6 files changed, 17 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/include/asm-i386/atomic.h b/include/asm-i386/atomic.h
index c57441bb2905..4dd272331361 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/atomic.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/atomic.h
@@ -211,12 +211,12 @@ static __inline__ int atomic_sub_return(int i, atomic_t *v)
 #define atomic_xchg(v, new) (xchg(&((v)->counter), new))
 
 /**
- * atomic_add_unless - add unless the number is a given value
+ * atomic_add_unless - add unless the number is already a given value
  * @v: pointer of type atomic_t
  * @a: the amount to add to v...
  * @u: ...unless v is equal to u.
  *
- * Atomically adds @a to @v, so long as it was not @u.
+ * Atomically adds @a to @v, so long as @v was not already @u.
  * Returns non-zero if @v was not @u, and zero otherwise.
  */
 #define atomic_add_unless(v, a, u)                              \
diff --git a/include/asm-i386/bitops.h b/include/asm-i386/bitops.h
index 1c780fa1e762..273b50629357 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/bitops.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/bitops.h
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ static inline unsigned long ffz(unsigned long word)
  *
  * This is defined the same way as
  * the libc and compiler builtin ffs routines, therefore
- * differs in spirit from the above ffz (man ffs).
+ * differs in spirit from the above ffz() (man ffs).
  */
 static inline int ffs(int x)
 {
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ static inline int ffs(int x)
  * fls - find last bit set
  * @x: the word to search
  *
- * This is defined the same way as ffs.
+ * This is defined the same way as ffs().
  */
 static inline int fls(int x)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/init.h b/include/linux/init.h
index 5a593a1dec1e..c65f5107d512 100644
--- a/include/linux/init.h
+++ b/include/linux/init.h
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ void __init parse_early_param(void);
  * module_init() - driver initialization entry point
  * @x: function to be run at kernel boot time or module insertion
  * 
- * module_init() will either be called during do_initcalls (if
+ * module_init() will either be called during do_initcalls() (if
  * builtin) or at module insertion time (if a module).  There can only
  * be one per module.
  */
diff --git a/include/linux/kfifo.h b/include/linux/kfifo.h
index 48eccd865bd8..404f4464cb1a 100644
--- a/include/linux/kfifo.h
+++ b/include/linux/kfifo.h
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static inline void kfifo_reset(struct kfifo *fifo)
  * @buffer: the data to be added.
  * @len: the length of the data to be added.
  *
- * This function copies at most 'len' bytes from the 'buffer' into
+ * This function copies at most @len bytes from the @buffer into
  * the FIFO depending on the free space, and returns the number of
  * bytes copied.
  */
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ static inline unsigned int kfifo_put(struct kfifo *fifo,
  * @buffer: where the data must be copied.
  * @len: the size of the destination buffer.
  *
- * This function copies at most 'len' bytes from the FIFO into the
- * 'buffer' and returns the number of copied bytes.
+ * This function copies at most @len bytes from the FIFO into the
+ * @buffer and returns the number of copied bytes.
  */
 static inline unsigned int kfifo_get(struct kfifo *fifo,
                                      unsigned char *buffer, unsigned int len)
diff --git a/include/linux/ktime.h b/include/linux/ktime.h
index 611f17f79eef..7444a6326231 100644
--- a/include/linux/ktime.h
+++ b/include/linux/ktime.h
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ static inline ktime_t ktime_sub(const ktime_t lhs, const ktime_t rhs)
  * @add1:       addend1
  * @add2:       addend2
  *
- * Returns the sum of addend1 and addend2
+ * Returns the sum of @add1 and @add2.
  */
 static inline ktime_t ktime_add(const ktime_t add1, const ktime_t add2)
 {
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ static inline ktime_t ktime_add(const ktime_t add1, const ktime_t add2)
  * @kt:         addend
  * @nsec:       the scalar nsec value to add
  *
- * Returns the sum of kt and nsec in ktime_t format
+ * Returns the sum of @kt and @nsec in ktime_t format
  */
 extern ktime_t ktime_add_ns(const ktime_t kt, u64 nsec);
 
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ static inline struct timeval ktime_to_timeval(const ktime_t kt)
  * ktime_to_ns - convert a ktime_t variable to scalar nanoseconds
  * @kt:         the ktime_t variable to convert
  *
- * Returns the scalar nanoseconds representation of kt
+ * Returns the scalar nanoseconds representation of @kt
  */
 static inline s64 ktime_to_ns(const ktime_t kt)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/list.h b/include/linux/list.h
index cdc96559e5ae..f9d71eab05ee 100644
--- a/include/linux/list.h
+++ b/include/linux/list.h
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ static inline void __list_del(struct list_head * prev, struct list_head * next)
 /**
  * list_del - deletes entry from list.
  * @entry: the element to delete from the list.
- * Note: list_empty on entry does not return true after this, the entry is
+ * Note: list_empty() on entry does not return true after this, the entry is
  * in an undefined state.
  */
 #ifndef CONFIG_DEBUG_LIST
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ extern void list_del(struct list_head *entry);
  * list_del_rcu - deletes entry from list without re-initialization
  * @entry: the element to delete from the list.
  *
- * Note: list_empty on entry does not return true after this,
+ * Note: list_empty() on entry does not return true after this,
  * the entry is in an undefined state. It is useful for RCU based
  * lockfree traversal.
  *
@@ -209,7 +209,8 @@ static inline void list_del_rcu(struct list_head *entry)
  * list_replace - replace old entry by new one
  * @old : the element to be replaced
  * @new : the new element to insert
- * Note: if 'old' was empty, it will be overwritten.
+ *
+ * If @old was empty, it will be overwritten.
  */
 static inline void list_replace(struct list_head *old,
                                 struct list_head *new)
@@ -488,12 +489,12 @@ static inline void list_splice_init_rcu(struct list_head *list,
              pos = list_entry(pos->member.prev, typeof(*pos), member))
 
 /**
- * list_prepare_entry - prepare a pos entry for use in list_for_each_entry_continue
+ * list_prepare_entry - prepare a pos entry for use in list_for_each_entry_continue()
  * @pos:        the type * to use as a start point
  * @head:       the head of the list
  * @member:     the name of the list_struct within the struct.
  *
- * Prepares a pos entry for use as a start point in list_for_each_entry_continue.
+ * Prepares a pos entry for use as a start point in list_for_each_entry_continue().
  */
 #define list_prepare_entry(pos, head, member) \
         ((pos) ? : list_entry(head, typeof(*pos), member))