Of these: 7 "for a while" typos 5 "take a while" typos 1 misreading of "once in a while"?
3 awhiles used correctly remain in the tree
Signed-off-by: Ahelenia Ziemiańska nabijaczleweli@nabijaczleweli.xyz --- Documentation/trace/histogram.rst | 2 +- arch/sh/drivers/pci/common.c | 2 +- arch/sh/drivers/pci/pci-sh7780.c | 2 +- drivers/atm/lanai.c | 2 +- drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h | 2 +- drivers/md/bcache/request.c | 2 +- drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_rx_dqo.c | 2 +- drivers/scsi/hpsa.c | 2 +- drivers/tty/serial/jsm/jsm_neo.c | 2 +- fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c | 2 +- sound/pci/emu10k1/emu10k1_main.c | 2 +- sound/pci/emu10k1/emupcm.c | 2 +- tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-tmspr.c | 2 +- 13 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/histogram.rst b/Documentation/trace/histogram.rst index 0aada18c38c6..2b98c1720a54 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/histogram.rst +++ b/Documentation/trace/histogram.rst @@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ Extended error information table, it should keep a running total of the number of bytes requested by that call_site.
- We'll let it run for awhile and then dump the contents of the 'hist' + We'll let it run for a while and then dump the contents of the 'hist' file in the kmalloc event's subdirectory (for readability, a number of entries have been omitted)::
diff --git a/arch/sh/drivers/pci/common.c b/arch/sh/drivers/pci/common.c index 9633b6147a05..f95004c67e6c 100644 --- a/arch/sh/drivers/pci/common.c +++ b/arch/sh/drivers/pci/common.c @@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ unsigned int pcibios_handle_status_errors(unsigned long addr,
cmd |= PCI_STATUS_PARITY | PCI_STATUS_DETECTED_PARITY;
- /* Now back off of the IRQ for awhile */ + /* Now back off of the IRQ for a while */ if (hose->err_irq) { disable_irq_nosync(hose->err_irq); hose->err_timer.expires = jiffies + HZ; diff --git a/arch/sh/drivers/pci/pci-sh7780.c b/arch/sh/drivers/pci/pci-sh7780.c index 9a624a6ee354..f41d6939a3d9 100644 --- a/arch/sh/drivers/pci/pci-sh7780.c +++ b/arch/sh/drivers/pci/pci-sh7780.c @@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ static irqreturn_t sh7780_pci_serr_irq(int irq, void *dev_id) /* Deassert SERR */ __raw_writel(SH4_PCIINTM_SDIM, hose->reg_base + SH4_PCIINTM);
- /* Back off the IRQ for awhile */ + /* Back off the IRQ for a while */ disable_irq_nosync(irq); hose->serr_timer.expires = jiffies + HZ; add_timer(&hose->serr_timer); diff --git a/drivers/atm/lanai.c b/drivers/atm/lanai.c index 2a1fe3080712..0dfa2cdc897c 100644 --- a/drivers/atm/lanai.c +++ b/drivers/atm/lanai.c @@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ static void lanai_shutdown_rx_vci(const struct lanai_vcc *lvcc) /* Shutdown transmitting on card. * Unfortunately the lanai needs us to wait until all the data * drains out of the buffer before we can dealloc it, so this - * can take awhile -- up to 370ms for a full 128KB buffer + * can take a while -- up to 370ms for a full 128KB buffer * assuming everone else is quiet. In theory the time is * boundless if there's a CBR VCC holding things up. */ diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h b/drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h index 1d33e40d26ea..7318d9800370 100644 --- a/drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h +++ b/drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h @@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ struct gc_stat { * won't automatically reattach). * * CACHE_SET_STOPPING always gets set first when we're closing down a cache set; - * we'll continue to run normally for awhile with CACHE_SET_STOPPING set (i.e. + * we'll continue to run normally for a while with CACHE_SET_STOPPING set (i.e. * flushing dirty data). * * CACHE_SET_RUNNING means all cache devices have been registered and journal diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/request.c b/drivers/md/bcache/request.c index af345dc6fde1..87b4341cb42c 100644 --- a/drivers/md/bcache/request.c +++ b/drivers/md/bcache/request.c @@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ static CLOSURE_CALLBACK(bch_data_insert_start)
