40 files changed, 55 insertions, 55 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/audit_tree.c b/kernel/audit_tree.c
index 37b2bea170c8..e99dda04b126 100644
--- a/kernel/audit_tree.c
+++ b/kernel/audit_tree.c
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ void audit_trim_trees(void)
                 spin_lock(&hash_lock);
                 list_for_each_entry(node, &tree->chunks, list) {
                         struct audit_chunk *chunk = find_chunk(node);
-                        /* this could be NULL if the watch is dieing else where... */
+                        /* this could be NULL if the watch is dying else where... */
                         struct inode *inode = chunk->mark.i.inode;
                         node->index |= 1U<<31;
                         if (iterate_mounts(compare_root, inode, root_mnt))
diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index f49a0318c2ed..b33513a08beb 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -1011,7 +1011,7 @@ static int audit_log_pid_context(struct audit_context *context, pid_t pid,
 /*
  * to_send and len_sent accounting are very loose estimates.  We aren't
  * really worried about a hard cap to MAX_EXECVE_AUDIT_LEN so much as being
- * within about 500 bytes (next page boundry)
+ * within about 500 bytes (next page boundary)
  *
  * why snprintf?  an int is up to 12 digits long.  if we just assumed when
  * logging that a[%d]= was going to be 16 characters long we would be wasting
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index e31b220a743d..25c7eb52de1a 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ struct css_id {
 };
 
 /*
- * cgroup_event represents events which userspace want to recieve.
+ * cgroup_event represents events which userspace want to receive.
  */
 struct cgroup_event {
         /*
diff --git a/kernel/cpu.c b/kernel/cpu.c
index c95fc4df0faa..12b7458f23b1 100644
--- a/kernel/cpu.c
+++ b/kernel/cpu.c
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ static void cpu_hotplug_done(void)
 #else /* #if CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */
 static void cpu_hotplug_begin(void) {}
 static void cpu_hotplug_done(void) {}
-#endif  /* #esle #if CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */
+#endif  /* #else #if CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */
 
 /* Need to know about CPUs going up/down? */
 int __ref register_cpu_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
diff --git a/kernel/debug/debug_core.c b/kernel/debug/debug_core.c
index cefd4a11f6d9..bad6786dee88 100644
--- a/kernel/debug/debug_core.c
+++ b/kernel/debug/debug_core.c
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ return_normal:
 
         /*
          * For single stepping, try to only enter on the processor
-         * that was single stepping.  To gaurd against a deadlock, the
+         * that was single stepping.  To guard against a deadlock, the
          * kernel will only try for the value of sstep_tries before
          * giving up and continuing on.
          */
diff --git a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_main.c b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_main.c
index 6bc6e3bc4f9c..be14779bcef6 100644
--- a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_main.c
+++ b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_main.c
@@ -441,9 +441,9 @@ static int kdb_check_regs(void)
  *      symbol name, and offset to the caller.
  *
  *      The argument may consist of a numeric value (decimal or
- *      hexidecimal), a symbol name, a register name (preceeded by the
+ *      hexidecimal), a symbol name, a register name (preceded by the
  *      percent sign), an environment variable with a numeric value
- *      (preceeded by a dollar sign) or a simple arithmetic expression
+ *      (preceded by a dollar sign) or a simple arithmetic expression
  *      consisting of a symbol name, +/-, and a numeric constant value
  *      (offset).
  * Parameters:
@@ -1335,7 +1335,7 @@ void kdb_print_state(const char *text, int value)
  *      error           The hardware-defined error code
  *      reason2         kdb's current reason code.
  *                      Initially error but can change
- *                      acording to kdb state.
+ *                      according to kdb state.
  *      db_result       Result code from break or debug point.
  *      regs            The exception frame at time of fault/breakpoint.
  *                      should always be valid.
diff --git a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_support.c b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_support.c
index 6b2485dcb050..5532dd37aa86 100644
--- a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_support.c
+++ b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_support.c
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ int kdb_putword(unsigned long addr, unsigned long word, size_t size)
  *      Mask for process state.
  * Notes:
  *      The mask folds data from several sources into a single long value, so
- *      be carefull not to overlap the bits.  TASK_* bits are in the LSB,
+ *      be careful not to overlap the bits.  TASK_* bits are in the LSB,
  *      special cases like UNRUNNABLE are in the MSB.  As of 2.6.10-rc1 there
  *      is no overlap between TASK_* and EXIT_* but that may not always be
  *      true, so EXIT_* bits are shifted left 16 bits before being stored in
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 6a488ad2dce5..f5d2f63bae0b 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ static void exit_notify(struct task_struct *tsk, int group_dead)
         /* Let father know we died
          *
          * Thread signals are configurable, but you aren't going to use
-         * that to send signals to arbitary processes.
+         * that to send signals to arbitrary processes.
          * That stops right now.
          *
          * If the parent exec id doesn't match the exec id we saved
diff --git a/kernel/irq/chip.c b/kernel/irq/chip.c
index 1dafc8652bd8..4af1e2b244cb 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/chip.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/chip.c
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ out:
  *      @desc:  the interrupt description structure for this irq
  *
  *      Interrupt occures on the falling and/or rising edge of a hardware
- *      signal. The occurence is latched into the irq controller hardware
+ *      signal. The occurrence is latched into the irq controller hardware
  *      and must be acked in order to be reenabled. After the ack another
  *      interrupt can happen on the same source even before the first one
  *      is handled by the associated event handler. If this happens it
diff --git a/kernel/irq/migration.c b/kernel/irq/migration.c
index bc6194698dfd..47420908fba0 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/migration.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/migration.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ void irq_move_masked_irq(struct irq_data *idata)
          * do the disable, re-program, enable sequence.
          * This is *not* particularly important for level triggered
          * but in a edge trigger case, we might be setting rte
-         * when an active trigger is comming in. This could
+         * when an active trigger is coming in. This could
          * cause some ioapics to mal-function.
          * Being paranoid i guess!
          *
diff --git a/kernel/kexec.c b/kernel/kexec.c
index ec19b92c7ebd..e7e3d9788dc3 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec.c
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ static int do_kimage_alloc(struct kimage **rimage, unsigned long entry,
         /* Initialize the list of destination pages */
         INIT_LIST_HEAD(&image->dest_pages);
 
