dd3180492..ae566902d2bf 100644
--- a/net/can/proc.c
+++ b/net/can/proc.c
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ static inline void can_rcvlist_sff_proc_show_one(struct seq_file *m,
         int i;
         int all_empty = 1;
 
-        /* check wether at least one list is non-empty */
+        /* check whether at least one list is non-empty */
         for (i = 0; i < 0x800; i++)
                 if (!hlist_empty(&d->rx_sff[i])) {
                         all_empty = 0;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c
index baf28611b334..291f2ed7cc31 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * Plugable TCP congestion control support and newReno
  * congestion control.
- * Based on ideas from I/O scheduler suport and Web100.
+ * Based on ideas from I/O scheduler support and Web100.
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2005 Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
  */
diff --git a/net/mac80211/driver-ops.h b/net/mac80211/driver-ops.h
index c6560cc7a9d6..698dc7e6f309 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/driver-ops.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/driver-ops.h
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ static inline void drv_reset_tsf(struct ieee80211_local *local,
 
 static inline int drv_tx_last_beacon(struct ieee80211_local *local)
 {
-        int ret = 0; /* default unsuported op for less congestion */
+        int ret = 0; /* default unsupported op for less congestion */
 
         might_sleep();
 
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_log.c b/net/netfilter/nf_log.c
index 703fb26aa48d..9e312695c818 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_log.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_log.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ static struct nf_logger *__find_logger(int pf, const char *str_logger)
         return NULL;
 }
 
-/* return EEXIST if the same logger is registred, 0 on success. */
+/* return EEXIST if the same logger is registered, 0 on success. */
 int nf_log_register(u_int8_t pf, struct nf_logger *logger)
 {
         const struct nf_logger *llog;
diff --git a/net/rfkill/core.c b/net/rfkill/core.c
index a5c952741279..9b9be5279f5d 100644
--- a/net/rfkill/core.c
+++ b/net/rfkill/core.c
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ static ssize_t rfkill_soft_store(struct device *dev,
         rfkill_set_block(rfkill, state);
         mutex_unlock(&rfkill_global_mutex);
 
-        return err ?: count;
+        return count;
 }
 
 static u8 user_state_from_blocked(unsigned long state)
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ static ssize_t rfkill_state_store(struct device *dev,
         rfkill_set_block(rfkill, state == RFKILL_USER_STATE_SOFT_BLOCKED);
         mutex_unlock(&rfkill_global_mutex);
 
-        return err ?: count;
+        return count;
 }
 
 static ssize_t rfkill_claim_show(struct device *dev,
diff --git a/net/sctp/endpointola.c b/net/sctp/endpointola.c
index 32ab55b18281..17a001bac2cc 100644
--- a/net/sctp/endpointola.c
+++ b/net/sctp/endpointola.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ static struct sctp_endpoint *sctp_endpoint_init(struct sctp_endpoint *ep,
 
         list_add(&null_key->key_list, &ep->endpoint_shared_keys);
 
-        /* Allocate and initialize transorms arrays for suported HMACs. */
+        /* Allocate and initialize transorms arrays for supported HMACs. */
         err = sctp_auth_init_hmacs(ep, gfp);
         if (err)
                 goto nomem_hmacs;
diff --git a/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c b/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c
index ebcd1eedb115..618ec7e216ca 100644
--- a/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c
+++ b/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c
@@ -4000,7 +4000,7 @@ static sctp_ierror_t sctp_sf_authenticate(struct net *net,
         chunk->subh.auth_hdr = auth_hdr;
         skb_pull(chunk->skb, sizeof(struct sctp_authhdr));
 
