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-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/acpi/method-tracing.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/ras.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/blockdev/mflash.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/dev-tools/kcov.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/device-mapper/dm-raid.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/qcom-rpm.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell-armada-370-neta.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/opp/opp.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/allwinner,sunxi-pinctrl.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/pd-samsung.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/ti-abb-regulator.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/rockchip/grf.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/rockchip-i2s.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/sun4i-codec.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/sun4i-i2s.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/quota.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kselftest.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/media/dvb-drivers/ci.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/dvb-frontend-parameters.rst4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/cdc_mbim.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid_sas2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sound/hd-audio/notes.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/vm/userfaultfd.txt2
26 files changed, 33 insertions, 33 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl
index d7fcdc5a4379..0320910b866d 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl
@@ -1020,7 +1020,7 @@ and other resources, etc.
</itemizedlist>
<para>
- Of errors detected as above, the followings are not ATA/ATAPI
+ Of errors detected as above, the following are not ATA/ATAPI
device errors but ATA bus errors and should be handled
according to <xref linkend="excatATAbusErr"/>.
</para>
diff --git a/Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt b/Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt
index 5f55373dd53b..a3f598e141f2 100644
--- a/Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt
+++ b/Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Note: To get the ACPI debug object output (Store (AAAA, Debug)),
3. undo your changes
The "undo" operation is not supported for a new inserted method
right now, i.e. we can not remove a method currently.
- For an overrided method, in order to undo your changes, please
+ For an overridden method, in order to undo your changes, please
save a copy of the method original ASL code in step c) section 1,
and redo step c) ~ g) to override the method with the original one.
diff --git a/Documentation/acpi/method-tracing.txt b/Documentation/acpi/method-tracing.txt
index c2505eefc878..0aba14c8f459 100644
--- a/Documentation/acpi/method-tracing.txt
+++ b/Documentation/acpi/method-tracing.txt
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ tracing facility.
Users can enable/disable this debug tracing feature by executing
the following command:
# echo string > /sys/module/acpi/parameters/trace_state
- Where "string" should be one of the followings:
+ Where "string" should be one of the following:
"disable"
Disable the method tracing feature.
"enable"
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/ras.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/ras.rst
index d71340e86c27..4fc255ff44f7 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/ras.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/ras.rst
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ That defines some categories of errors:
still run, eventually replacing the affected hardware by a hot spare,
if available.
- Also, when an error happens on an userspace process, it is also possible to
+ Also, when an error happens on a userspace process, it is also possible to
kill such process and let userspace restart it.
The mechanism for handling non-fatal errors is usually complex and may
diff --git a/Documentation/blockdev/mflash.txt b/Documentation/blockdev/mflash.txt
index 1f610ecf698a..f7e050551487 100644
--- a/Documentation/blockdev/mflash.txt
+++ b/Documentation/blockdev/mflash.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ driver and currently works well under standard IDE subsystem. Actually it's
one chip SSD. IO mode is ATA-like custom mode for the host that doesn't have
IDE interface.
-Followings are brief descriptions about IO mode.
+Following are brief descriptions about IO mode.
A. IO mode based on ATA protocol and uses some custom command. (read confirm,
write confirm)
B. IO mode uses SRAM bus interface.
diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kcov.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kcov.rst
index 2c41b713841f..44886c91e112 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kcov.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kcov.rst
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Note that kcov does not aim to collect as much coverage as possible. It aims
to collect more or less stable coverage that is function of syscall inputs.
To achieve this goal it does not collect coverage in soft/hard interrupts
and instrumentation of some inherently non-deterministic parts of kernel is
-disbled (e.g. scheduler, locking).
+disabled (e.g. scheduler, locking).
Usage
-----
diff --git a/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-raid.txt b/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-raid.txt
index 5e3786fd9ea7..a8cf694ed98e 100644
--- a/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-raid.txt
+++ b/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-raid.txt
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ Version History
1.5.2 'mismatch_cnt' is zero unless [last_]sync_action is "check".
1.6.0 Add discard support (and devices_handle_discard_safely module param).
1.7.0 Add support for MD RAID0 mappings.
-1.8.0 Explictely check for compatible flags in the superblock metadata
+1.8.0 Explicitly check for compatible flags in the superblock metadata
and reject to start the raid set if any are set by a newer
target version, thus avoiding data corruption on a raid set
with a reshape in progress.