-        /* Initialize the list of unuseable pages */
+        /* Initialize the list of unusable pages */
         INIT_LIST_HEAD(&image->unuseable_pages);
 
         /* Read in the segments */
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ static struct page *kimage_alloc_normal_control_pages(struct kimage *image,
         /* Deal with the destination pages I have inadvertently allocated.
          *
          * Ideally I would convert multi-page allocations into single
-         * page allocations, and add everyting to image->dest_pages.
+         * page allocations, and add everything to image->dest_pages.
          *
          * For now it is simpler to just free the pages.
          */
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ static void kimage_free_extra_pages(struct kimage *image)
         /* Walk through and free any extra destination pages I may have */
         kimage_free_page_list(&image->dest_pages);
 
-        /* Walk through and free any unuseable pages I have cached */
+        /* Walk through and free any unusable pages I have cached */
         kimage_free_page_list(&image->unuseable_pages);
 
 }
diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index 684ab3f7dd72..3b34d2732bce 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ static void create_kthread(struct kthread_create_info *create)
  * in @node, to get NUMA affinity for kthread stack, or else give -1.
  * When woken, the thread will run @threadfn() with @data as its
  * argument. @threadfn() can either call do_exit() directly if it is a
- * standalone thread for which noone will call kthread_stop(), or
+ * standalone thread for which no one will call kthread_stop(), or
  * return when 'kthread_should_stop()' is true (which means
  * kthread_stop() has been called).  The return value should be zero
  * or a negative error number; it will be passed to kthread_stop().
diff --git a/kernel/latencytop.c b/kernel/latencytop.c
index ee74b35e528d..376066e10413 100644
--- a/kernel/latencytop.c
+++ b/kernel/latencytop.c
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ static inline void store_stacktrace(struct task_struct *tsk,
 }
 
