Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial

Pull trivial branch from Jiri Kosina:
 "Usual stuff -- comment/printk typo fixes, documentation updates, dead
  code elimination."

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial: (39 commits)
  HOWTO: fix double words typo
  x86 mtrr: fix comment typo in mtrr_bp_init
  propagate name change to comments in kernel source
  doc: Update the name of profiling based on sysfs
  treewide: Fix typos in various drivers
  treewide: Fix typos in various Kconfig
  wireless: mwifiex: Fix typo in wireless/mwifiex driver
  messages: i2o: Fix typo in messages/i2o
  scripts/kernel-doc: check that non-void fcts describe their return value
  Kernel-doc: Convention: Use a "Return" section to describe return values
  radeon: Fix typo and copy/paste error in comments
  doc: Remove unnecessary declarations from Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c
  various: Fix spelling of "asynchronous" in comments.
  Fix misspellings of "whether" in comments.
  eisa: Fix spelling of "asynchronous".
  various: Fix spelling of "registered" in comments.
  doc: fix quite a few typos within Documentation
  target: iscsi: fix comment typos in target/iscsi drivers
  treewide: fix typo of "suport" in various comments and Kconfig
  treewide: fix typo of "suppport" in various comments
  ...

35 files changed, 40 insertions, 45 deletions

diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/mmzone.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/mmzone.h
index 445dc42e033..c5b5d6bac9e 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/mmzone.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/mmzone.h
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ PLAT_NODE_DATA_LOCALNR(unsigned long p, int n)
     ((unsigned long)__va(NODE_DATA(kvaddr_to_nid(kaddr))->node_start_pfn  \
 			 << PAGE_SHIFT))
 
-/* XXX: FIXME -- wli */
+/* XXX: FIXME -- nyc */
 #define kern_addr_valid(kaddr)	(0)
 
 #define virt_to_page(kaddr)	pfn_to_page(__pa(kaddr) >> PAGE_SHIFT)
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/pci_iommu.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/pci_iommu.c
index 3f844d26d2c..a21d0ab3b19 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/pci_iommu.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/pci_iommu.c
@@ -354,8 +354,7 @@ static dma_addr_t alpha_pci_map_page(struct device *dev, struct page *page,
 	struct pci_dev *pdev = alpha_gendev_to_pci(dev);
 	int dac_allowed;
 
-	if (dir == PCI_DMA_NONE)
-		BUG();
+	BUG_ON(dir == PCI_DMA_NONE);
 
 	dac_allowed = pdev ? pci_dac_dma_supported(pdev, pdev->dma_mask) : 0; 
 	return pci_map_single_1(pdev, (char *)page_address(page) + offset, 
@@ -378,8 +377,7 @@ static void alpha_pci_unmap_page(struct device *dev, dma_addr_t dma_addr,
 	struct pci_iommu_arena *arena;
 	long dma_ofs, npages;
 
-	if (dir == PCI_DMA_NONE)
-		BUG();
+	BUG_ON(dir == PCI_DMA_NONE);
 
 	if (dma_addr >= __direct_map_base
 	    && dma_addr < __direct_map_base + __direct_map_size) {
@@ -662,8 +660,7 @@ static int alpha_pci_map_sg(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sg,
 	dma_addr_t max_dma;
 	int dac_allowed;
 
-	if (dir == PCI_DMA_NONE)
-		BUG();
+	BUG_ON(dir == PCI_DMA_NONE);
 
 	dac_allowed = dev ? pci_dac_dma_supported(pdev, pdev->dma_mask) : 0;
 
@@ -742,8 +739,7 @@ static void alpha_pci_unmap_sg(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sg,
 	dma_addr_t max_dma;
 	dma_addr_t fbeg, fend;
 
-	if (dir == PCI_DMA_NONE)
-		BUG();
+	BUG_ON(dir == PCI_DMA_NONE);
 
 	if (! alpha_mv.mv_pci_tbi)
 		return;
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/kprobes-test.c b/arch/arm/kernel/kprobes-test.c
index 1862d8f2fd4..0cd63d080c7 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/kprobes-test.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/kprobes-test.c
@@ -1598,7 +1598,7 @@ static int __init run_all_tests(void)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	pr_info("Begining kprobe tests...\n");
+	pr_info("Beginning kprobe tests...\n");
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_THUMB2_KERNEL
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-netx/xc.c b/arch/arm/mach-netx/xc.c
index e4cfb7e5361..f1c972d87ba 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-netx/xc.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-netx/xc.c
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ int xc_request_firmware(struct xc *x)
 	if (head->magic != 0x4e657458) {
 		if (head->magic == 0x5874654e) {
 			dev_err(x->dev,
-			    "firmware magic is 'XteN'. Endianess problems?\n");
+			    "firmware magic is 'XteN'. Endianness problems?\n");
 			ret = -ENODEV;
 			goto exit_release_firmware;
 		}
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-s3c24xx/include/mach/bast-map.h b/arch/arm/mach-s3c24xx/include/mach/bast-map.h
index 6e7dc9d0cf0..eecea2a50f8 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-s3c24xx/include/mach/bast-map.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-s3c24xx/include/mach/bast-map.h
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 
 
