[PATCH] mm: trivial: fix typos

[PATCH] mm: trivial: fix typos

[Seth Jennings]

Fix comment typos in swapfile.c

Signed-off-by: Seth Jennings <sjenning@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 mm/swapfile.c | 14 +++++++-------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c
index 3963fc2..7968c1b 100644
--- a/mm/swapfile.c
+++ b/mm/swapfile.c
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ noswap:
 	return (swp_entry_t) {0};
 }
 
-/* The only caller of this function is now susupend routine */
+/* The only caller of this function is now suspend routine */
 swp_entry_t get_swap_page_of_type(int type)
 {
 	struct swap_info_struct *si;
@@ -845,7 +845,7 @@ static unsigned char swap_entry_free(struct swap_info_struct *p,
 }
 
 /*
- * Caller has made sure that the swapdevice corresponding to entry
+ * Caller has made sure that the swap device corresponding to entry
  * is still around or has not been recycled.
  */
 void swap_free(swp_entry_t entry)
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ int try_to_free_swap(struct page *page)
 	 * original page might be freed under memory pressure, then
 	 * later read back in from swap, now with the wrong data.
 	 *
-	 * Hibration suspends storage while it is writing the image
+	 * Hibernation suspends storage while it is writing the image
 	 * to disk so check that here.
 	 */
 	if (pm_suspended_storage())
@@ -1179,7 +1179,7 @@ static int unuse_pte_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
 	 * some architectures (e.g. x86_32 with PAE) we might catch a glimpse
 	 * of unmatched parts which look like swp_pte, so unuse_pte must
 	 * recheck under pte lock.  Scanning without pte lock lets it be
-	 * preemptible whenever CONFIG_PREEMPT but not CONFIG_HIGHPTE.
+	 * preemptable whenever CONFIG_PREEMPT but not CONFIG_HIGHPTE.
 	 */
 	pte = pte_offset_map(pmd, addr);
 	do {
@@ -1932,7 +1932,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(swapoff, const char __user *, specialfile)
 	vfree(swap_map);
 	vfree(cluster_info);
 	vfree(frontswap_map);
-	/* Destroy swap account informatin */
+	/* Destroy swap account information */
 	swap_cgroup_swapoff(type);
 
 	inode = mapping->host;
@@ -2784,8 +2784,8 @@ int add_swap_count_continuation(swp_entry_t entry, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 
 	/*
 	 * We are fortunate that although vmalloc_to_page uses pte_offset_map,
-	 * no architecture is using highmem pages for kernel pagetables: so it
-	 * will not corrupt the GFP_ATOMIC caller's atomic pagetable kmaps.
+	 * no architecture is using highmem pages for kernel page tables: so it
+	 * will not corrupt the GFP_ATOMIC caller's atomic page table kmaps.
 	 */
 	head = vmalloc_to_page(si->swap_map + offset);
 	offset &= ~PAGE_MASK;
-- 
1.8.4

Re: [PATCH] mm: trivial: fix typos

[Randy Dunlap]

On 10/07/13 09:23, Seth Jennings wrote:
> Fix comment typos in swapfile.c
> 
> Signed-off-by: Seth Jennings <sjenning@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
>  mm/swapfile.c | 14 +++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c
> index 3963fc2..7968c1b 100644
> --- a/mm/swapfile.c
> +++ b/mm/swapfile.c
> @@ -1179,7 +1179,7 @@ static int unuse_pte_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
>  	 * some architectures (e.g. x86_32 with PAE) we might catch a glimpse
>  	 * of unmatched parts which look like swp_pte, so unuse_pte must
>  	 * recheck under pte lock.  Scanning without pte lock lets it be
> -	 * preemptible whenever CONFIG_PREEMPT but not CONFIG_HIGHPTE.
> +	 * preemptable whenever CONFIG_PREEMPT but not CONFIG_HIGHPTE.

Do you have a dictionary source that backs this one up?

The kernel source uses either spelling.

dict.org doesn't find either spelling.
m-w.com doesn't find either spelling.
However, dictionary.com finds preemptible but not preemptable.


>  	 */
>  	pte = pte_offset_map(pmd, addr);
>  	do {



-- 
~Randy