 /**
- * __account_scheduler_latency - record an occured latency
+ * __account_scheduler_latency - record an occurred latency
  * @tsk - the task struct of the task hitting the latency
  * @usecs - the duration of the latency in microseconds
  * @inter - 1 if the sleep was interruptible, 0 if uninterruptible
diff --git a/kernel/lockdep.c b/kernel/lockdep.c
index 0d2058da80f5..53a68956f131 100644
--- a/kernel/lockdep.c
+++ b/kernel/lockdep.c
@@ -2309,7 +2309,7 @@ void trace_hardirqs_on_caller(unsigned long ip)
         if (unlikely(curr->hardirqs_enabled)) {
                 /*
                  * Neither irq nor preemption are disabled here
-                 * so this is racy by nature but loosing one hit
+                 * so this is racy by nature but losing one hit
                  * in a stat is not a big deal.
                  */
                 __debug_atomic_inc(redundant_hardirqs_on);
@@ -2620,7 +2620,7 @@ static int mark_lock(struct task_struct *curr, struct held_lock *this,
         if (!graph_lock())
                 return 0;
         /*
-         * Make sure we didnt race:
+         * Make sure we didn't race:
          */
         if (unlikely(hlock_class(this)->usage_mask & new_mask)) {
                 graph_unlock();
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 1f9f7bc56ca1..d5938a5c19c4 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(delete_module, const char __user *, name_user,
                 wait_for_zero_refcount(mod);
 
         mutex_unlock(&module_mutex);
-        /* Final destruction now noone is using it. */
+        /* Final destruction now no one is using it. */
         if (mod->exit != NULL)
                 mod->exit();
         blocking_notifier_call_chain(&module_notify_list,
@@ -2777,7 +2777,7 @@ static struct module *load_module(void __user *umod,
         mod->state = MODULE_STATE_COMING;
 
         /* Now sew it into the lists so we can get lockdep and oops
-         * info during argument parsing.  Noone should access us, since
+         * info during argument parsing.  No one should access us, since
          * strong_try_module_get() will fail.
          * lockdep/oops can run asynchronous, so use the RCU list insertion
          * function to insert in a way safe to concurrent readers.
@@ -2971,7 +2971,7 @@ static const char *get_ksymbol(struct module *mod,
         else
                 nextval = (unsigned long)mod->module_core+mod->core_text_size;
 
-        /* Scan for closest preceeding symbol, and next symbol. (ELF
+        /* Scan for closest preceding symbol, and next symbol. (ELF
            starts real symbols at 1). */
         for (i = 1; i < mod->num_symtab; i++) {
                 if (mod->symtab[i].st_shndx == SHN_UNDEF)
diff --git a/kernel/mutex.c b/kernel/mutex.c
index a5889fb28ecf..c4195fa98900 100644
--- a/kernel/mutex.c
+++ b/kernel/mutex.c
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ __mutex_lock_common(struct mutex *lock, long state, unsigned int subclass,
                 }
                 __set_task_state(task, state);
 
-                /* didnt get the lock, go to sleep: */
+                /* didn't get the lock, go to sleep: */
                 spin_unlock_mutex(&lock->wait_lock, flags);
                 preempt_enable_no_resched();
                 schedule();
diff --git a/kernel/padata.c b/kernel/padata.c
index 751019415d23..b91941df5e63 100644
--- a/kernel/padata.c
+++ b/kernel/padata.c
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ static void padata_reorder(struct parallel_data *pd)
                 /*
                  * This cpu has to do the parallel processing of the next
                  * object. It's waiting in the cpu's parallelization queue,
-                 * so exit imediately.
+                 * so exit immediately.
                  */
                 if (PTR_ERR(padata) == -ENODATA) {
                         del_timer(&pd->timer);
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ static void padata_reorder(struct parallel_data *pd)
         /*
          * The next object that needs serialization might have arrived to
          * the reorder queues in the meantime, we will be called again
-         * from the timer function if noone else cares for it.
+         * from the timer function if no one else cares for it.
          */
         if (atomic_read(&pd->reorder_objects)
                         && !(pinst->flags & PADATA_RESET))
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ static void __padata_stop(struct padata_instance *pinst)
         put_online_cpus();
 }
 
-/* Replace the internal control stucture with a new one. */
+/* Replace the internal control structure with a new one. */
 static void padata_replace(struct padata_instance *pinst,
                            struct parallel_data *pd_new)
 {
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ static int __padata_remove_cpu(struct padata_instance *pinst, int cpu)
 }
 
  /**
- * padata_remove_cpu - remove a cpu from the one or both(serial and paralell)
+ * padata_remove_cpu - remove a cpu from the one or both(serial and parallel)
  *                     padata cpumasks.
  *
  * @pinst: padata instance
diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
index 0da1411222b9..7ab388a48a2e 100644
--- a/kernel/params.c
+++ b/kernel/params.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ static int parse_one(char *param,
         /* Find parameter */
         for (i = 0; i < num_params; i++) {
                 if (parameq(param, params[i].name)) {
-                        /* Noone handled NULL, so do it here. */
+                        /* No one handled NULL, so do it here. */
                         if (!val && params[i].ops->set != param_set_bool)
                                 return -EINVAL;
                         DEBUGP("They are equal!  Calling %p\n",
diff --git a/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c b/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
index 67fea9d25d55..0791b13df7bf 100644
--- a/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
@@ -1347,7 +1347,7 @@ void run_posix_cpu_timers(struct task_struct *tsk)
 