-        /* Make sure that we suport the HMAC algorithm from the auth
+        /* Make sure that we support the HMAC algorithm from the auth
          * chunk.
          */
         if (!sctp_auth_asoc_verify_hmac_id(asoc, auth_hdr->hmac_id))
diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index 46e7aff80d1a..28b761567815 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ use strict;
 # should document the "Context:" of the function, e.g. whether the functions
 # can be called form interrupts. Unlike other sections you can end it with an
 # empty line.
+# A non-void function should have a "Return:" section describing the return
+# value(s).
 # Example-sections should contain the string EXAMPLE so that they are marked
 # appropriately in DocBook.
 #
@@ -315,6 +317,7 @@ my $section_default = "Description";	# default section
 my $section_intro = "Introduction";
 my $section = $section_default;
 my $section_context = "Context";
+my $section_return = "Return";
 
 my $undescribed = "-- undescribed --";
 
@@ -2039,6 +2042,28 @@ sub check_sections($$$$$$) {
 }
 
 ##
+# Checks the section describing the return value of a function.
+sub check_return_section {
+        my $file = shift;
+        my $declaration_name = shift;
+        my $return_type = shift;
+
+        # Ignore an empty return type (It's a macro)
+        # Ignore functions with a "void" return type. (But don't ignore "void *")
+        if (($return_type eq "") || ($return_type =~ /void\s*\w*\s*$/)) {
+                return;
+        }
+
+        if (!defined($sections{$section_return}) ||
+            $sections{$section_return} eq "") {
+                print STDERR "Warning(${file}:$.): " .
+                        "No description found for return value of " .
+                        "'$declaration_name'\n";
+                ++$warnings;
+        }
+}
+
+##
 # takes a function prototype and the name of the current file being
 # processed and spits out all the details stored in the global
 # arrays/hashes.
@@ -2109,6 +2134,15 @@ sub dump_function($$) {
         my $prms = join " ", @parameterlist;
         check_sections($file, $declaration_name, "function", $sectcheck, $prms, "");
 
+        # This check emits a lot of warnings at the moment, because many
+        # functions don't have a 'Return' doc section. So until the number
+        # of warnings goes sufficiently down, the check is only performed in
+        # verbose mode.
+        # TODO: always perform the check.
+        if ($verbose) {
+                check_return_section($file, $declaration_name, $return_type);
+        }
+
     output_declaration($declaration_name,
                        'function',
                        {'function' => $declaration_name,
diff --git a/security/keys/process_keys.c b/security/keys/process_keys.c
index a58f712605d8..86468f385fc8 100644
--- a/security/keys/process_keys.c
+++ b/security/keys/process_keys.c
@@ -358,8 +358,6 @@ key_ref_t search_my_process_keyrings(struct key_type *type,
 
                 switch (PTR_ERR(key_ref)) {
                 case -EAGAIN: /* no key */
-                        if (ret)
-                                break;
                 case -ENOKEY: /* negative key */
                         ret = key_ref;
                         break;
diff --git a/sound/core/seq/seq_device.c b/sound/core/seq/seq_device.c
index 60e8fc1b3440..040c60e1da28 100644
--- a/sound/core/seq/seq_device.c
+++ b/sound/core/seq/seq_device.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ struct ops_list {
         /* operators */
         struct snd_seq_dev_ops ops;
 
-        /* registred devices */
+        /* registered devices */
         struct list_head dev_list;      /* list of devices */
         int num_devices;        /* number of associated devices */
         int num_init_devices;   /* number of initialized devices */
diff --git a/sound/pci/emu10k1/emu10k1_patch.c b/sound/pci/emu10k1/emu10k1_patch.c
index e10f027bde03..662a45876a8b 100644
--- a/sound/pci/emu10k1/emu10k1_patch.c
+++ b/sound/pci/emu10k1/emu10k1_patch.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ snd_emu10k1_sample_new(struct snd_emux *rec, struct snd_sf_sample *sp,
         offset += size;
         data += size;
 
-#if 0 /* not suppported yet */
+#if 0 /* not supported yet */
         /* handle reverse (or bidirectional) loop */
         if (sp->v.mode_flags & (SNDRV_SFNT_SAMPLE_BIDIR_LOOP|SNDRV_SFNT_SAMPLE_REVERSE_LOOP)) {
                 /* copy loop in reverse */
diff --git a/sound/pci/es1968.c b/sound/pci/es1968.c
index 879db2d7796a..a1f32b5ae0d1 100644
--- a/sound/pci/es1968.c
+++ b/sound/pci/es1968.c
@@ -2291,7 +2291,7 @@ static void snd_es1968_chip_init(struct es1968 *chip)
         outb(0x88, iobase+0x1f);
 
