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-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/ras.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/opp/opp.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/quota.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kselftest.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/media/dvb-drivers/ci.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/cdc_mbim.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/vm/userfaultfd.txt2
-rw-r--r--arch/Kconfig2
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/xmon/ppc-opc.c2
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_ringbuffer.h4
-rw-r--r--drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c2
-rw-r--r--fs/userfaultfd.c6
-rw-r--r--include/net/mac80211.h2
-rw-r--r--kernel/irq/manage.c2
-rw-r--r--net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c6
-rw-r--r--net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cthelper.c2
-rw-r--r--scripts/spelling.txt2
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/Documentation/tips.txt2
19 files changed, 27 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/ras.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/ras.rst
index 9939348bd4a3..1b90c6f00a92 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/ras.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/ras.rst
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ That defines some categories of errors:
still run, eventually replacing the affected hardware by a hot spare,
if available.
- Also, when an error happens on an userspace process, it is also possible to
+ Also, when an error happens on a userspace process, it is also possible to
kill such process and let userspace restart it.
The mechanism for handling non-fatal errors is usually complex and may
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/opp/opp.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/opp/opp.txt
index 9f5ca4457b5f..ecdcfb790704 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/opp/opp.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/opp/opp.txt
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ Optional properties:
larger OPP table, based on what version of the hardware we are running on. We
still can't have multiple nodes with the same opp-hz value in OPP table.
- It's an user defined array containing a hierarchy of hardware version numbers,
+ It's a user defined array containing a hierarchy of hardware version numbers,
supported by the OPP. For example: a platform with hierarchy of three levels
of versions (A, B and C), this field should be like <X Y Z>, where X
corresponds to Version hierarchy A, Y corresponds to version hierarchy B and Z
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/quota.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/quota.txt
index 29fc01552646..32874b06ebe9 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/quota.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/quota.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Quota subsystem allows system administrator to set limits on used space and
number of used inodes (inode is a filesystem structure which is associated with
each file or directory) for users and/or groups. For both used space and number
of used inodes there are actually two limits. The first one is called softlimit
-and the second one hardlimit. An user can never exceed a hardlimit for any
+and the second one hardlimit. A user can never exceed a hardlimit for any
resource (unless he has CAP_SYS_RESOURCE capability). User is allowed to exceed
softlimit but only for limited period of time. This period is called "grace
period" or "grace time". When grace time is over, user is not able to allocate
diff --git a/Documentation/kselftest.txt b/Documentation/kselftest.txt
index d431dc82c228..5bd590335839 100644
--- a/Documentation/kselftest.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kselftest.txt
@@ -59,14 +59,14 @@ Install selftests
=================
You can use kselftest_install.sh tool installs selftests in default
-location which is tools/testing/selftests/kselftest or an user specified
+location which is tools/testing/selftests/kselftest or a user specified
location.
To install selftests in default location:
$ cd tools/testing/selftests
$ ./kselftest_install.sh
-To install selftests in an user specified location:
+To install selftests in a user specified location:
$ cd tools/testing/selftests
$ ./kselftest_install.sh install_dir
diff --git a/Documentation/media/dvb-drivers/ci.rst b/Documentation/media/dvb-drivers/ci.rst
index 8124bf5ce5ef..69b07e9d1816 100644
--- a/Documentation/media/dvb-drivers/ci.rst
+++ b/Documentation/media/dvb-drivers/ci.rst
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ existing low level CI API.
ca_zap
~~~~~~
-An userspace application, like ``ca_zap`` is required to handle encrypted
+A userspace application, like ``ca_zap`` is required to handle encrypted
MPEG-TS streams.
The ``ca_zap`` userland application is in charge of sending the
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/cdc_mbim.txt b/Documentation/networking/cdc_mbim.txt
index a15ea602aa52..b9482ca10254 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/cdc_mbim.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/cdc_mbim.txt
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Basic usage
===========
MBIM functions are inactive when unmanaged. The cdc_mbim driver only
-provides an userspace interface to the MBIM control channel, and will
+provides a userspace interface to the MBIM control channel, and will
not participate in the management of the function. This implies that a
userspace MBIM management application always is required to enable a
MBIM function.
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ structure described in section 10.5.29 of [1].
The DSS VLAN subdevices are used as a practical interface between the
shared MBIM data channel and a MBIM DSS aware userspace application.