         /*
          * Now that all the timers on our list have the firing flag,
-         * noone will touch their list entries but us.  We'll take
+         * no one will touch their list entries but us.  We'll take
          * each timer's lock before clearing its firing flag, so no
          * timer call will interfere.
          */
diff --git a/kernel/posix-timers.c b/kernel/posix-timers.c
index 4c0124919f9a..e5498d7405c3 100644
--- a/kernel/posix-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/posix-timers.c
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ static void schedule_next_timer(struct k_itimer *timr)
  * restarted (i.e. we have flagged this in the sys_private entry of the
  * info block).
  *
- * To protect aginst the timer going away while the interrupt is queued,
+ * To protect against the timer going away while the interrupt is queued,
  * we require that the it_requeue_pending flag be set.
  */
 void do_schedule_next_timer(struct siginfo *info)
diff --git a/kernel/power/main.c b/kernel/power/main.c
index 8eaba5f27b10..de9aef8742f4 100644
--- a/kernel/power/main.c
+++ b/kernel/power/main.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ power_attr(state);
  * writing to 'state'.  It first should read from 'wakeup_count' and store
  * the read value.  Then, after carrying out its own preparations for the system
  * transition to a sleep state, it should write the stored value to
- * 'wakeup_count'.  If that fails, at least one wakeup event has occured since
+ * 'wakeup_count'.  If that fails, at least one wakeup event has occurred since
  * 'wakeup_count' was read and 'state' should not be written to.  Otherwise, it
  * is allowed to write to 'state', but the transition will be aborted if there
  * are any wakeup events detected after 'wakeup_count' was written to.
diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index f592ce6f8616..865b433fac5b 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -2309,7 +2309,7 @@ unsigned long wait_task_inactive(struct task_struct *p, long match_state)
  * Cause a process which is running on another CPU to enter
  * kernel-mode, without any delay. (to get signals handled.)
  *
- * NOTE: this function doesnt have to take the runqueue lock,
+ * NOTE: this function doesn't have to take the runqueue lock,
  * because all it wants to ensure is that the remote task enters
  * the kernel. If the IPI races and the task has been migrated
  * to another CPU then no harm is done and the purpose has been
@@ -4997,7 +4997,7 @@ recheck:
          */
         raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&p->pi_lock, flags);
         /*
-         * To be able to change p->policy safely, the apropriate
+         * To be able to change p->policy safely, the appropriate
          * runqueue lock must be held.
          */
         rq = __task_rq_lock(p);
@@ -5705,7 +5705,7 @@ void show_state_filter(unsigned long state_filter)
         do_each_thread(g, p) {
                 /*
                  * reset the NMI-timeout, listing all files on a slow
-                 * console might take alot of time:
+                 * console might take a lot of time:
                  */
                 touch_nmi_watchdog();
                 if (!state_filter || (p->state & state_filter))
diff --git a/kernel/sched_autogroup.c b/kernel/sched_autogroup.c
index 5946ac515602..429242f3c484 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_autogroup.c
+++ b/kernel/sched_autogroup.c
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ void sched_autogroup_create_attach(struct task_struct *p)
         struct autogroup *ag = autogroup_create();
 
         autogroup_move_group(p, ag);
-        /* drop extra refrence added by autogroup_create() */
+        /* drop extra reference added by autogroup_create() */
         autogroup_kref_put(ag);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sched_autogroup_create_attach);
diff --git a/kernel/sched_fair.c b/kernel/sched_fair.c
index 3f7ec9e27ee1..3cb7f07887a1 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched_fair.c
@@ -3061,7 +3061,7 @@ static inline void calculate_imbalance(struct sd_lb_stats *sds, int this_cpu,
 