 /* 0xE0000000 contains the IO space that is split by speed and
- * wether the access is for 8 or 16bit IO... this ensures that
+ * whether the access is for 8 or 16bit IO... this ensures that
  * the correct access is made
  *
  * 0x10000000 of space, partitioned as so:
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-s3c24xx/include/mach/dma.h b/arch/arm/mach-s3c24xx/include/mach/dma.h
index ee99fd56c04..6b72d5a4b37 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-s3c24xx/include/mach/dma.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-s3c24xx/include/mach/dma.h
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ enum s3c2410_dma_state {
  *
  * This represents the state of the DMA engine, wrt to the loaded / running
  * transfers. Since we don't have any way of knowing exactly the state of
- * the DMA transfers, we need to know the state to make decisions on wether
+ * the DMA transfers, we need to know the state to make decisions on whether
  * we can
  *
  * S3C2410_DMA_NONE
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-s3c24xx/include/mach/vr1000-map.h b/arch/arm/mach-s3c24xx/include/mach/vr1000-map.h
index 99612fcc4eb..28376e56dd3 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-s3c24xx/include/mach/vr1000-map.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-s3c24xx/include/mach/vr1000-map.h
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 #define VR1000_VA_PC104_IRQMASK VR1000_IOADDR(0x00600000)
 
 /* 0xE0000000 contains the IO space that is split by speed and
- * wether the access is for 8 or 16bit IO... this ensures that
+ * whether the access is for 8 or 16bit IO... this ensures that
  * the correct access is made
  *
  * 0x10000000 of space, partitioned as so:
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-s3c24xx/pm.c b/arch/arm/mach-s3c24xx/pm.c
index 60627e63a25..724755f0b0f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-s3c24xx/pm.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-s3c24xx/pm.c
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ void s3c_pm_configure_extint(void)
 	int pin;
 
 	/* for each of the external interrupts (EINT0..EINT15) we
-	 * need to check wether it is an external interrupt source,
+	 * need to check whether it is an external interrupt source,
 	 * and then configure it as an input if it is not
 	*/
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/Kconfig
index e426d1b7747..b442f15fd01 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/Kconfig
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ config TEGRA_AHB
 	help
 	  Adds AHB configuration functionality for NVIDIA Tegra SoCs,
 	  which controls AHB bus master arbitration and some
-	  perfomance parameters(priority, prefech size).
+	  performance parameters(priority, prefech size).
 
 config TEGRA_EMC_SCALING_ENABLE
 	bool "Enable scaling the memory frequency"
diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-s3c24xx/dma.c b/arch/arm/plat-s3c24xx/dma.c
index 0abd1c46988..ba3e76c9550 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-s3c24xx/dma.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-s3c24xx/dma.c
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ static int s3c2410_dma_start(struct s3c2410_dma_chan *chan)
 
 	chan->state = S3C2410_DMA_RUNNING;
 
-	/* check wether there is anything to load, and if not, see
+	/* check whether there is anything to load, and if not, see
 	 * if we can find anything to load
 	 */
 
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/mach-bf609/Kconfig b/arch/blackfin/mach-bf609/Kconfig
index 101b33ee9bb..95a4f1b676c 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/mach-bf609/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/blackfin/mach-bf609/Kconfig
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ config SEC_IRQ_PRIORITY_LEVELS
 	default 7
 	range 0 7
 	help
-	  Devide the total number of interrupt priority levels into sub-levels.
+	  Divide the total number of interrupt priority levels into sub-levels.
 	  There is 2 ^ (SEC_IRQ_PRIORITY_LEVELS + 1) different levels.
 
 endmenu
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/mm/sram-alloc.c b/arch/blackfin/mm/sram-alloc.c
index 342e378da1e..1f3b3ef3e10 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/mm/sram-alloc.c
+++ b/arch/blackfin/mm/sram-alloc.c
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ static irqreturn_t l2_ecc_err(int irq, void *dev_id)
 {
 	int status;
 