It is not intended to be presented as-is to an end user. The
-assumption is that an userspace application initiating a DSS session
+assumption is that a userspace application initiating a DSS session
also takes care of the necessary framing of the DSS data, presenting
the stream to the end user in an appropriate way for the stream type.
diff --git a/Documentation/vm/userfaultfd.txt b/Documentation/vm/userfaultfd.txt
index fe51a5aa8963..0e5543a920e5 100644
--- a/Documentation/vm/userfaultfd.txt
+++ b/Documentation/vm/userfaultfd.txt
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ migration thread in the QEMU running in the destination node will
receive the page that triggered the userfault and it'll map it as
usual with the UFFDIO_COPY|ZEROPAGE (without actually knowing if it
was spontaneously sent by the source or if it was an urgent page
-requested through an userfault).
+requested through a userfault).
By the time the userfaults start, the QEMU in the destination node
doesn't need to keep any per-page state bitmap relative to the live
diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index d0012add6b19..cd211a14a88f 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ config OPROFILE_EVENT_MULTIPLEX
The number of hardware counters is limited. The multiplexing
feature enables OProfile to gather more events than counters
are provided by the hardware. This is realized by switching
- between events at an user specified time interval.
+ between events at a user specified time interval.
If unsure, say N.
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/xmon/ppc-opc.c b/arch/powerpc/xmon/ppc-opc.c
index 6845e91ba04a..954dbf8222d7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/xmon/ppc-opc.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/xmon/ppc-opc.c
@@ -1587,7 +1587,7 @@ extract_tbr (unsigned long insn,
#define CTX(op, xop) (OP (op) | (((unsigned long)(xop)) & 0x7))
#define CTX_MASK CTX(0x3f, 0x7)
-/* An User Context form instruction. */
+/* A User Context form instruction. */
#define UCTX(op, xop) (OP (op) | (((unsigned long)(xop)) & 0x1f))
#define UCTX_MASK UCTX(0x3f, 0x1f)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
index 2fd7586aad4d..1cda35277278 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -4102,7 +4102,7 @@ static void update_permission_bitmask(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
* as a SMAP violation if all of the following
* conditions are ture:
* - X86_CR4_SMAP is set in CR4
- * - An user page is accessed
+ * - A user page is accessed
* - Page fault in kernel mode
* - if CPL = 3 or X86_EFLAGS_AC is clear
*
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_ringbuffer.h b/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_ringbuffer.h
index bbe94873d44d..8ed6bcc3a56e 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_ringbuffer.h
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_ringbuffer.h
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ extern void dvb_ringbuffer_flush_spinlock_wakeup(struct dvb_ringbuffer *rbuf);
}
/**
- * dvb_ringbuffer_read_user - Reads a buffer into an user pointer
+ * dvb_ringbuffer_read_user - Reads a buffer into a user pointer
*
* @rbuf: pointer to struct dvb_ringbuffer
* @buf: pointer to the buffer where the data will be stored
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ extern ssize_t dvb_ringbuffer_write(struct dvb_ringbuffer *rbuf, const u8 *buf,
size_t len);
/**
- * dvb_ringbuffer_write_user - Writes a buffer received via an user pointer
+ * dvb_ringbuffer_write_user - Writes a buffer received via a user pointer
*
* @rbuf: pointer to struct dvb_ringbuffer
* @buf: pointer to the buffer where the data will be read
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c
index 50cf402dea29..03cb05abc821 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c
@@ -3329,7 +3329,7 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR(lpfc_static_vport, S_IRUGO,
* @buf: Data buffer.
* @count: Size of the data buffer.
*
- * This function get called when an user write to the lpfc_stat_data_ctrl
+ * This function get called when a user write to the lpfc_stat_data_ctrl
* sysfs file. This function parse the command written to the sysfs file
* and take appropriate action. These commands are used for controlling
* driver statistical data collection.
diff --git a/fs/userfaultfd.c b/fs/userfaultfd.c
index 625b7285a37b..e6e0a619cb3a 100644
--- a/fs/userfaultfd.c
+++ b/fs/userfaultfd.c
@@ -1807,17 +1807,17 @@ static void init_once_userfaultfd_ctx(void *mem)
}
/**
- * userfaultfd_file_create - Creates an userfaultfd file pointer.
+ * userfaultfd_file_create - Creates a userfaultfd file pointer.