         /*
          * if *imbalance is less than the average load per runnable task
-         * there is no gaurantee that any tasks will be moved so we'll have
+         * there is no guarantee that any tasks will be moved so we'll have
          * a think about bumping its value to force at least one task to be
          * moved
          */
diff --git a/kernel/sched_rt.c b/kernel/sched_rt.c
index db308cb08b75..e7cebdc65f82 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_rt.c
+++ b/kernel/sched_rt.c
@@ -1378,7 +1378,7 @@ retry:
                 task = pick_next_pushable_task(rq);
                 if (task_cpu(next_task) == rq->cpu && task == next_task) {
                         /*
-                         * If we get here, the task hasnt moved at all, but
+                         * If we get here, the task hasn't moved at all, but
                          * it has failed to push.  We will not try again,
                          * since the other cpus will pull from us when they
                          * are ready.
@@ -1488,7 +1488,7 @@ static int pull_rt_task(struct rq *this_rq)
                         /*
                          * We continue with the search, just in
                          * case there's an even higher prio task
-                         * in another runqueue. (low likelyhood
+                         * in another runqueue. (low likelihood
                          * but possible)
                          */
                 }
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 1186cf7fac77..f486d10f3b8e 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -1885,7 +1885,7 @@ relock:
         for (;;) {
                 struct k_sigaction *ka;
                 /*
-                 * Tracing can induce an artifical signal and choose sigaction.
+                 * Tracing can induce an artificial signal and choose sigaction.
                  * The return value in @signr determines the default action,
                  * but @info->si_signo is the signal number we will report.
                  */
diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
index 735d87095172..174f976c2874 100644
--- a/kernel/softirq.c
+++ b/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ static void __tasklet_hrtimer_trampoline(unsigned long data)
 /**
  * tasklet_hrtimer_init - Init a tasklet/hrtimer combo for softirq callbacks
  * @ttimer:      tasklet_hrtimer which is initialized
- * @function:    hrtimer callback funtion which gets called from softirq context
+ * @function:    hrtimer callback function which gets called from softirq context
  * @which_clock: clock id (CLOCK_MONOTONIC/CLOCK_REALTIME)
  * @mode:        hrtimer mode (HRTIMER_MODE_ABS/HRTIMER_MODE_REL)
  */
diff --git a/kernel/time/jiffies.c b/kernel/time/jiffies.c
index b2fa506667c0..a470154e0408 100644
--- a/kernel/time/jiffies.c
+++ b/kernel/time/jiffies.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
  * inaccuracies caused by missed or lost timer
  * interrupts and the inability for the timer
  * interrupt hardware to accuratly tick at the
- * requested HZ value. It is also not reccomended
+ * requested HZ value. It is also not recommended
  * for "tick-less" systems.
  */
 #define NSEC_PER_JIFFY  ((u32)((((u64)NSEC_PER_SEC)<<8)/ACTHZ))
diff --git a/kernel/time/timer_stats.c b/kernel/time/timer_stats.c
index 2f3b585b8d7d..a5d0a3a85dd8 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer_stats.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer_stats.c
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ void timer_stats_update_stats(void *timer, pid_t pid, void *startf,
                               unsigned int timer_flag)
 {
         /*
-         * It doesnt matter which lock we take:
+         * It doesn't matter which lock we take:
          */
         raw_spinlock_t *lock;
         struct entry *entry, input;
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index c075f4ea6b94..ee24fa1935ac 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -1268,7 +1268,7 @@ static int ftrace_update_code(struct module *mod)
                 p->flags = 0L;
 
                 /*
-                 * Do the initial record convertion from mcount jump
+                 * Do the initial record conversion from mcount jump
                  * to the NOP instructions.
                  */
                 if (!ftrace_code_disable(mod, p)) {
@@ -3425,7 +3425,7 @@ graph_init_task(struct task_struct *t, struct ftrace_ret_stack *ret_stack)
         atomic_set(&t->tracing_graph_pause, 0);
         atomic_set(&t->trace_overrun, 0);
         t->ftrace_timestamp = 0;
-        /* make curr_ret_stack visable before we add the ret_stack */
+        /* make curr_ret_stack visible before we add the ret_stack */
         smp_wmb();
         t->ret_stack = ret_stack;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index d9c8bcafb120..0ef7b4b2a1f7 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -1478,7 +1478,7 @@ static inline unsigned long rb_page_entries(struct buffer_page *bpage)
         return local_read(&bpage->entries) & RB_WRITE_MASK;
 }
 