-	printk(KERN_ERR "L2 ecc error happend\n");
+	printk(KERN_ERR "L2 ecc error happened\n");
 	status = bfin_read32(L2CTL0_STAT);
 	if (status & 0x1)
 		printk(KERN_ERR "Core channel error type:0x%x, addr:0x%x\n",
diff --git a/arch/cris/include/arch-v10/arch/irq.h b/arch/cris/include/arch-v10/arch/irq.h
index 7d345947b3e..ca2675ae08e 100644
--- a/arch/cris/include/arch-v10/arch/irq.h
+++ b/arch/cris/include/arch-v10/arch/irq.h
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ __asm__ ( \
  * it here, we would not get the multiple_irq at all.
  *
  * The non-blocking here is based on the knowledge that the timer interrupt is 
- * registred as a fast interrupt (IRQF_DISABLED) so that we _know_ there will not
+ * registered as a fast interrupt (IRQF_DISABLED) so that we _know_ there will not
  * be an sti() before the timer irq handler is run to acknowledge the interrupt.
  */
 
diff --git a/arch/cris/include/arch-v32/arch/irq.h b/arch/cris/include/arch-v32/arch/irq.h
index b31e9984f84..fe3cdd22bed 100644
--- a/arch/cris/include/arch-v32/arch/irq.h
+++ b/arch/cris/include/arch-v32/arch/irq.h
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ __asm__ (				\
  * if we had BLOCK'edit here, we would not get the multiple_irq at all.
  *
  * The non-blocking here is based on the knowledge that the timer interrupt is
- * registred as a fast interrupt (IRQF_DISABLED) so that we _know_ there will not
+ * registered as a fast interrupt (IRQF_DISABLED) so that we _know_ there will not
  * be an sti() before the timer irq handler is run to acknowledge the interrupt.
  */
 #define BUILD_TIMER_IRQ(nr, mask) 	\
diff --git a/arch/frv/mm/pgalloc.c b/arch/frv/mm/pgalloc.c
index 4fb63a36bd5..f6084bc524e 100644
--- a/arch/frv/mm/pgalloc.c
+++ b/arch/frv/mm/pgalloc.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ void __set_pmd(pmd_t *pmdptr, unsigned long pmd)
  * checks at dup_mmap(), exec(), and other mmlist addition points
  * could be used. The locking scheme was chosen on the basis of
  * manfred's recommendations and having no core impact whatsoever.
- * -- wli
+ * -- nyc
  */
 DEFINE_SPINLOCK(pgd_lock);
 struct page *pgd_list;
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kvm/kvm-ia64.c b/arch/ia64/kvm/kvm-ia64.c
index 8b3a9c0e771..0a88cb5d316 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kvm/kvm-ia64.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kvm/kvm-ia64.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * kvm_ia64.c: Basic KVM suppport On Itanium series processors
+ * kvm_ia64.c: Basic KVM support On Itanium series processors
  *
  *
  * 	Copyright (C) 2007, Intel Corporation.
diff --git a/arch/m68k/math-emu/fp_log.c b/arch/m68k/math-emu/fp_log.c
index 3384a5244fb..0663067870f 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/math-emu/fp_log.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/math-emu/fp_log.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ fp_fsqrt(struct fp_ext *dest, struct fp_ext *src)
 	 * sqrt(m*2^e) =
 	 *		 sqrt(2*m) * 2^(p)	, if e = 2*p + 1
 	 *
-	 * So we use the last bit of the exponent to decide wether to
+	 * So we use the last bit of the exponent to decide whether to
 	 * use the m or 2*m.
 	 *
 	 * Since only the fractional part of the mantissa is stored and
diff --git a/arch/mips/txx9/generic/pci.c b/arch/mips/txx9/generic/pci.c
index 4efd9185f29..b14ee53581a 100644
--- a/arch/mips/txx9/generic/pci.c
+++ b/arch/mips/txx9/generic/pci.c
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ static void __devinit quirk_slc90e66_ide(struct pci_dev *dev)
 
 static void __devinit tc35815_fixup(struct pci_dev *dev)
 {
-	/* This device may have PM registers but not they are not suported. */
+	/* This device may have PM registers but not they are not supported. */
 	if (dev->pm_cap) {
 		dev_info(&dev->dev, "PM disabled\n");
 		dev->pm_cap = 0;
diff --git a/arch/mn10300/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/mn10300/mm/pgtable.c
index 4ebf117c328..bd9ada693f9 100644
--- a/arch/mn10300/mm/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/mn10300/mm/pgtable.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ struct page *pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
  * checks at dup_mmap(), exec(), and other mmlist addition points
  * could be used. The locking scheme was chosen on the basis of
  * manfred's recommendations and having no core impact whatsoever.
- * -- wli
+ * -- nyc
  */
 DEFINE_SPINLOCK(pgd_lock);
 struct page *pgd_list;
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/Kconfig b/arch/openrisc/Kconfig
index e7f1a2993f7..ec37e185d20 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/openrisc/Kconfig
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ config DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
 	help
 	  Make extra checks for space available on stack in some
           critical functions. This will cause kernel to run a bit slower,
-	  but will catch most of kernel stack overruns and exit gracefuly.
+	  but will catch most of kernel stack overruns and exit gracefully.
 
