linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] sched: Fix some spelling mistakes in the scheduler module

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Message-ID: <9c02e7a4-a926-4a6b-9fa2-7586ad934134@arm.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2025 17:22:07 +0100
From: Christian Loehle <christian.loehle@....com>
To: Jianyun Gao <jianyungao89@...il.com>, vineethr@...ux.ibm.com
Cc: bsegall@...gle.com, dietmar.eggemann@....com, juri.lelli@...hat.com,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mgorman@...e.de, mingo@...hat.com,
 peterz@...radead.org, rostedt@...dmis.org, vincent.guittot@...aro.org,
 vschneid@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] sched: Fix some spelling mistakes in the scheduler
 module

On 10/9/25 09:18, Jianyun Gao wrote:
> From: "jianyun.gao" <jianyungao89@...il.com>
> 
> The following are some spelling mistakes existing in the scheduler
> module. Just fix it!
> 
>   slection -> selection
>   achitectures -> architectures
>   excempt -> exempt
>   incorectly -> incorrectly
>   litle -> little
>   faireness -> fairness
>   condtion -> condition
>   re-insterted -> re-inserted
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jianyun Gao <jianyungao89@...il.com>
> ---
> v4:
> Change "excempt" to "exempt" and correct "re-insterted" to
> "re-inserted".
> 
> The previous version is here:
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20251009024657.151767-1-jianyungao89@gmail.com/
> 
>  kernel/sched/core.c     | 2 +-
>  kernel/sched/cputime.c  | 2 +-
>  kernel/sched/fair.c     | 8 ++++----
>  kernel/sched/wait_bit.c | 2 +-
>  4 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
> index 7f1e5cb94c53..af5076e40567 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/core.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
> @@ -6858,7 +6858,7 @@ static void __sched notrace __schedule(int sched_mode)
>  		/*
>  		 * We pass task_is_blocked() as the should_block arg
>  		 * in order to keep mutex-blocked tasks on the runqueue
> -		 * for slection with proxy-exec (without proxy-exec
> +		 * for selection with proxy-exec (without proxy-exec
>  		 * task_is_blocked() will always be false).
>  		 */
>  		try_to_block_task(rq, prev, &prev_state,
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/cputime.c b/kernel/sched/cputime.c
> index 7097de2c8cda..2429be5a5e40 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/cputime.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/cputime.c
> @@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ void cputime_adjust(struct task_cputime *curr, struct prev_cputime *prev,
>  	stime = mul_u64_u64_div_u64(stime, rtime, stime + utime);
>  	/*
>  	 * Because mul_u64_u64_div_u64() can approximate on some
> -	 * achitectures; enforce the constraint that: a*b/(b+c) <= a.
> +	 * architectures; enforce the constraint that: a*b/(b+c) <= a.
>  	 */
>  	if (unlikely(stime > rtime))
>  		stime = rtime;
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> index 18a30ae35441..21ab67fd7d76 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> @@ -5381,7 +5381,7 @@ dequeue_entity(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se, int flags)
>  		bool delay = sleep;
>  		/*
>  		 * DELAY_DEQUEUE relies on spurious wakeups, special task
> -		 * states must not suffer spurious wakeups, excempt them.
> +		 * states must not suffer spurious wakeups, exempt them.
>  		 */
>  		if (flags & (DEQUEUE_SPECIAL | DEQUEUE_THROTTLE))
>  			delay = false;
> @@ -5842,7 +5842,7 @@ static bool enqueue_throttled_task(struct task_struct *p)
>  	 * target cfs_rq's limbo list.
>  	 *
>  	 * Do not do that when @p is current because the following race can
> -	 * cause @p's group_node to be incorectly re-insterted in its rq's
> +	 * cause @p's group_node to be incorrectly re-inserted in its rq's
>  	 * cfs_tasks list, despite being throttled:
>  	 *
>  	 *     cpuX                       cpuY
> @@ -12161,7 +12161,7 @@ static inline bool update_newidle_cost(struct sched_domain *sd, u64 cost)
>  		 * sched_balance_newidle() bumps the cost whenever newidle
>  		 * balance fails, and we don't want things to grow out of
>  		 * control.  Use the sysctl_sched_migration_cost as the upper
> -		 * limit, plus a litle extra to avoid off by ones.
> +		 * limit, plus a little extra to avoid off by ones.
>  		 */
>  		sd->max_newidle_lb_cost =
>  			min(cost, sysctl_sched_migration_cost + 200);
> @@ -13176,7 +13176,7 @@ static void propagate_entity_cfs_rq(struct sched_entity *se)
>  	 * If a task gets attached to this cfs_rq and before being queued,
>  	 * it gets migrated to another CPU due to reasons like affinity
>  	 * change, make sure this cfs_rq stays on leaf cfs_rq list to have
> -	 * that removed load decayed or it can cause faireness problem.
> +	 * that removed load decayed or it can cause fairness problem.
>  	 */
>  	if (!cfs_rq_pelt_clock_throttled(cfs_rq))
>  		list_add_leaf_cfs_rq(cfs_rq);
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/wait_bit.c b/kernel/sched/wait_bit.c
> index 1088d3b7012c..47ab3bcd2ebc 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/wait_bit.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/wait_bit.c
> @@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(init_wait_var_entry);
>   * given variable to change.  wait_var_event() can be waiting for an
>   * arbitrary condition to be true and associates that condition with an
>   * address.  Calling wake_up_var() suggests that the condition has been
> - * made true, but does not strictly require the condtion to use the
> + * made true, but does not strictly require the condition to use the
>   * address given.
>   *
>   * The wake-up is sent to tasks in a waitqueue selected by hash from a


This is fine for me now FWIW.