44 files changed, 206 insertions, 110 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/Kconfig b/kernel/irq/Kconfig
index a69c333f78e4..c574f9a12c48 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/irq/Kconfig
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ menu "IRQ subsystem"
 config GENERIC_HARDIRQS
        def_bool y
 
-config GENERIC_HARDIRQS_NO_COMPAT
-       bool
-
 # Options selectable by the architecture code
 
 # Make sparse irq Kconfig switch below available
diff --git a/kernel/irq/chip.c b/kernel/irq/chip.c
index 616ec1c6b06f..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
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ void handle_edge_eoi_irq(unsigned int irq, struct irq_desc *desc)
         } while ((desc->istate & IRQS_PENDING) &&
                  !irqd_irq_disabled(&desc->irq_data));
 
-out_unlock:
+out_eoi:
         chip->irq_eoi(&desc->irq_data);
         raw_spin_unlock(&desc->lock);
 }
diff --git a/kernel/irq/manage.c b/kernel/irq/manage.c
index 12a80fdae11c..07c1611f3899 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/manage.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/manage.c
@@ -1051,6 +1051,7 @@ __setup_irq(unsigned int irq, struct irq_desc *desc, struct irqaction *new)
         register_irq_proc(irq, desc);
         new->dir = NULL;
         register_handler_proc(irq, new);
+        free_cpumask_var(mask);
 
         return 0;
 
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..55936f9cb251 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);
 
 }
@@ -1099,7 +1099,8 @@ size_t crash_get_memory_size(void)
         return size;
 }
 
-static void free_reserved_phys_range(unsigned long begin, unsigned long end)
+void __weak crash_free_reserved_phys_range(unsigned long begin,
+                                           unsigned long end)
 {
         unsigned long addr;
 
@@ -1135,7 +1136,7 @@ int crash_shrink_memory(unsigned long new_size)
         start = roundup(start, PAGE_SIZE);
         end = roundup(start + new_size, PAGE_SIZE);
 
-        free_reserved_phys_range(end, crashk_res.end);
+        crash_free_reserved_phys_range(end, crashk_res.end);
 
         if ((start == end) && (crashk_res.parent != NULL))
                 release_resource(&crashk_res);
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/perf_event.c b/kernel/perf_event.c
index c75925c4d1e2..27960f114efd 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ static struct srcu_struct pmus_srcu;
  */
 int sysctl_perf_event_paranoid __read_mostly = 1;
 
-/* Minimum for 128 pages + 1 for the user control page */
-int sysctl_perf_event_mlock __read_mostly = 516; /* 'free' kb per user */
+/* Minimum for 512 kiB + 1 user control page */
+int sysctl_perf_event_mlock __read_mostly = 512 + (PAGE_SIZE / 1024); /* 'free' kiB per user */
 
 /*
  * max perf event sample rate
@@ -6531,6 +6531,11 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open,
                 goto err_alloc;
         }
 
+        if (task) {
+                put_task_struct(task);
+                task = NULL;
+        }
+
         /*
          * Look up the group leader (we will attach this event to it):
          */
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..48013633d792 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);
@@ -5011,6 +5011,17 @@ recheck:
                 return -EINVAL;
         }
 
+        /*
+         * If not changing anything there's no need to proceed further:
+         */
+        if (unlikely(policy == p->policy && (!rt_policy(policy) ||
+                        param->sched_priority == p->rt_priority))) {
+
+                __task_rq_unlock(rq);
+                raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&p->pi_lock, flags);
+                return 0;
+        }
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED
         if (user) {
                 /*
@@ -5705,7 +5716,7 @@ 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))
@@ -6320,6 +6331,9 @@ migration_call(struct notifier_block *nfb, unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
                 break;
 #endif
         }
+
+        update_max_interval();
+
         return NOTIFY_OK;
 }
 
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..7f00772e57c9 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched_fair.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/latencytop.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/cpumask.h>
 
 /*
  * Targeted preemption latency for CPU-bound tasks:
@@ -3061,7 +3062,7 @@ 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
          */
@@ -3819,6 +3820,17 @@ void select_nohz_load_balancer(int stop_tick)
 
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(balancing);
 
