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-rw-r--r--Documentation/dell_rbu.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt2
-rw-r--r--arch/m68k/kernel/traps.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/executer/exprep.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/executer/exresolv.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/executer/exstore.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/resources/rscreate.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/utilities/utobject.c4
-rw-r--r--drivers/char/epca.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig4
-rw-r--r--drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/macintosh/Kconfig2
-rw-r--r--drivers/misc/phantom.c2
-rw-r--r--fs/ncpfs/ioctl.c2
-rw-r--r--include/acpi/acmacros.h4
-rw-r--r--include/acpi/actypes.h2
-rw-r--r--include/linux/ncp_fs.h2
-rw-r--r--mm/slub.c2
-rw-r--r--sound/oss/aedsp16.c2
20 files changed, 24 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/dell_rbu.txt b/Documentation/dell_rbu.txt
index 2c0d631de0c..c11b931f8f9 100644
--- a/Documentation/dell_rbu.txt
+++ b/Documentation/dell_rbu.txt
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ Until this step is completed the driver cannot be unloaded.
Also echoing either mono ,packet or init in to image_type will free up the
memory allocated by the driver.
-If an user by accident executes steps 1 and 3 above without executing step 2;
-it will make the /sys/class/firmware/dell_rbu/ entries to disappear.
+If a user by accident executes steps 1 and 3 above without executing step 2;
+it will make the /sys/class/firmware/dell_rbu/ entries disappear.
The entries can be recreated by doing the following
echo init > /sys/devices/platform/dell_rbu/image_type
NOTE: echoing init in image_type does not change it original value.
diff --git a/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt b/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt
index 71f0fe1fc1b..898b4987bb8 100644
--- a/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt
+++ b/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt
@@ -1475,7 +1475,7 @@ Sysfs interface changelog:
0x020100: Marker for thinkpad-acpi with hot key NVRAM polling
support. If you must, use it to know you should not
- start an userspace NVRAM poller (allows to detect when
+ start a userspace NVRAM poller (allows to detect when
NVRAM is compiled out by the user because it is
unneeded/undesired in the first place).
0x020101: Marker for thinkpad-acpi with hot key NVRAM polling
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt b/Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt
index 839cbb71388..c0aab985bad 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ As mentioned above, main purpose of TUN/TAP driver is tunneling.
It is used by VTun (http://vtun.sourceforge.net).
Another interesting application using TUN/TAP is pipsecd
-(http://perso.enst.fr/~beyssac/pipsec/), an userspace IPSec
+(http://perso.enst.fr/~beyssac/pipsec/), a userspace IPSec
implementation that can use complete kernel routing (unlike FreeS/WAN).
3. How does Virtual network device actually work ?
diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/traps.c b/arch/m68k/kernel/traps.c
index 6d813de2baf..184acc90808 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/traps.c
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ static inline void do_040writebacks(struct frame *fp)
* called from sigreturn(), must ensure userspace code didn't
* manipulate exception frame to circumvent protection, then complete
* pending writebacks
- * we just clear TM2 to turn it into an userspace access
+ * we just clear TM2 to turn it into a userspace access
*/
asmlinkage void berr_040cleanup(struct frame *fp)
{
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/executer/exprep.c b/drivers/acpi/executer/exprep.c
index 5d438c32989..a7dc87ecee3 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/executer/exprep.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/executer/exprep.c
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ acpi_ex_prep_common_field_object(union acpi_operand_object *obj_desc,
*
* RETURN: Status
*
- * DESCRIPTION: Construct an union acpi_operand_object of type def_field and
+ * DESCRIPTION: Construct a union acpi_operand_object of type def_field and
* connect it to the parent Node.