* @flags: Flags for the userfaultfd file.
*
- * This function creates an userfaultfd file pointer, w/out installing
+ * This function creates a userfaultfd file pointer, w/out installing
* it into the fd table. This is useful when the userfaultfd file is
* used during the initialization of data structures that require
* extra setup after the userfaultfd creation. So the userfaultfd
* creation is split into the file pointer creation phase, and the
* file descriptor installation phase. In this way races with
* userspace closing the newly installed file descriptor can be
- * avoided. Returns an userfaultfd file pointer, or a proper error
+ * avoided. Returns a userfaultfd file pointer, or a proper error
* pointer.
*/
static struct file *userfaultfd_file_create(int flags)
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index b9a08cd1d97d..a3bab3c5ecfb 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -3392,7 +3392,7 @@ enum ieee80211_reconfig_type {
* since there won't be any time to beacon before the switch anyway.
* @pre_channel_switch: This is an optional callback that is called
* before a channel switch procedure is started (ie. when a STA
- * gets a CSA or an userspace initiated channel-switch), allowing
+ * gets a CSA or a userspace initiated channel-switch), allowing
* the driver to prepare for the channel switch.
* @post_channel_switch: This is an optional callback that is called
* after a channel switch procedure is completed, allowing the
diff --git a/kernel/irq/manage.c b/kernel/irq/manage.c
index 6b669593e7eb..944d068b6c48 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/manage.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/manage.c
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ static int setup_affinity(struct irq_desc *desc, struct cpumask *mask)
return 0;
/*
- * Preserve the managed affinity setting and an userspace affinity
+ * Preserve the managed affinity setting and a userspace affinity
* setup, but make sure that one of the targets is online.
*/
if (irqd_affinity_is_managed(&desc->irq_data) ||
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c
index 48f9471e7c85..f64d6566021f 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ static int hci_sock_release(struct socket *sock)
if (hdev) {
if (hci_pi(sk)->channel == HCI_CHANNEL_USER) {
- /* When releasing an user channel exclusive access,
+ /* When releasing a user channel exclusive access,
* call hci_dev_do_close directly instead of calling
* hci_dev_close to ensure the exclusive access will
* be released and the controller brought back down.
@@ -1172,7 +1172,7 @@ static int hci_sock_bind(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *addr,
/* In case the transport is already up and
* running, clear the error here.
*
- * This can happen when opening an user
+ * This can happen when opening a user
* channel and HCI_AUTO_OFF grace period
* is still active.
*/
@@ -1190,7 +1190,7 @@ static int hci_sock_bind(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *addr,
if (!hci_sock_gen_cookie(sk)) {
/* In the case when a cookie has already been assigned,
* this socket will transition from a raw socket into
- * an user channel socket. For a clean transition, send
+ * a user channel socket. For a clean transition, send
* the close notification first.
*/
skb = create_monitor_ctrl_close(sk);
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cthelper.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cthelper.c
index 3b79f34b5095..de8782345c86 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cthelper.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cthelper.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ nfnl_userspace_cthelper(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int protoff,
if (helper == NULL)
return NF_DROP;
- /* This is an user-space helper not yet configured, skip. */
+ /* This is a user-space helper not yet configured, skip. */
if ((helper->flags &
(NF_CT_HELPER_F_USERSPACE | NF_CT_HELPER_F_CONFIGURED)) ==
NF_CT_HELPER_F_USERSPACE)
diff --git a/scripts/spelling.txt b/scripts/spelling.txt
index 372840a672a4..13794532c3fa 100644
--- a/scripts/spelling.txt
+++ b/scripts/spelling.txt
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ alue||value
ambigious||ambiguous
amoung||among
amout||amount
+an user||a user
+an userspace||a userspace
analysator||analyzer
ang||and
anniversery||anniversary
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/tips.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/tips.txt
index 8a6479c0eac9..170b0289a7bc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/tips.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/tips.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ If you have debuginfo enabled, try: perf report -s sym,srcline
For memory address profiling, try: perf mem record / perf mem report
For tracepoint events, try: perf report -s trace_fields
To record callchains for each sample: perf record -g
-To record every process run by an user: perf record -u <user>
+To record every process run by a user: perf record -u <user>
Skip collecing build-id when recording: perf record -B
To change sampling frequency to 100 Hz: perf record -F 100
See assembly instructions with percentage: perf annotate <symbol>
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