+static unsigned long __read_mostly max_load_balance_interval = HZ/10;
+
+/*
+ * Scale the max load_balance interval with the number of CPUs in the system.
+ * This trades load-balance latency on larger machines for less cross talk.
+ */
+static void update_max_interval(void)
+{
+        max_load_balance_interval = HZ*num_online_cpus()/10;
+}
+
 /*
  * It checks each scheduling domain to see if it is due to be balanced,
  * and initiates a balancing operation if so.
@@ -3848,10 +3860,7 @@ static void rebalance_domains(int cpu, enum cpu_idle_type idle)
 
                 /* scale ms to jiffies */
                 interval = msecs_to_jiffies(interval);
-                if (unlikely(!interval))
-                        interval = 1;
-                if (interval > HZ*NR_CPUS/10)
-                        interval = HZ*NR_CPUS/10;
+                interval = clamp(interval, 1UL, max_load_balance_interval);
 
                 need_serialize = sd->flags & SD_SERIALIZE;
 
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..7165af5f1b11 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ static inline void print_dropped_signal(int sig)
 /*
  * allocate a new signal queue record
  * - this may be called without locks if and only if t == current, otherwise an
- *   appopriate lock must be held to stop the target task from exiting
+ *   appropriate lock must be held to stop the target task from exiting
  */
 static struct sigqueue *
 __sigqueue_alloc(int sig, struct task_struct *t, gfp_t flags, int override_rlimit)
@@ -375,15 +375,15 @@ int unhandled_signal(struct task_struct *tsk, int sig)
         return !tracehook_consider_fatal_signal(tsk, sig);
 }
 
-
-/* Notify the system that a driver wants to block all signals for this
+/*
+ * Notify the system that a driver wants to block all signals for this
  * process, and wants to be notified if any signals at all were to be
  * sent/acted upon.  If the notifier routine returns non-zero, then the
  * signal will be acted upon after all.  If the notifier routine returns 0,
  * then then signal will be blocked.  Only one block per process is
  * allowed.  priv is a pointer to private data that the notifier routine
- * can use to determine if the signal should be blocked or not.  */
-
+ * can use to determine if the signal should be blocked or not.
+ */
 void
 block_all_signals(int (*notifier)(void *priv), void *priv, sigset_t *mask)
 {
@@ -434,9 +434,10 @@ still_pending:
                 copy_siginfo(info, &first->info);
                 __sigqueue_free(first);
         } else {
-                /* Ok, it wasn't in the queue.  This must be
-                   a fast-pathed signal or we must have been
-                   out of queue space.  So zero out the info.
+                /*
+                 * Ok, it wasn't in the queue.  This must be
+                 * a fast-pathed signal or we must have been
+                 * out of queue space.  So zero out the info.
                  */
                 info->si_signo = sig;
                 info->si_errno = 0;
@@ -468,7 +469,7 @@ static int __dequeue_signal(struct sigpending *pending, sigset_t *mask,
 }
 
 /*
- * Dequeue a signal and return the element to the caller, which is 
+ * Dequeue a signal and return the element to the caller, which is
  * expected to free it.
  *
  * All callers have to hold the siglock.
@@ -490,7 +491,7 @@ int dequeue_signal(struct task_struct *tsk, sigset_t *mask, siginfo_t *info)
                  * itimers are process shared and we restart periodic
                  * itimers in the signal delivery path to prevent DoS
                  * attacks in the high resolution timer case. This is
-                 * compliant with the old way of self restarting
+                 * compliant with the old way of self-restarting
                  * itimers, as the SIGALRM is a legacy signal and only
                  * queued once. Changing the restart behaviour to
                  * restart the timer in the signal dequeue path is
@@ -923,14 +924,15 @@ static int __send_signal(int sig, struct siginfo *info, struct task_struct *t,
         if (info == SEND_SIG_FORCED)
                 goto out_set;
 