*
******************************************************************************/
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/executer/exresolv.c b/drivers/acpi/executer/exresolv.c
index 89571b92a52..60e8c47128e 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/executer/exresolv.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/executer/exresolv.c
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ acpi_ex_resolve_object_to_value(union acpi_operand_object **stack_ptr,
stack_desc = *stack_ptr;
- /* This is an union acpi_operand_object */
+ /* This is a union acpi_operand_object */
switch (ACPI_GET_OBJECT_TYPE(stack_desc)) {
case ACPI_TYPE_LOCAL_REFERENCE:
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/executer/exstore.c b/drivers/acpi/executer/exstore.c
index 3318df4cbd9..1c118ba78ad 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/executer/exstore.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/executer/exstore.c
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ acpi_ex_do_debug_object(union acpi_operand_object *source_desc,
*
* PARAMETERS: *source_desc - Value to be stored
* *dest_desc - Where to store it. Must be an NS node
- * or an union acpi_operand_object of type
+ * or a union acpi_operand_object of type
* Reference;
* walk_state - Current walk state
*
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/resources/rscreate.c b/drivers/acpi/resources/rscreate.c
index c0bbfa2c419..08b8d73e6ee 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/resources/rscreate.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/resources/rscreate.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ acpi_rs_create_resource_list(union acpi_operand_object *aml_buffer,
*
* FUNCTION: acpi_rs_create_pci_routing_table
*
- * PARAMETERS: package_object - Pointer to an union acpi_operand_object
+ * PARAMETERS: package_object - Pointer to a union acpi_operand_object
* package
* output_buffer - Pointer to the user's buffer
*
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/utilities/utobject.c b/drivers/acpi/utilities/utobject.c
index c354e7a42bc..4bef3cfbacc 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/utilities/utobject.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/utilities/utobject.c
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ union acpi_operand_object *acpi_ut_create_string_object(acpi_size string_size)
*
* RETURN: TRUE if object is valid, FALSE otherwise
*
- * DESCRIPTION: Validate a pointer to be an union acpi_operand_object
+ * DESCRIPTION: Validate a pointer to be a union acpi_operand_object
*
******************************************************************************/
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ void acpi_ut_delete_object_desc(union acpi_operand_object *object)
{
ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE_PTR(ut_delete_object_desc, object);
- /* Object must be an union acpi_operand_object */
+ /* Object must be a union acpi_operand_object */
if (ACPI_GET_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE(object) != ACPI_DESC_TYPE_OPERAND) {
ACPI_ERROR((AE_INFO,
diff --git a/drivers/char/epca.c b/drivers/char/epca.c
index 39ad820b235..af7c13ca949 100644
--- a/drivers/char/epca.c
+++ b/drivers/char/epca.c
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ static int pc_open(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *filp)
/* Check status of board configured in system. */
/*
- * I check to see if the epca_setup routine detected an user error. It
+ * I check to see if the epca_setup routine detected a user error. It
* might be better to put this in pc_init, but for the moment it goes
* here.
*/
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig b/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig
index 5f076aef74f..a8c8d9c19d7 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ config CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_USERSPACE
select CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE
help
Use the CPUFreq governor 'userspace' as default. This allows
- you to set the CPU frequency manually or when an userspace
+ you to set the CPU frequency manually or when a userspace
program shall be able to set the CPU dynamically without having
to enable the userspace governor manually.
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ config CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE
tristate "'userspace' governor for userspace frequency scaling"
help
Enable this cpufreq governor when you either want to set the
- CPU frequency manually or when an userspace program shall
+ CPU frequency manually or when a userspace program shall
be able to set the CPU dynamically, like on LART
<http://www.lartmaker.nl/>.
diff --git a/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c b/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c
index 379b7ff354e..b9e6bef594a 100644
--- a/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c
+++ b/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(extra, "Enable extra LEDs and keys on IBM RapidAcces, EzKey and
/*
* Scancode to keycode tables. These are just the default setting, and
- * are loadable via an userland utility.
+ * are loadable via a userland utility.
*/
static const unsigned short atkbd_set2_keycode[512] = {
diff --git a/drivers/macintosh/Kconfig b/drivers/macintosh/Kconfig
index b52659620d5..173cf55c64d 100644
--- a/drivers/macintosh/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/macintosh/Kconfig
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ config PMAC_BACKLIGHT
Say Y here to enable Macintosh specific extensions of the generic
backlight code. With this enabled, the brightness keys on older
PowerBooks will be enabled so you can change the screen brightness.
