11 files changed, 18 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 034617f8cdb2..8b809ecefa39 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -1017,7 +1017,7 @@ static long region_chg(struct list_head *head, long f, long t)
 
         /* If we are below the current region then a new region is required.
          * Subtle, allocate a new region at the position but make it zero
-         * size such that we can guarentee to record the reservation. */
+         * size such that we can guarantee to record the reservation. */
         if (&rg->link == head || t < rg->from) {
                 nrg = kmalloc(sizeof(*nrg), GFP_KERNEL);
                 if (!nrg)
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 142683df8755..eefd5b68bc42 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -2713,7 +2713,7 @@ int access_process_vm(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned long addr, void *buf, in
                 return 0;
 
         down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
-        /* ignore errors, just check how much was sucessfully transfered */
+        /* ignore errors, just check how much was successfully transferred */
         while (len) {
                 int bytes, ret, offset;
                 void *maddr;
diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index 091b9c6c2529..1833879f8438 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ int __add_pages(struct zone *zone, unsigned long phys_start_pfn,
                 err = __add_section(zone, i << PFN_SECTION_SHIFT);
 
                 /*
-                 * EEXIST is finally dealed with by ioresource collision
+                 * EEXIST is finally dealt with by ioresource collision
                  * check. see add_memory() => register_memory_resource()
                  * Warning will be printed if there is collision.
                  */
diff --git a/mm/mempool.c b/mm/mempool.c
index 02d5ec3feabc..a46eb1b4bb66 100644
--- a/mm/mempool.c
+++ b/mm/mempool.c
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(mempool_free_slab);
 
 /*
  * A commonly used alloc and free fn that kmalloc/kfrees the amount of memory
- * specfied by pool_data
+ * specified by pool_data
  */
 void *mempool_kmalloc(gfp_t gfp_mask, void *pool_data)
 {
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 7845462064f4..838a5e31394c 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -989,7 +989,7 @@ int __set_page_dirty_no_writeback(struct page *page)
  * mapping is pinned by the vma's ->vm_file reference.
  *
  * We take care to handle the case where the page was truncated from the
- * mapping by re-checking page_mapping() insode tree_lock.
+ * mapping by re-checking page_mapping() inside tree_lock.
  */
 int __set_page_dirty_nobuffers(struct page *page)
 {
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 43f757fcf30f..da69d833e067 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ static unsigned long __meminitdata dma_reserve;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_POPULATES_NODE_MAP
   /*
-   * MAX_ACTIVE_REGIONS determines the maxmimum number of distinct
+   * MAX_ACTIVE_REGIONS determines the maximum number of distinct
    * ranges of memory (RAM) that may be registered with add_active_range().
    * Ranges passed to add_active_range() will be merged if possible
    * so the number of times add_active_range() can be called is
@@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@ int zone_watermark_ok(struct zone *z, int order, unsigned long mark,
  * skip over zones that are not allowed by the cpuset, or that have
  * been recently (in last second) found to be nearly full.  See further
  * comments in mmzone.h.  Reduces cache footprint of zonelist scans
- * that have to skip over alot of full or unallowed zones.
+ * that have to skip over a lot of full or unallowed zones.
  *
  * If the zonelist cache is present in the passed in zonelist, then
  * returns a pointer to the allowed node mask (either the current
@@ -2358,7 +2358,7 @@ void build_all_zonelists(void)
                 __build_all_zonelists(NULL);
                 cpuset_init_current_mems_allowed();
         } else {
-                /* we have to stop all cpus to guaranntee there is no user
+                /* we have to stop all cpus to guarantee there is no user
                    of zonelist */
                 stop_machine_run(__build_all_zonelists, NULL, NR_CPUS);
                 /* cpuset refresh routine should be here */
@@ -2864,7 +2864,7 @@ static int __meminit first_active_region_index_in_nid(int nid)
 