-        /* Real-time signals must be queued if sent by sigqueue, or
-           some other real-time mechanism.  It is implementation
-           defined whether kill() does so.  We attempt to do so, on
-           the principle of least surprise, but since kill is not
-           allowed to fail with EAGAIN when low on memory we just
-           make sure at least one signal gets delivered and don't
-           pass on the info struct.  */
-
+        /*
+         * Real-time signals must be queued if sent by sigqueue, or
+         * some other real-time mechanism.  It is implementation
+         * defined whether kill() does so.  We attempt to do so, on
+         * the principle of least surprise, but since kill is not
+         * allowed to fail with EAGAIN when low on memory we just
+         * make sure at least one signal gets delivered and don't
+         * pass on the info struct.
+         */
         if (sig < SIGRTMIN)
                 override_rlimit = (is_si_special(info) || info->si_code >= 0);
         else
@@ -1201,8 +1203,7 @@ retry:
         return error;
 }
 
-int
-kill_proc_info(int sig, struct siginfo *info, pid_t pid)
+int kill_proc_info(int sig, struct siginfo *info, pid_t pid)
 {
         int error;
         rcu_read_lock();
@@ -1299,8 +1300,7 @@ static int kill_something_info(int sig, struct siginfo *info, pid_t pid)
  * These are for backward compatibility with the rest of the kernel source.
  */
 
-int
-send_sig_info(int sig, struct siginfo *info, struct task_struct *p)
+int send_sig_info(int sig, struct siginfo *info, struct task_struct *p)
 {
         /*
          * Make sure legacy kernel users don't send in bad values
@@ -1368,7 +1368,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kill_pid);
  * These functions support sending signals using preallocated sigqueue
  * structures.  This is needed "because realtime applications cannot
  * afford to lose notifications of asynchronous events, like timer
- * expirations or I/O completions".  In the case of Posix Timers
+ * expirations or I/O completions".  In the case of POSIX Timers
  * we allocate the sigqueue structure from the timer_create.  If this
  * allocation fails we are able to report the failure to the application
  * with an EAGAIN error.
@@ -1553,7 +1553,7 @@ static void do_notify_parent_cldstop(struct task_struct *tsk, int why)
         info.si_signo = SIGCHLD;
         info.si_errno = 0;
         /*
-         * see comment in do_notify_parent() abot the following 3 lines
+         * see comment in do_notify_parent() about the following 4 lines
          */
         rcu_read_lock();
         info.si_pid = task_pid_nr_ns(tsk, parent->nsproxy->pid_ns);
@@ -1611,7 +1611,7 @@ static inline int may_ptrace_stop(void)
 }
 
 /*
- * Return nonzero if there is a SIGKILL that should be waking us up.
+ * Return non-zero if there is a SIGKILL that should be waking us up.
  * Called with the siglock held.
  */
 static int sigkill_pending(struct task_struct *tsk)
@@ -1735,7 +1735,7 @@ void ptrace_notify(int exit_code)
 /*
  * This performs the stopping for SIGSTOP and other stop signals.
  * We have to stop all threads in the thread group.
- * Returns nonzero if we've actually stopped and released the siglock.
+ * Returns non-zero if we've actually stopped and released the siglock.
  * Returns zero if we didn't stop and still hold the siglock.
  */
 static int do_signal_stop(int signr)
@@ -1823,10 +1823,12 @@ static int ptrace_signal(int signr, siginfo_t *info,
 
         current->exit_code = 0;
 
-        /* Update the siginfo structure if the signal has
-           changed.  If the debugger wanted something
-           specific in the siginfo structure then it should
-           have updated *info via PTRACE_SETSIGINFO.  */
+        /*
+         * Update the siginfo structure if the signal has
+         * changed.  If the debugger wanted something
+         * specific in the siginfo structure then it should
+         * have updated *info via PTRACE_SETSIGINFO.
+         */
         if (signr != info->si_signo) {
                 info->si_signo = signr;
                 info->si_errno = 0;
@@ -1885,7 +1887,7 @@ 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.
                  */
@@ -2034,7 +2036,8 @@ void exit_signals(struct task_struct *tsk)
         if (!signal_pending(tsk))
                 goto out;
 
-        /* It could be that __group_complete_signal() choose us to
+        /*
+         * It could be that __group_complete_signal() choose us to
          * notify about group-wide signal. Another thread should be
          * woken now to take the signal since we will not.
          */
@@ -2072,6 +2075,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(unblock_all_signals);
  * System call entry points.
  */
 