- Newer models should use an userspace daemon like pbbuttonsd.
+ Newer models should use a userspace daemon like pbbuttonsd.
config PMAC_BACKLIGHT_LEGACY
bool "Provide legacy ioctl's on /dev/pmu for the backlight"
diff --git a/drivers/misc/phantom.c b/drivers/misc/phantom.c
index abdebe34738..fa57b67593a 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/phantom.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/phantom.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
- * You need an userspace library to cooperate with this driver. It (and other
+ * You need a userspace library to cooperate with this driver. It (and other
* info) may be obtained here:
* http://www.fi.muni.cz/~xslaby/phantom.html
* or alternatively, you might use OpenHaptics provided by Sensable.
diff --git a/fs/ncpfs/ioctl.c b/fs/ncpfs/ioctl.c
index 6d04e050c74..f54360f50a9 100644
--- a/fs/ncpfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ncpfs/ioctl.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ struct compat_ncp_objectname_ioctl
{
s32 auth_type;
u32 object_name_len;
- compat_caddr_t object_name; /* an userspace data, in most cases user name */
+ compat_caddr_t object_name; /* a userspace data, in most cases user name */
};
struct compat_ncp_fs_info_v2 {
diff --git a/include/acpi/acmacros.h b/include/acpi/acmacros.h
index a597207e283..1954c9d1d01 100644
--- a/include/acpi/acmacros.h
+++ b/include/acpi/acmacros.h
@@ -333,8 +333,8 @@ struct acpi_integer_overlay {
#define ACPI_INSERT_BITS(target, mask, source) target = ((target & (~(mask))) | (source & mask))
/*
- * An struct acpi_namespace_node can appear in some contexts
- * where a pointer to an union acpi_operand_object can also
+ * A struct acpi_namespace_node can appear in some contexts
+ * where a pointer to a union acpi_operand_object can also
* appear. This macro is used to distinguish them.
*
* The "Descriptor" field is the first field in both structures.
diff --git a/include/acpi/actypes.h b/include/acpi/actypes.h
index 7220361790b..8222e8de0d1 100644
--- a/include/acpi/actypes.h
+++ b/include/acpi/actypes.h
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ typedef u32 acpi_object_type;
/*
* These are special object types that never appear in
- * a Namespace node, only in an union acpi_operand_object
+ * a Namespace node, only in a union acpi_operand_object
*/
#define ACPI_TYPE_LOCAL_EXTRA 0x1C
#define ACPI_TYPE_LOCAL_DATA 0x1D
diff --git a/include/linux/ncp_fs.h b/include/linux/ncp_fs.h
index 9f2d76347f1..f69e66d151c 100644
--- a/include/linux/ncp_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/ncp_fs.h
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ struct ncp_objectname_ioctl
#define NCP_AUTH_NDS 0x32
int auth_type;
size_t object_name_len;
- void __user * object_name; /* an userspace data, in most cases user name */
+ void __user * object_name; /* a userspace data, in most cases user name */
};
struct ncp_privatedata_ioctl
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index f0e2892fe40..6392ae5cc6b 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -2254,7 +2254,7 @@ static int calculate_sizes(struct kmem_cache *s, int forced_order)
* Add some empty padding so that we can catch
* overwrites from earlier objects rather than let
* tracking information or the free pointer be
- * corrupted if an user writes before the start
+ * corrupted if a user writes before the start
* of the object.
*/
size += sizeof(void *);
diff --git a/sound/oss/aedsp16.c b/sound/oss/aedsp16.c
index a0274f3dac0..3ee9900ffd7 100644
--- a/sound/oss/aedsp16.c
+++ b/sound/oss/aedsp16.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
Started Fri Mar 17 16:13:18 MET 1995
- v0.1 (ALPHA, was an user-level program called AudioExcelDSP16.c)
+ v0.1 (ALPHA, was a user-level program called AudioExcelDSP16.c)
- Initial code.
v0.2 (ALPHA)
- Cleanups.