-/* Size is determined by what has been commited */
+/* Size is determined by what has been committed */
 static inline unsigned rb_page_size(struct buffer_page *bpage)
 {
         return rb_page_commit(bpage);
@@ -2932,7 +2932,7 @@ rb_get_reader_page(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer)
         /*
          * cpu_buffer->pages just needs to point to the buffer, it
          *  has no specific buffer page to point to. Lets move it out
-         *  of our way so we don't accidently swap it.
+         *  of our way so we don't accidentally swap it.
          */
         cpu_buffer->pages = reader->list.prev;
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 9541c27c1cf2..d38c16a06a6f 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -3239,7 +3239,7 @@ waitagain:
                 trace_seq_init(&iter->seq);
 
         /*
-         * If there was nothing to send to user, inspite of consuming trace
+         * If there was nothing to send to user, in spite of consuming trace
          * entries, go back to wait for more entries.
          */
         if (sret == -EBUSY)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_clock.c b/kernel/trace/trace_clock.c
index 685a67d55db0..6302747a1398 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_clock.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_clock.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ u64 notrace trace_clock_local(void)
 }
 
 /*
- * trace_clock(): 'inbetween' trace clock. Not completely serialized,
+ * trace_clock(): 'between' trace clock. Not completely serialized,
  * but not completely incorrect when crossing CPUs either.
  *
  * This is based on cpu_clock(), which will allow at most ~1 jiffy of
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_entries.h b/kernel/trace/trace_entries.h
index 1516cb3ec549..e32744c84d94 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_entries.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_entries.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
  *        in the structure.
  *
  *   * for structures within structures, the format of the internal
- *      structure is layed out. This allows the internal structure
+ *      structure is laid out. This allows the internal structure
  *      to be deciphered for the format file. Although these macros
  *      may become out of sync with the internal structure, they
  *      will create a compile error if it happens. Since the
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c b/kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c
index 76b05980225c..962cdb24ed81 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c
@@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ print_graph_prologue(struct trace_iterator *iter, struct trace_seq *s,
  *
  * returns 1 if
  *  - we are inside irq code
- *  - we just extered irq code
+ *  - we just entered irq code
  *
  * retunns 0 if
  *  - funcgraph-interrupts option is set
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c b/kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c
index 92b6e1e12d98..a4969b47afc1 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static struct tracer_flags tracer_flags = {
  * skip the latency if the sequence has changed - some other section
  * did a maximum and could disturb our measurement with serial console
  * printouts, etc. Truly coinciding maximum latencies should be rare
- * and what happens together happens separately as well, so this doesnt
+ * and what happens together happens separately as well, so this doesn't
  * decrease the validity of the maximum found:
  */
 static __cacheline_aligned_in_smp       unsigned long max_sequence;
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
index 8435b43b1782..35d55a386145 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
@@ -1839,7 +1839,7 @@ static void unregister_probe_event(struct trace_probe *tp)
         kfree(tp->call.print_fmt);
 }
 
-/* Make a debugfs interface for controling probe points */
+/* Make a debugfs interface for controlling probe points */
 static __init int init_kprobe_trace(void)
 {
         struct dentry *d_tracer;
diff --git a/kernel/user-return-notifier.c b/kernel/user-return-notifier.c
index eb27fd3430a2..92cb706c7fc8 100644
--- a/kernel/user-return-notifier.c
+++ b/kernel/user-return-notifier.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(user_return_notifier_register);
 
 /*
  * Removes a registered user return notifier.  Must be called from atomic
- * context, and from the same cpu registration occured in.
+ * context, and from the same cpu registration occurred in.
  */
 void user_return_notifier_unregister(struct user_return_notifier *urn)
 {
diff --git a/kernel/wait.c b/kernel/wait.c
index b0310eb6cc1e..f45ea8d2a1ce 100644
--- a/kernel/wait.c
+++ b/kernel/wait.c
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(finish_wait);
  * woken up through the queue.
  *
  * This prevents waiter starvation where an exclusive waiter
- * aborts and is woken up concurrently and noone wakes up
+ * aborts and is woken up concurrently and no one wakes up
  * the next waiter.
  */
 void abort_exclusive_wait(wait_queue_head_t *q, wait_queue_t *wait,
diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 04ef830690ec..8859a41806dd 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -1291,7 +1291,7 @@ __acquires(&gcwq->lock)
                         return true;
                 spin_unlock_irq(&gcwq->lock);
 
-                /* CPU has come up inbetween, retry migration */
+                /* CPU has come up in between, retry migration */
                 cpu_relax();
         }
 }