+/**
+ *  sys_restart_syscall - restart a system call
+ */
 SYSCALL_DEFINE0(restart_syscall)
 {
         struct restart_block *restart = &current_thread_info()->restart_block;
@@ -2125,6 +2131,13 @@ int sigprocmask(int how, sigset_t *set, sigset_t *oldset)
         return error;
 }
 
+/**
+ *  sys_rt_sigprocmask - change the list of currently blocked signals
+ *  @how: whether to add, remove, or set signals
+ *  @set: stores pending signals
+ *  @oset: previous value of signal mask if non-null
+ *  @sigsetsize: size of sigset_t type
+ */
 SYSCALL_DEFINE4(rt_sigprocmask, int, how, sigset_t __user *, set,
                 sigset_t __user *, oset, size_t, sigsetsize)
 {
@@ -2183,8 +2196,14 @@ long do_sigpending(void __user *set, unsigned long sigsetsize)
 
 out:
         return error;
-}       
+}
 
+/**
+ *  sys_rt_sigpending - examine a pending signal that has been raised
+ *                      while blocked
+ *  @set: stores pending signals
+ *  @sigsetsize: size of sigset_t type or larger
+ */
 SYSCALL_DEFINE2(rt_sigpending, sigset_t __user *, set, size_t, sigsetsize)
 {
         return do_sigpending(set, sigsetsize);
@@ -2233,9 +2252,9 @@ int copy_siginfo_to_user(siginfo_t __user *to, siginfo_t *from)
                 err |= __put_user(from->si_trapno, &to->si_trapno);
 #endif
 #ifdef BUS_MCEERR_AO
-                /* 
+                /*
                  * Other callers might not initialize the si_lsb field,
-                 * so check explicitely for the right codes here.
+                 * so check explicitly for the right codes here.
                  */
                 if (from->si_code == BUS_MCEERR_AR || from->si_code == BUS_MCEERR_AO)
                         err |= __put_user(from->si_addr_lsb, &to->si_addr_lsb);
@@ -2264,6 +2283,14 @@ int copy_siginfo_to_user(siginfo_t __user *to, siginfo_t *from)
 
 #endif
 
+/**
+ *  sys_rt_sigtimedwait - synchronously wait for queued signals specified
+ *                      in @uthese
+ *  @uthese: queued signals to wait for
+ *  @uinfo: if non-null, the signal's siginfo is returned here
+ *  @uts: upper bound on process time suspension
+ *  @sigsetsize: size of sigset_t type
+ */
 SYSCALL_DEFINE4(rt_sigtimedwait, const sigset_t __user *, uthese,
                 siginfo_t __user *, uinfo, const struct timespec __user *, uts,
                 size_t, sigsetsize)
@@ -2280,7 +2307,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(rt_sigtimedwait, const sigset_t __user *, uthese,
 
         if (copy_from_user(&these, uthese, sizeof(these)))
                 return -EFAULT;
-                
+
         /*
          * Invert the set of allowed signals to get those we
          * want to block.
@@ -2305,9 +2332,11 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(rt_sigtimedwait, const sigset_t __user *, uthese,
                                    + (ts.tv_sec || ts.tv_nsec));
 
                 if (timeout) {
-                        /* None ready -- temporarily unblock those we're
+                        /*
+                         * None ready -- temporarily unblock those we're
                          * interested while we are sleeping in so that we'll
-                         * be awakened when they arrive.  */
+                         * be awakened when they arrive.
+                         */
                         current->real_blocked = current->blocked;
                         sigandsets(&current->blocked, &current->blocked, &these);
                         recalc_sigpending();
@@ -2339,6 +2368,11 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(rt_sigtimedwait, const sigset_t __user *, uthese,
         return ret;
 }
 
+/**
+ *  sys_kill - send a signal to a process
+ *  @pid: the PID of the process
+ *  @sig: signal to be sent
+ */
 SYSCALL_DEFINE2(kill, pid_t, pid, int, sig)
 {
         struct siginfo info;
@@ -2414,7 +2448,11 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(tgkill, pid_t, tgid, pid_t, pid, int, sig)
         return do_tkill(tgid, pid, sig);
 }
 
