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authorAmit Vadhavana <av2082000@gmail.com>2024-08-17 12:57:24 +0530
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2024-09-05 14:35:45 -0600
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Documentation: Fix spelling mistakes
Correct spelling mistakes in the documentation to improve readability. Signed-off-by: Amit Vadhavana <av2082000@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240817072724.6861-1-av2082000@gmail.com
-rw-r--r--Documentation/arch/arm/stm32/stm32-dma-mdma-chaining.rst4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/arch/arm64/cpu-hotplug.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/arch/powerpc/ultravisor.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/arch/riscv/vector.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/arch/x86/mds.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/fsgs.rst4
6 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/arch/arm/stm32/stm32-dma-mdma-chaining.rst b/Documentation/arch/arm/stm32/stm32-dma-mdma-chaining.rst
index 2945e0e33104..301aa30890ae 100644
--- a/Documentation/arch/arm/stm32/stm32-dma-mdma-chaining.rst
+++ b/Documentation/arch/arm/stm32/stm32-dma-mdma-chaining.rst
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ Driver updates for STM32 DMA-MDMA chaining support in foo driver
descriptor you want a callback to be called at the end of the transfer
(dmaengine_prep_slave_sg()) or the period (dmaengine_prep_dma_cyclic()).
Depending on the direction, set the callback on the descriptor that finishes
- the overal transfer:
+ the overall transfer:
* DMA_DEV_TO_MEM: set the callback on the "MDMA" descriptor
* DMA_MEM_TO_DEV: set the callback on the "DMA" descriptor
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ Driver updates for STM32 DMA-MDMA chaining support in foo driver
As STM32 MDMA channel transfer is triggered by STM32 DMA, you must issue
STM32 MDMA channel before STM32 DMA channel.
- If any, your callback will be called to warn you about the end of the overal
+ If any, your callback will be called to warn you about the end of the overall
transfer or the period completion.
Don't forget to terminate both channels. STM32 DMA channel is configured in
diff --git a/Documentation/arch/arm64/cpu-hotplug.rst b/Documentation/arch/arm64/cpu-hotplug.rst
index 76ba8d932c72..8fb438bf7781 100644
--- a/Documentation/arch/arm64/cpu-hotplug.rst
+++ b/Documentation/arch/arm64/cpu-hotplug.rst
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ There are no systems that support the physical addition (or removal) of CPUs
while the system is running, and ACPI is not able to sufficiently describe
them.
-e.g. New CPUs come with new caches, but the platform's cache toplogy is
+e.g. New CPUs come with new caches, but the platform's cache topology is
described in a static table, the PPTT. How caches are shared between CPUs is
not discoverable, and must be described by firmware.
diff --git a/Documentation/arch/powerpc/ultravisor.rst b/Documentation/arch/powerpc/ultravisor.rst
index ba6b1bf1cc44..6d0407b2f5a1 100644
--- a/Documentation/arch/powerpc/ultravisor.rst
+++ b/Documentation/arch/powerpc/ultravisor.rst
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ Hardware
* PTCR and partition table entries (partition table is in secure
memory). An attempt to write to PTCR will cause a Hypervisor
- Emulation Assitance interrupt.
+ Emulation Assistance interrupt.
* LDBAR (LD Base Address Register) and IMC (In-Memory Collection)
non-architected registers. An attempt to write to them will cause a
diff --git a/Documentation/arch/riscv/vector.rst b/Documentation/arch/riscv/vector.rst
index 75dd88a62e1d..3987f5f76a9d 100644
--- a/Documentation/arch/riscv/vector.rst
+++ b/Documentation/arch/riscv/vector.rst
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ status for the use of Vector in userspace. The intended usage guideline for
these interfaces is to give init systems a way to modify the availability of V
for processes running under its domain. Calling these interfaces is not
recommended in libraries routines because libraries should not override policies
-configured from the parant process. Also, users must noted that these interfaces
+configured from the parent process. Also, users must note that these interfaces
are not portable to non-Linux, nor non-RISC-V environments, so it is discourage
to use in a portable code. To get the availability of V in an ELF program,
please read :c:macro:`COMPAT_HWCAP_ISA_V` bit of :c:macro:`ELF_HWCAP` in the
diff --git a/Documentation/arch/x86/mds.rst b/Documentation/arch/x86/mds.rst
index c58c72362911..5a2e6c0ef04a 100644
--- a/Documentation/arch/x86/mds.rst
+++ b/Documentation/arch/x86/mds.rst
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ Mitigation points
3. It would take a large number of these precisely-timed NMIs to mount
an actual attack. There's presumably not enough bandwidth.
4. The NMI in question occurs after a VERW, i.e. when user state is
- restored and most interesting data is already scrubbed. Whats left
+ restored and most interesting data is already scrubbed. What's left
is only the data that NMI touches, and that may or may not be of
any interest.
diff --git a/Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/fsgs.rst b/Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/fsgs.rst
index 50960e09e1f6..d07e445dac5c 100644
--- a/Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/fsgs.rst
+++ b/Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/fsgs.rst
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ FSGSBASE instructions enablement
FSGSBASE instructions compiler support
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-GCC version 4.6.4 and newer provide instrinsics for the FSGSBASE
+GCC version 4.6.4 and newer provide intrinsics for the FSGSBASE
instructions. Clang 5 supports them as well.
=================== ===========================
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ instructions. Clang 5 supports them as well.
_writegsbase_u64() Write the GS base register
=================== ===========================
-To utilize these instrinsics <immintrin.h> must be included in the source
+To utilize these intrinsics <immintrin.h> must be included in the source
code and the compiler option -mfsgsbase has to be added.
Compiler support for FS/GS based addressing