 	  Say Y if you are unsure.
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/oprofile_impl.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/oprofile_impl.h
index 639dc96077a..d697b08994c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/oprofile_impl.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/oprofile_impl.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ struct op_system_config {
 	unsigned long mmcra;
 #ifdef CONFIG_OPROFILE_CELL
 	/* Register for oprofile user tool to check cell kernel profiling
-	 * suport.
+	 * support.
 	 */
 	unsigned long cell_support;
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pte-hash64-64k.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pte-hash64-64k.h
index eedf427c912..3e13e23e4fd 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pte-hash64-64k.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pte-hash64-64k.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 /* Note the full page bits must be in the same location as for normal
  * 4k pages as the same assembly will be used to insert 64K pages
- * wether the kernel has CONFIG_PPC_64K_PAGES or not
+ * whether the kernel has CONFIG_PPC_64K_PAGES or not
  */
 #define _PAGE_F_SECOND  0x00008000 /* full page: hidx bits */
 #define _PAGE_F_GIX     0x00007000 /* full page: hidx bits */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/smu.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/smu.h
index ae20ce1af4c..6e909f3e6a4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/smu.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/smu.h
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
   *
   * At this point, the OF driver seems to have a limitation on transfer
   * sizes of 0xd bytes on reads and 0x5 bytes on writes. I do not know
-  * wether this is just an OF limit due to some temporary buffer size
+  * whether this is just an OF limit due to some temporary buffer size
   * or if this is an SMU imposed limit. This driver has the same limitation
   * for now as I use a 0x10 bytes temporary buffer as well
   *
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@
  *   3 (optional): enable nmi? [0x00 or 0x01]
  *
  * Returns:
- *   If parameter 2 is 0x00 and parameter 3 is not specified, returns wether
+ *   If parameter 2 is 0x00 and parameter 3 is not specified, returns whether
  *   NMI is enabled. Otherwise unknown.
  */
 #define   SMU_CMD_MISC_df_NMI_OPTION		0x04
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/legacy_serial.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/legacy_serial.c
index bedd12e1cfb..0733b05eb85 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/legacy_serial.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/legacy_serial.c
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ void __init find_legacy_serial_ports(void)
 			of_node_put(parent);
 			continue;
 		}
-		/* Check for known pciclass, and also check wether we have
+		/* Check for known pciclass, and also check whether we have
 		 * a device with child nodes for ports or not
 		 */
 		if (of_device_is_compatible(np, "pciclass,0700") ||
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/of_platform.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/of_platform.c
index 2049f2d00ff..9db8ec07ec9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/of_platform.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/of_platform.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ static int __devinit of_pci_phb_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 		return -ENXIO;
 
 	/* Claim resources. This might need some rework as well depending
-	 * wether we are doing probe-only or not, like assigning unassigned
+	 * whether we are doing probe-only or not, like assigning unassigned
 	 * resources etc...
 	 */
 	pcibios_claim_one_bus(phb->bus);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c
index d183f8719a5..1ca045d4432 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ static long setup_sigcontext(struct sigcontext __user *sc, struct pt_regs *regs,
 	 * the context). This is very important because we must ensure we
 	 * don't lose the VRSAVE content that may have been set prior to
 	 * the process doing its first vector operation
-	 * Userland shall check AT_HWCAP to know wether it can rely on the
+	 * Userland shall check AT_HWCAP to know whether it can rely on the
 	 * v_regs pointer or not
 	 */
 #ifdef CONFIG_ALTIVEC
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/slice.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/slice.c
index 5829d2a950d..cf9dada734b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/slice.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/slice.c
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ void slice_set_range_psize(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long start,
 }
 
 /*
- * is_hugepage_only_range() is used by generic code to verify wether
+ * is_hugepage_only_range() is used by generic code to verify whether
  * a normal mmap mapping (non hugetlbfs) is valid on a given area.
  *
  * until the generic code provides a more generic hook and/or starts
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx/mpc52xx_gpt.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx/mpc52xx_gpt.c
index 028470b9588..a51cb07bd66 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx/mpc52xx_gpt.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx/mpc52xx_gpt.c
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(mpc52xx_gpt_timer_period);
 