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/qcom-rpm.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/qcom-rpm.txt
index 485bc59fcc48..3c91ad430eea 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/qcom-rpm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/qcom-rpm.txt
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ see regulator.txt - with additional custom properties described below:
- qcom,switch-mode-frequency:
Usage: required
Value type: <u32>
- Definition: Frequency (Hz) of the swith mode power supply;
+ Definition: Frequency (Hz) of the switch mode power supply;
must be one of:
19200000, 9600000, 6400000, 4800000, 3840000, 3200000,
2740000, 2400000, 2130000, 1920000, 1750000, 1600000,
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell-armada-370-neta.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell-armada-370-neta.txt
index 7aa840c8768d..ae4234ca4ee4 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell-armada-370-neta.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell-armada-370-neta.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
* Marvell Armada 370 / Armada XP / Armada 3700 Ethernet Controller (NETA)
Required properties:
-- compatible: could be one of the followings
+- compatible: could be one of the following:
"marvell,armada-370-neta"
"marvell,armada-xp-neta"
"marvell,armada-3700-neta"
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/opp/opp.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/opp/opp.txt
index 9f5ca4457b5f..ecdcfb790704 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/opp/opp.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/opp/opp.txt
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ Optional properties:
larger OPP table, based on what version of the hardware we are running on. We
still can't have multiple nodes with the same opp-hz value in OPP table.
- It's an user defined array containing a hierarchy of hardware version numbers,
+ It's a user defined array containing a hierarchy of hardware version numbers,
supported by the OPP. For example: a platform with hierarchy of three levels
of versions (A, B and C), this field should be like <X Y Z>, where X
corresponds to Version hierarchy A, Y corresponds to version hierarchy B and Z
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/allwinner,sunxi-pinctrl.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/allwinner,sunxi-pinctrl.txt
index de1378b4efad..c931fb1c01a6 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/allwinner,sunxi-pinctrl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/allwinner,sunxi-pinctrl.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ the first two functions being GPIO in and out. The configuration on
the pins includes drive strength and pull-up.
Required properties:
-- compatible: Should be one of the followings (depending on you SoC):
+- compatible: Should be one of the following (depending on your SoC):
"allwinner,sun4i-a10-pinctrl"
"allwinner,sun5i-a10s-pinctrl"
"allwinner,sun5i-a13-pinctrl"
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/pd-samsung.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/pd-samsung.txt
index 4e947372a693..76df656be618 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/pd-samsung.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/pd-samsung.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Optional Properties:
- clock-names: The following clocks can be specified:
- oscclk: Oscillator clock.
- clkN: Input clocks to the devices in this power domain. These clocks
- will be reparented to oscclk before swithing power domain off.
+ will be reparented to oscclk before switching power domain off.
Their original parent will be brought back after turning on
the domain. Maximum of 4 clocks (N = 0 to 3) are supported.
- asbN: Clocks required by asynchronous bridges (ASB) present in
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/ti-abb-regulator.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/ti-abb-regulator.txt
index c3f6546ebac7..6a23ad9ac53a 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/ti-abb-regulator.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/ti-abb-regulator.txt
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Required Properties:
Optional Properties:
- reg-names: In addition to the required properties, the following are optional
- "efuse-address" - Contains efuse base address used to pick up ABB info.
- - "ldo-address" - Contains address of ABB LDO overide register address.
+ - "ldo-address" - Contains address of ABB LDO override register.
"efuse-address" is required for this.
- ti,ldovbb-vset-mask - Required if ldo-address is set, mask for LDO override
register to provide override vset value.
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/rockchip/grf.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/rockchip/grf.txt
index 013e71a2cdc7..76d6ccf677f5 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/rockchip/grf.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/rockchip/grf.txt
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ From RK3368 SoCs, the GRF is divided into two sections,
Required Properties:
-- compatible: GRF should be one of the followings
+- compatible: GRF should be one of the following:
- "rockchip,rk3066-grf", "syscon": for rk3066
- "rockchip,rk3188-grf", "syscon": for rk3188
- "rockchip,rk3228-grf", "syscon": for rk3228
- "rockchip,rk3288-grf", "syscon": for rk3288
- "rockchip,rk3368-grf", "syscon": for rk3368
- "rockchip,rk3399-grf", "syscon": for rk3399
-- compatible: PMUGRF should be one of the followings
+- compatible: PMUGRF should be one of the following:
- "rockchip,rk3368-pmugrf", "syscon": for rk3368
- "rockchip,rk3399-pmugrf", "syscon": for rk3399
- reg: physical base address of the controller and length of memory mapped
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/rockchip-i2s.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/rockchip-i2s.txt
index 4ea29aa9af59..a6600f6dea64 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/rockchip-i2s.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/rockchip-i2s.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ audio data transfer between devices in the system.
