Re: [PATCH] mm: Fix typos in comments

From: Matthew Wilcox
Date: Sun Mar 21 2021 - 23:45:20 EST


On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 03:51:52AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
> @@ -1794,7 +1794,7 @@ bool move_huge_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long old_addr,
> /*
> * Returns
> * - 0 if PMD could not be locked
> - * - 1 if PMD was locked but protections unchange and TLB flush unnecessary
> + * - 1 if PMD was locked but protections unchanged and TLB flush unnecessary
> * - HPAGE_PMD_NR is protections changed and TLB flush necessary

s/is/if/

> @@ -5306,7 +5306,7 @@ void adjust_range_if_pmd_sharing_possible(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>
> /*
> * vma need span at least one aligned PUD size and the start,end range
> - * must at least partialy within it.
> + * must at least partially within it.

* vma needs to span at least one aligned PUD size, and the range
* must be at least partially within in.

> /*
> * swapon tell device that all the old swap contents can be discarded,
> - * to allow the swap device to optimize its wear-levelling.
> + * to allow the swap device to optimize its wear-leveling.
> */

Levelling is british english, leveling is american english. we don't
usually "correct" one into the other.

Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>