 #define WDT_IDENTITY	    "mpc52xx watchdog on GPT0"
 
-/* wdt_is_active stores wether or not the /dev/watchdog device is opened */
+/* wdt_is_active stores whether or not the /dev/watchdog device is opened */
 static unsigned long wdt_is_active;
 
 /* wdt-capable gpt */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/iommu.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/iommu.c
index dca21366674..e56bb651da1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/iommu.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/iommu.c
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ static struct cbe_iommu * __init cell_iommu_alloc(struct device_node *np)
 		 nid, np->full_name);
 
 	/* XXX todo: If we can have multiple windows on the same IOMMU, which
-	 * isn't the case today, we probably want here to check wether the
+	 * isn't the case today, we probably want here to check whether the
 	 * iommu for that node is already setup.
 	 * However, there might be issue with getting the size right so let's
 	 * ignore that for now. We might want to completely get rid of the
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spider-pic.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spider-pic.c
index d8b7cc8a66c..8e299447127 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spider-pic.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spider-pic.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ static int spider_set_irq_type(struct irq_data *d, unsigned int type)
 
 	/* Configure the source. One gross hack that was there before and
 	 * that I've kept around is the priority to the BE which I set to
-	 * be the same as the interrupt source number. I don't know wether
+	 * be the same as the interrupt source number. I don't know whether
 	 * that's supposed to make any kind of sense however, we'll have to
 	 * decide that, but for now, I'm not changing the behaviour.
 	 */
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ static void spider_irq_cascade(unsigned int irq, struct irq_desc *desc)
 /* For hooking up the cascace we have a problem. Our device-tree is
  * crap and we don't know on which BE iic interrupt we are hooked on at
  * least not the "standard" way. We can reconstitute it based on two
- * informations though: which BE node we are connected to and wether
+ * informations though: which BE node we are connected to and whether
  * we are connected to IOIF0 or IOIF1. Right now, we really only care
  * about the IBM cell blade and we know that its firmware gives us an
  * interrupt-map property which is pretty strange.
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ static unsigned int __init spider_find_cascade_and_node(struct spider_pic *pic)
 	int imaplen, intsize, unit;
 	struct device_node *iic;
 
-	/* First, we check wether we have a real "interrupts" in the device
+	/* First, we check whether we have a real "interrupts" in the device
 	 * tree in case the device-tree is ever fixed
 	 */
 	struct of_irq oirq;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/pic.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/pic.c
index c4e630576ff..31036b56670 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/pic.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/pic.c
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ static int __init pmac_pic_probe_mpic(void)
 void __init pmac_pic_init(void)
 {
 	/* We configure the OF parsing based on our oldworld vs. newworld
-	 * platform type and wether we were booted by BootX.
+	 * platform type and whether we were booted by BootX.
 	 */
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC32
 	if (!pmac_newworld)
diff --git a/arch/sh/boards/board-espt.c b/arch/sh/boards/board-espt.c
index 6cba0a7068b..d71a0bcf814 100644
--- a/arch/sh/boards/board-espt.c
+++ b/arch/sh/boards/board-espt.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Data Technology Inc. ESPT-GIGA board suport
+ * Data Technology Inc. ESPT-GIGA board support
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2008, 2009 Renesas Solutions Corp.
  * Copyright (C) 2008, 2009 Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu.nobuhiro@renesas.com>
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/.gitignore b/arch/x86/boot/.gitignore
index 851fe936d24..e3cf9f682be 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/.gitignore
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/.gitignore
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ bootsect
 bzImage
 cpustr.h
 mkcpustr
-offsets.h
 voffset.h
 zoffset.h
 setup
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c
index e4c1a418453..726bf963c22 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ void __init mtrr_bp_init(void)
 
 		/*
 		 * This is an AMD specific MSR, but we assume(hope?) that
-		 * Intel will implement it to when they extend the address
+		 * Intel will implement it too when they extend the address
 		 * bus of the Xeon.
 		 */
 		if (cpuid_eax(0x80000000) >= 0x80000008) {
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c
index 8573b83a63d..217eb705fac 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ static void pgd_dtor(pgd_t *pgd)
  * against pageattr.c; it is the unique case in which a valid change
  * of kernel pagetables can't be lazily synchronized by vmalloc faults.
  * vmalloc faults work because attached pagetables are never freed.
- * -- wli
+ * -- nyc
  */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_PAE