Required properties:
-- compatible: should be one of the followings
+- compatible: should be one of the following:
- "rockchip,rk3066-i2s": for rk3066
- "rockchip,rk3188-i2s", "rockchip,rk3066-i2s": for rk3188
- "rockchip,rk3288-i2s", "rockchip,rk3066-i2s": for rk3288
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Required properties:
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/dma.txt
- dma-names: should include "tx" and "rx".
- clocks: a list of phandle + clock-specifer pairs, one for each entry in clock-names.
-- clock-names: should contain followings:
+- clock-names: should contain the following:
- "i2s_hclk": clock for I2S BUS
- "i2s_clk" : clock for I2S controller
- rockchip,playback-channels: max playback channels, if not set, 8 channels default.
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/sun4i-codec.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/sun4i-codec.txt
index 3033bd8aab0f..3863531d1e6d 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/sun4i-codec.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/sun4i-codec.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Required properties:
- dma-names: should include "tx" and "rx".
- clocks: a list of phandle + clock-specifer pairs, one for each entry
in clock-names.
-- clock-names: should contain followings:
+- clock-names: should contain the following:
- "apb": the parent APB clock for this controller
- "codec": the parent module clock
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/sun4i-i2s.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/sun4i-i2s.txt
index 7b526ec64991..7a2c0945fd22 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/sun4i-i2s.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/sun4i-i2s.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ audio data transfer between devices in the system.
Required properties:
-- compatible: should be one of the followings
+- compatible: should be one of the following:
- "allwinner,sun4i-a10-i2s"
- reg: physical base address of the controller and length of memory mapped
region.
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Required properties:
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/dma.txt
- dma-names: should include "tx" and "rx".
- clocks: a list of phandle + clock-specifer pairs, one for each entry in clock-names.
-- clock-names: should contain followings:
+- clock-names: should contain the following:
- "apb" : clock for the I2S bus interface
- "mod" : module clock for the I2S controller
- #sound-dai-cells : Must be equal to 0
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/quota.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/quota.txt
index 29fc01552646..32874b06ebe9 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/quota.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/quota.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Quota subsystem allows system administrator to set limits on used space and
number of used inodes (inode is a filesystem structure which is associated with
each file or directory) for users and/or groups. For both used space and number
of used inodes there are actually two limits. The first one is called softlimit
-and the second one hardlimit. An user can never exceed a hardlimit for any
+and the second one hardlimit. A user can never exceed a hardlimit for any
resource (unless he has CAP_SYS_RESOURCE capability). User is allowed to exceed
softlimit but only for limited period of time. This period is called "grace
period" or "grace time". When grace time is over, user is not able to allocate
diff --git a/Documentation/kselftest.txt b/Documentation/kselftest.txt
index e5c7254e73d7..8b22ee523f33 100644
--- a/Documentation/kselftest.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kselftest.txt
@@ -59,14 +59,14 @@ Install selftests
=================
You can use kselftest_install.sh tool installs selftests in default
-location which is tools/testing/selftests/kselftest or an user specified
+location which is tools/testing/selftests/kselftest or a user specified
location.
To install selftests in default location:
$ cd tools/testing/selftests
$ ./kselftest_install.sh
-To install selftests in an user specified location:
+To install selftests in a user specified location:
$ cd tools/testing/selftests
$ ./kselftest_install.sh install_dir
diff --git a/Documentation/media/dvb-drivers/ci.rst b/Documentation/media/dvb-drivers/ci.rst
index 8124bf5ce5ef..69b07e9d1816 100644
--- a/Documentation/media/dvb-drivers/ci.rst
+++ b/Documentation/media/dvb-drivers/ci.rst
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ existing low level CI API.
ca_zap
~~~~~~
-An userspace application, like ``ca_zap`` is required to handle encrypted
+A userspace application, like ``ca_zap`` is required to handle encrypted
MPEG-TS streams.
