linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: Fix typos in comments

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Date:   Mon, 22 Mar 2021 03:44:08 +0000
From:   Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: Fix typos in comments

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@...radead.org>