Commit 62451ae3 authored Dec 18, 2025 by Kevin Lourenco Committed by Andrew Morton Jan 20, 2026

mm: fix minor spelling mistakes in comments

Correct several typos in comments across files in mm/

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: also fix comment grammar, per SeongJae]
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20251218150906.25042-1-klourencodev@gmail.com


Signed-off-by: Kevin Lourenco <klourencodev@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) <david@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

parent 5ec9bb6d

mm/internal.h

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		@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ static inline int mmap_file(struct file file, struct vm_area_struct vma)

		/*
		* OK, we tried to call the file hook for mmap(), but an error
		* arose. The mapping is in an inconsistent state and we most not invoke
		* arose. The mapping is in an inconsistent state and we must not invoke
		* any further hooks on it.
		*/
		vma->vm_ops = &vma_dummy_vm_ops;

mm/madvise.c

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		@@ -1867,7 +1867,7 @@ static bool is_valid_madvise(unsigned long start, size_t len_in, int behavior)
		* madvise_should_skip() - Return if the request is invalid or nothing.
		* @start: Start address of madvise-requested address range.
		* @len_in: Length of madvise-requested address range.
		* @behavior: Requested madvise behavor.
		* @behavior: Requested madvise behavior.
		* @err: Pointer to store an error code from the check.
		*
		* If the specified behaviour is invalid or nothing would occur, we skip the

mm/memblock.c

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		@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ bool __init_memblock memblock_validate_numa_coverage(unsigned long threshold_byt
		unsigned long start_pfn, end_pfn, mem_size_mb;
		int nid, i;

		/* calculate lose page */
		/* calculate lost page */
		for_each_mem_pfn_range(i, MAX_NUMNODES, &start_pfn, &end_pfn, &nid) {
		if (!numa_valid_node(nid))
		nr_pages += end_pfn - start_pfn;
		@@ -2414,7 +2414,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(reserve_mem_find_by_name);

		/**
		* reserve_mem_release_by_name - Release reserved memory region with a given name
		* @name: The name that is attatched to a reserved memory region
		* @name: The name that is attached to a reserved memory region
		*
		* Forcibly release the pages in the reserved memory region so that those memory
		* can be used as free memory. After released the reserved region size becomes 0.

mm/memcontrol.c

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		@@ -4976,7 +4976,7 @@ void mem_cgroup_migrate(struct folio old, struct folio new)
		memcg = folio_memcg(old);
		/*
		* Note that it is normal to see !memcg for a hugetlb folio.
		* For e.g, itt could have been allocated when memory_hugetlb_accounting
		* For e.g, it could have been allocated when memory_hugetlb_accounting
		* was not selected.
		*/
		VM_WARN_ON_ONCE_FOLIO(!folio_test_hugetlb(old) && !memcg, old);

mm/memory-failure.c

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		@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ static int kill_accessing_process(struct task_struct *p, unsigned long pfn,
		*
		* MF_RECOVERED - The m-f() handler marks the page as PG_hwpoisoned'ed.
		* The page has been completely isolated, that is, unmapped, taken out of
		* the buddy system, or hole-punnched out of the file mapping.
		* the buddy system, or hole-punched out of the file mapping.
		*/
		static const char *action_name[] = {
		[MF_IGNORED] = "Ignored",