Date:   Mon,  9 Jul 2018 12:57:15 +0200
From:   Tobias Tefke <tobias.tefke@...il.com>
To:     peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...hat.com, acme@...nel.org,
        alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com, jolsa@...hat.com,
        namhyung@...nel.org, tobias.tefke@...anota.com
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] perf/core, uprobes: use correct articles in comments

Some of the comments in the kernel events code use articles incorrectly,
using 'a' for words beginning with a vowel sound, where 'an' should be
used.

Signed-off-by: Tobias Tefke <tobias.tefke@...anota.com>
---
 kernel/events/core.c    | 16 ++++++++--------
 kernel/events/uprobes.c |  6 +++---
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 323fab1e512d..95dc7278d8c7 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -1656,7 +1656,7 @@ perf_event_groups_next(struct perf_event *event)
 				typeof(*event), group_node))
 
 /*
- * Add a event from the lists for its context.
+ * Add an event from the lists for its context.
  * Must be called with ctx->mutex and ctx->lock held.
  */
 static void
@@ -1844,7 +1844,7 @@ static void perf_group_attach(struct perf_event *event)
 }
 
 /*
- * Remove a event from the lists for its context.
+ * Remove an event from the lists for its context.
  * Must be called with ctx->mutex and ctx->lock held.
  */
 static void
@@ -2148,7 +2148,7 @@ static void __perf_event_disable(struct perf_event *event,
 }
 
 /*
- * Disable a event.
+ * Disable an event.
  *
  * If event->ctx is a cloned context, callers must make sure that
  * every task struct that event->ctx->task could possibly point to
@@ -2677,7 +2677,7 @@ static void __perf_event_enable(struct perf_event *event,
 }
 
 /*
- * Enable a event.
+ * Enable an event.
  *
  * If event->ctx is a cloned context, callers must make sure that
  * every task struct that event->ctx->task could possibly point to
@@ -2755,7 +2755,7 @@ static int __perf_event_stop(void *info)
 	 * events will refuse to restart because of rb::aux_mmap_count==0,
 	 * see comments in perf_aux_output_begin().
 	 *
-	 * Since this is happening on a event-local CPU, no trace is lost
+	 * Since this is happening on an event-local CPU, no trace is lost
 	 * while restarting.
 	 */
 	if (sd->restart)
@@ -4827,7 +4827,7 @@ __perf_read(struct perf_event *event, char __user *buf, size_t count)
 	int ret;
 
 	/*
-	 * Return end-of-file for a read on a event that is in
+	 * Return end-of-file for a read on an event that is in
 	 * error state (i.e. because it was pinned but it couldn't be
 	 * scheduled on to the CPU at some point).
 	 */
@@ -9898,7 +9898,7 @@ static void account_event(struct perf_event *event)
 }
 
 /*
- * Allocate and initialize a event structure
+ * Allocate and initialize an event structure
  */
 static struct perf_event *
 perf_event_alloc(struct perf_event_attr *attr, int cpu,
@@ -11229,7 +11229,7 @@ const struct perf_event_attr *perf_event_attrs(struct perf_event *event)
 }
 
 /*
- * Inherit a event from parent task to child task.
+ * Inherit an event from parent task to child task.
  *
  * Returns:
  *  - valid pointer on success
diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
index ccc579a7d32e..aed1ba569954 100644
--- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
@@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ int uprobe_register(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, struct uprobe_consumer *
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(uprobe_register);
 
 /*
- * uprobe_apply - unregister a already registered probe.
+ * uprobe_apply - unregister an already registered probe.
  * @inode: the file in which the probe has to be removed.
  * @offset: offset from the start of the file.
  * @uc: consumer which wants to add more or remove some breakpoints
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ int uprobe_apply(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset,
 }
 
 /*
- * uprobe_unregister - unregister a already registered probe.
+ * uprobe_unregister - unregister an already registered probe.
  * @inode: the file in which the probe has to be removed.
  * @offset: offset from the start of the file.
  * @uc: identify which probe if multiple probes are colocated.
@@ -1403,7 +1403,7 @@ static struct return_instance *free_ret_instance(struct return_instance *ri)
 
 /*
  * Called with no locks held.
- * Called in context of a exiting or a exec-ing thread.
+ * Called in context of an exiting or an exec-ing thread.
  */
 void uprobe_free_utask(struct task_struct *t)
 {
-- 
2.18.0

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