/* * But if it's not a writeback write we'd rather just bail out if - * there aren't any buckets ready to write to - it might take awhile and + * there aren't any buckets ready to write to - it might take a while and * we might be starving btree writes for gc or something. */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_rx_dqo.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_rx_dqo.c index dcb0545baa50..6a0be54f1c81 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_rx_dqo.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_rx_dqo.c @@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ static int gve_rx_dqo(struct napi_struct *napi, struct gve_rx_ring *rx, buf_len = compl_desc->packet_len; hdr_len = compl_desc->header_len;
- /* Page might have not been used for awhile and was likely last written + /* Page might have not been used for a while and was likely last written * by a different thread. */ if (rx->dqo.page_pool) { diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c index c73a71ac3c29..0066f15153a7 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c @@ -7795,7 +7795,7 @@ static int hpsa_wait_for_mode_change_ack(struct ctlr_info *h) u32 doorbell_value; unsigned long flags;
- /* under certain very rare conditions, this can take awhile. + /* under certain very rare conditions, this can take a while. * (e.g.: hot replace a failed 144GB drive in a RAID 5 set right * as we enter this code.) */ diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/jsm/jsm_neo.c b/drivers/tty/serial/jsm/jsm_neo.c index e8e13bf056e2..2eb9ff26d6e8 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/jsm/jsm_neo.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/jsm/jsm_neo.c @@ -1189,7 +1189,7 @@ static irqreturn_t neo_intr(int irq, void *voidbrd) /* * The UART triggered us with a bogus interrupt type. * It appears the Exar chip, when REALLY bogged down, will throw - * these once and awhile. + * these periodically. * Its harmless, just ignore it and move on. */ jsm_dbg(INTR, &brd->pci_dev, diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c index 67fc62a49a76..00f52812dbb0 100644 --- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c +++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c @@ -2632,7 +2632,7 @@ static int dlm_pick_recovery_master(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm) dlm_reco_master_ready(dlm), msecs_to_jiffies(1000)); if (!dlm_reco_master_ready(dlm)) { - mlog(0, "%s: reco master taking awhile\n", + mlog(0, "%s: reco master taking a while\n", dlm->name); goto again; } diff --git a/sound/pci/emu10k1/emu10k1_main.c b/sound/pci/emu10k1/emu10k1_main.c index bbe252b8916c..6050201851b1 100644 --- a/sound/pci/emu10k1/emu10k1_main.c +++ b/sound/pci/emu10k1/emu10k1_main.c @@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ static int snd_emu10k1_ecard_init(struct snd_emu10k1 *emu) /* Step 2: Calibrate the ADC and DAC */ snd_emu10k1_ecard_write(emu, EC_DACCAL | EC_LEDN | EC_TRIM_CSN);
- /* Step 3: Wait for awhile; XXX We can't get away with this + /* Step 3: Wait for a while; XXX We can't get away with this * under a real operating system; we'll need to block and wait that * way. */ snd_emu10k1_wait(emu, 48000); diff --git a/sound/pci/emu10k1/emupcm.c b/sound/pci/emu10k1/emupcm.c index 1bf6e3d652f8..ca4b03317539 100644 --- a/sound/pci/emu10k1/emupcm.c +++ b/sound/pci/emu10k1/emupcm.c @@ -991,7 +991,7 @@ static snd_pcm_uframes_t snd_emu10k1_capture_pointer(struct snd_pcm_substream *s if (!epcm->running) return 0; if (epcm->first_ptr) { - udelay(50); /* hack, it takes awhile until capture is started */ + udelay(50); /* hack, it takes a while until capture is started */ epcm->first_ptr = 0; } ptr = snd_emu10k1_ptr_read(emu, epcm->capture_idx_reg, 0) & 0x0000ffff; diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-tmspr.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-tmspr.c index dd5ddffa28b7..0d64988ffb40 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-tmspr.c +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-tmspr.c @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ * (1) create more threads than cpus * (2) in each thread: * (a) set TFIAR and TFHAR a unique value - * (b) loop for awhile, continually checking to see if + * (b) loop for a while, continually checking to see if * either register has been corrupted. * * (3) Loop:
On Wed, Jul 02, 2025 at 09:32:45PM +0200, Ahelenia Ziemiańska wrote:
Of these: 7 "for a while" typos 5 "take a while" typos 1 misreading of "once in a while"?
3 awhiles used correctly remain in the tree
Signed-off-by: Ahelenia Ziemiańska nabijaczleweli@nabijaczleweli.xyz
Please properly break your patch up into one-per-subsystem and submit it that way.
thanks,
greg k-h
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