-/*
+/**
+ *  sys_tkill - send signal to one specific task
+ *  @pid: the PID of the task
+ *  @sig: signal to be sent
+ *
  *  Send a signal to only one task, even if it's a CLONE_THREAD task.
  */
 SYSCALL_DEFINE2(tkill, pid_t, pid, int, sig)
@@ -2426,6 +2464,12 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(tkill, pid_t, pid, int, sig)
         return do_tkill(0, pid, sig);
 }
 
+/**
+ *  sys_rt_sigqueueinfo - send signal information to a signal
+ *  @pid: the PID of the thread
+ *  @sig: signal to be sent
+ *  @uinfo: signal info to be sent
+ */
 SYSCALL_DEFINE3(rt_sigqueueinfo, pid_t, pid, int, sig,
                 siginfo_t __user *, uinfo)
 {
@@ -2553,12 +2597,11 @@ do_sigaltstack (const stack_t __user *uss, stack_t __user *uoss, unsigned long s
 
                 error = -EINVAL;
                 /*
-                 *
-                 * Note - this code used to test ss_flags incorrectly
+                 * Note - this code used to test ss_flags incorrectly:
                  *        old code may have been written using ss_flags==0
                  *        to mean ss_flags==SS_ONSTACK (as this was the only
                  *        way that worked) - this fix preserves that older
-                 *        mechanism
+                 *        mechanism.
                  */
                 if (ss_flags != SS_DISABLE && ss_flags != SS_ONSTACK && ss_flags != 0)
                         goto out;
@@ -2592,6 +2635,10 @@ out:
 
 #ifdef __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SIGPENDING
 
+/**
+ *  sys_sigpending - examine pending signals
+ *  @set: where mask of pending signal is returned
+ */
 SYSCALL_DEFINE1(sigpending, old_sigset_t __user *, set)
 {
         return do_sigpending(set, sizeof(*set));
@@ -2600,8 +2647,15 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(sigpending, old_sigset_t __user *, set)
 #endif
 
 #ifdef __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SIGPROCMASK
-/* Some platforms have their own version with special arguments others
-   support only sys_rt_sigprocmask.  */
+/**
+ *  sys_sigprocmask - examine and change blocked signals
+ *  @how: whether to add, remove, or set signals
+ *  @set: signals to add or remove (if non-null)
+ *  @oset: previous value of signal mask if non-null
+ *
+ * Some platforms have their own version with special arguments;
+ * others support only sys_rt_sigprocmask.
+ */
 
 SYSCALL_DEFINE3(sigprocmask, int, how, old_sigset_t __user *, set,
                 old_sigset_t __user *, oset)
@@ -2654,6 +2708,13 @@ out:
 #endif /* __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SIGPROCMASK */
 
 #ifdef __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGACTION
+/**
+ *  sys_rt_sigaction - alter an action taken by a process
+ *  @sig: signal to be sent
+ *  @act: new sigaction
+ *  @oact: used to save the previous sigaction
+ *  @sigsetsize: size of sigset_t type
+ */
 SYSCALL_DEFINE4(rt_sigaction, int, sig,
                 const struct sigaction __user *, act,
                 struct sigaction __user *, oact,
@@ -2740,6 +2801,12 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE0(pause)
 #endif
 
 #ifdef __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGSUSPEND
+/**
+ *  sys_rt_sigsuspend - replace the signal mask for a value with the
+ *      @unewset value until a signal is received
+ *  @unewset: new signal mask value
+ *  @sigsetsize: size of sigset_t type
+ */
 SYSCALL_DEFINE2(rt_sigsuspend, sigset_t __user *, unewset, size_t, sigsetsize)
 {
         sigset_t newset;
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/ntp.c b/kernel/time/ntp.c
index 5f1bb8e2008f..f6117a4c7cb8 100644
--- a/kernel/time/ntp.c
+++ b/kernel/time/ntp.c
@@ -652,6 +652,8 @@ int do_adjtimex(struct timex *txc)
                 struct timespec delta;
                 delta.tv_sec  = txc->time.tv_sec;
                 delta.tv_nsec = txc->time.tv_usec;
+                if (!capable(CAP_SYS_TIME))
+                        return -EPERM;
                 if (!(txc->modes & ADJ_NANO))
                         delta.tv_nsec *= 1000;
                 result = timekeeping_inject_offset(&delta);
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();
         }
 }