The ``ca_zap`` userland application is in charge of sending the
diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/dvb-frontend-parameters.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/dvb-frontend-parameters.rst
index bf31411fc9df..899fd5c3545e 100644
--- a/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/dvb-frontend-parameters.rst
+++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/dvb-frontend-parameters.rst
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ frontend parameters
The kind of parameters passed to the frontend device for tuning depend
on the kind of hardware you are using.
-The struct ``dvb_frontend_parameters`` uses an union with specific
+The struct ``dvb_frontend_parameters`` uses a union with specific
per-system parameters. However, as newer delivery systems required more
data, the structure size weren't enough to fit, and just extending its
size would break the existing applications. So, those parameters were
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ So, newer applications should use
instead, in order to be able to support the newer System Delivery like
DVB-S2, DVB-T2, DVB-C2, ISDB, etc.
-All kinds of parameters are combined as an union in the
+All kinds of parameters are combined as a union in the
FrontendParameters structure:
diff --git a/Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt b/Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt
index 5de846d3ecc0..670f3ded0802 100644
--- a/Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt
+++ b/Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt
@@ -114,11 +114,11 @@ config options.
Memory model -> Sparse Memory (CONFIG_SPARSEMEM)
Allow for memory hot-add (CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG)
-- To enable memory removal, the followings are also necessary
+- To enable memory removal, the following are also necessary
Allow for memory hot remove (CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE)
Page Migration (CONFIG_MIGRATION)
-- For ACPI memory hotplug, the followings are also necessary
+- For ACPI memory hotplug, the following are also necessary
Memory hotplug (under ACPI Support menu) (CONFIG_ACPI_HOTPLUG_MEMORY)
This option can be kernel module.
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/cdc_mbim.txt b/Documentation/networking/cdc_mbim.txt
index a15ea602aa52..b9482ca10254 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/cdc_mbim.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/cdc_mbim.txt
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Basic usage
===========
MBIM functions are inactive when unmanaged. The cdc_mbim driver only
-provides an userspace interface to the MBIM control channel, and will
+provides a userspace interface to the MBIM control channel, and will
not participate in the management of the function. This implies that a
userspace MBIM management application always is required to enable a
MBIM function.
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ structure described in section 10.5.29 of [1].
The DSS VLAN subdevices are used as a practical interface between the
shared MBIM data channel and a MBIM DSS aware userspace application.
It is not intended to be presented as-is to an end user. The
-assumption is that an userspace application initiating a DSS session
+assumption is that a userspace application initiating a DSS session
also takes care of the necessary framing of the DSS data, presenting
the stream to the end user in an appropriate way for the stream type.
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid_sas b/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid_sas
index 00ffdf187f0b..234ddabb23ef 100644
--- a/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid_sas
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid_sas
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ ii. Reduced by 1 max cmds sent to FW from Driver to make the reply_q_sz same
3 Older Version : 00.00.03.02
i. Send stop adapter to FW & Dump pending FW cmds before declaring adapter dead.
- New varible added to set dbg level.
+ New variable added to set dbg level.
ii. Disable interrupt made as fn pointer as they are different for 1068 / 1078
iii. Frame count optimization. Main frame can contain 2 SGE for 64 bit SGLs and
3 SGE for 32 bit SGL
diff --git a/Documentation/sound/hd-audio/notes.rst b/Documentation/sound/hd-audio/notes.rst
index 168d0cfab1ce..9eeb9b468706 100644
--- a/Documentation/sound/hd-audio/notes.rst
+++ b/Documentation/sound/hd-audio/notes.rst
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ If it's a regression, at best, send alsa-info outputs of both working
and non-working kernels. This is really helpful because we can
compare the codec registers directly.
-Send a bug report either the followings:
+Send a bug report either the following:
kernel-bugzilla
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/
diff --git a/Documentation/vm/userfaultfd.txt b/Documentation/vm/userfaultfd.txt
index 70a3c94d1941..5a86192dde47 100644
--- a/Documentation/vm/userfaultfd.txt
+++ b/Documentation/vm/userfaultfd.txt
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ migration thread in the QEMU running in the destination node will
receive the page that triggered the userfault and it'll map it as
usual with the UFFDIO_COPY|ZEROPAGE (without actually knowing if it
was spontaneously sent by the source or if it was an urgent page
-requested through an userfault).
+requested through a userfault).
By the time the userfaults start, the QEMU in the destination node
doesn't need to keep any per-page state bitmap relative to the live