 /*
  * Basic iterator support. Return the next active range of PFNs for a node
- * Note: nid == MAX_NUMNODES returns next region regardles of node
+ * Note: nid == MAX_NUMNODES returns next region regardless of node
  */
 static int __meminit next_active_region_index_in_nid(int index, int nid)
 {
diff --git a/mm/prio_tree.c b/mm/prio_tree.c
index b4e76c25f953..603ae98d9694 100644
--- a/mm/prio_tree.c
+++ b/mm/prio_tree.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
  * Radix priority search tree for address_space->i_mmap
  *
  * For each vma that map a unique set of file pages i.e., unique [radix_index,
- * heap_index] value, we have a corresponing priority search tree node. If
+ * heap_index] value, we have a corresponding priority search tree node. If
  * multiple vmas have identical [radix_index, heap_index] value, then one of
  * them is used as a tree node and others are stored in a vm_set list. The tree
  * node points to the first vma (head) of the list using vm_set.head.
diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index 54eb555c4ef8..cfa6be4e378e 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
  * initialized objects.
  *
  * This means, that your constructor is used only for newly allocated
- * slabs and you must pass objects with the same intializations to
+ * slabs and you must pass objects with the same initializations to
  * kmem_cache_free.
  *
  * Each cache can only support one memory type (GFP_DMA, GFP_HIGHMEM,
@@ -1369,7 +1369,7 @@ static int __cpuinit cpuup_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
                  * structure is usually allocated from kmem_cache_create() and
                  * gets destroyed at kmem_cache_destroy().
                  */
-                /* fall thru */
+                /* fall through */
 #endif
         case CPU_UP_CANCELED:
         case CPU_UP_CANCELED_FROZEN:
@@ -3806,7 +3806,7 @@ const char *kmem_cache_name(struct kmem_cache *cachep)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kmem_cache_name);
 
 /*
- * This initializes kmem_list3 or resizes varioius caches for all nodes.
+ * This initializes kmem_list3 or resizes various caches for all nodes.
  */
 static int alloc_kmemlist(struct kmem_cache *cachep)
 {
diff --git a/mm/swap.c b/mm/swap.c
index a65eff8a517a..9ac88323d237 100644
--- a/mm/swap.c
+++ b/mm/swap.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  */
 
 /*
- * This file contains the default values for the opereation of the
+ * This file contains the default values for the operation of the
  * Linux VM subsystem. Fine-tuning documentation can be found in
  * Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt.
  * Started 18.12.91
diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index 2e01af365848..af77e171e339 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ struct vm_struct *__get_vm_area(unsigned long size, unsigned long flags,
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__get_vm_area);
 
 /**
- *      get_vm_area  -  reserve a contingous kernel virtual area
+ *      get_vm_area  -  reserve a contiguous kernel virtual area
  *      @size:          size of the area
  *      @flags:         %VM_IOREMAP for I/O mappings or VM_ALLOC
  *
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ found:
 }
 
 /**
- *      remove_vm_area  -  find and remove a contingous kernel virtual area
+ *      remove_vm_area  -  find and remove a continuous kernel virtual area
  *      @addr:          base address
  *
  *      Search for the kernel VM area starting at @addr, and remove it.
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ static void __vunmap(void *addr, int deallocate_pages)
  *      vfree  -  release memory allocated by vmalloc()
  *      @addr:          memory base address
  *
- *      Free the virtually contiguous memory area starting at @addr, as
+ *      Free the virtually continuous memory area starting at @addr, as
  *      obtained from vmalloc(), vmalloc_32() or __vmalloc(). If @addr is
  *      NULL, no operation is performed.
  *
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index cb474cc99645..e5a9597e3bbc 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_shrinker);
  * percentages of the lru and ageable caches.  This should balance the seeks
  * generated by these structures.
  *
- * If the vm encounted mapped pages on the LRU it increase the pressure on
+ * If the vm encountered mapped pages on the LRU it increase the pressure on
  * slab to avoid swapping.
  *
  * We do weird things to avoid (scanned*seeks*entries) overflowing 32 bits.