         /* it appears some maestros (dell 7500) only work if these are set,
-           regardless of wether we use the assp or not. */
+           regardless of whether we use the assp or not. */
 
         outb(0, iobase + ASSP_CONTROL_B);
         outb(3, iobase + ASSP_CONTROL_A);       /* M: Reserved bits... */
diff --git a/sound/pci/ice1712/delta.c b/sound/pci/ice1712/delta.c
index ab2bca164d6f..9e28cc12969b 100644
--- a/sound/pci/ice1712/delta.c
+++ b/sound/pci/ice1712/delta.c
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ static int snd_ice1712_delta_init(struct snd_ice1712 *ice)
                 ice->num_total_dacs = 4;        /* two AK4324 codecs */
                 break;
         case ICE1712_SUBDEVICE_VX442:
-        case ICE1712_SUBDEVICE_DELTA66E:        /* omni not suported yet */
+        case ICE1712_SUBDEVICE_DELTA66E:        /* omni not supported yet */
                 ice->num_total_dacs = 4;
                 ice->num_total_adcs = 4;
                 break;
diff --git a/sound/pci/sis7019.c b/sound/pci/sis7019.c
index 550b9cfb8e3e..d59abe1682c5 100644
--- a/sound/pci/sis7019.c
+++ b/sound/pci/sis7019.c
@@ -1171,7 +1171,7 @@ static int sis_chip_init(struct sis7019 *sis)
         outl(SIS_DMA_CSR_PCI_SETTINGS, io + SIS_DMA_CSR);
 
         /* Reset the synchronization groups for all of the channels
-         * to be asyncronous. If we start doing SPDIF or 5.1 sound, etc.
+         * to be asynchronous. If we start doing SPDIF or 5.1 sound, etc.
          * we'll need to change how we handle these. Until then, we just
          * assign sub-mixer 0 to all playback channels, and avoid any
          * attenuation on the audio.
diff --git a/sound/usb/quirks.c b/sound/usb/quirks.c
index 0f58b4b6d702..007fcecdf5cd 100644
--- a/sound/usb/quirks.c
+++ b/sound/usb/quirks.c
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ int snd_usb_apply_boot_quirk(struct usb_device *dev,
  */
 int snd_usb_is_big_endian_format(struct snd_usb_audio *chip, struct audioformat *fp)
 {
-        /* it depends on altsetting wether the device is big-endian or not */
+        /* it depends on altsetting whether the device is big-endian or not */
         switch (chip->usb_id) {
         case USB_ID(0x0763, 0x2001): /* M-Audio Quattro: captured data only */
                 if (fp->altsetting == 2 || fp->altsetting == 3 ||
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index b38a1f9ad460..938e8904f64d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ following filters are defined:
 
 +
 The option requires at least one branch type among any, any_call, any_ret, ind_call.
-The privilege levels may be ommitted, in which case, the privilege levels of the associated
+The privilege levels may be omitted, in which case, the privilege levels of the associated
 event are applied to the branch filter. Both kernel (k) and hypervisor (hv) privilege
 levels are subject to permissions.  When sampling on multiple events, branch stack sampling
 is enabled for all the sampling events. The sampled branch type is the same for all events.
diff --git a/usr/gen_init_cpio.c b/usr/gen_init_cpio.c
index aca6edcbbc6f..af8c925e93eb 100644
--- a/usr/gen_init_cpio.c
+++ b/usr/gen_init_cpio.c
@@ -405,7 +405,6 @@ static char *cpio_replace_env(char *new_location)
         return new_location;
 }
 
-
 static int cpio_mkfile_line(const char *line)
 {
         char name[PATH_MAX + 1];