Fix typos in doc and comments

Changes persistant -> persistent. www.dictionary.com does not know
persistant (with an A), but should it be one of those things you can
spell in more than one correct way, let me know.

Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>

diff --git a/Documentation/Changes b/Documentation/Changes
index abee7f58c1ed6b2c374aa0483c06f86a5a260512..73a8617f1861754198c18c5e7285da95358994fe 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/Changes
+++ b/Documentation/Changes
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ udev
 ----
 udev is a userspace application for populating /dev dynamically with
 only entries for devices actually present.  udev replaces the basic
-functionality of devfs, while allowing persistant device naming for
+functionality of devfs, while allowing persistent device naming for
 devices.
 
 FUSE

diff --git a/Documentation/power/states.txt b/Documentation/power/states.txt
index 3e5e5d3ff419a2138b7faa908f49f7d1a27bb3fe..0931a330d362c59dd2cb4ddf7d0fb4eb864f247b 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/power/states.txt
+++ b/Documentation/power/states.txt
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ setup via another operating system for it to use. Despite the
 inconvenience, this method requires minimal work by the kernel, since
 the firmware will also handle restoring memory contents on resume. 
 
-If the kernel is responsible for persistantly saving state, a mechanism 
+If the kernel is responsible for persistently saving state, a mechanism
 called 'swsusp' (Swap Suspend) is used to write memory contents to
 free swap space. swsusp has some restrictive requirements, but should
 work in most cases. Some, albeit outdated, documentation can be found

diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/chan_user.c b/arch/um/drivers/chan_user.c
index 2f880cb167a582f5f10be75d4647facd1f82e274..0cad3546cb8922a013893d516111f9f669115fdb 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/um/drivers/chan_user.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/chan_user.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ static int winch_thread(void *arg)
        /* These are synchronization calls between various UML threads on the
         * host - since they are not different kernel threads, we cannot use
         * kernel semaphores. We don't use SysV semaphores because they are
-        * persistant. */
+        * persistent. */
        count = os_read_file(pipe_fd, &c, sizeof(c));
        if(count != sizeof(c))
                printk("winch_thread : failed to read synchronization byte, "

diff --git a/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c b/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c
index e5c72719debc70496596980d67213ea3dd08770f..051b7c5b8f03a6da69bef8edde3488f841638b46 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c
+++ b/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c
@@ -6185,7 +6185,7 @@ mpt_spi_log_info(MPT_ADAPTER *ioc, u32 log_info)
                "Abort",                                        /* 12h */
                "IO Not Yet Executed",                          /* 13h */
                "IO Executed",                                  /* 14h */
-               "Persistant Reservation Out Not Affiliation Owner", /* 15h */
+               "Persistent Reservation Out Not Affiliation Owner", /* 15h */
                "Open Transmit DMA Abort",                      /* 16h */
                "IO Device Missing Delay Retry",                /* 17h */
                NULL,                                           /* 18h */

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/maps/cfi_flagadm.c b/drivers/mtd/maps/cfi_flagadm.c
index 92b5d883d7b0e4f8b4ad978a6fac2a9c44c2bfc4..65e5ee552010be7a4c147a34f806ac3d9a5e46d0 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/mtd/maps/cfi_flagadm.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/maps/cfi_flagadm.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ struct mtd_partition flagadm_parts[] = {
                .size =         FLASH_PARTITION2_SIZE
        },
        {
-               .name =         "Persistant storage",
+               .name =         "Persistent storage",
                .offset =       FLASH_PARTITION3_ADDR,
                .size =         FLASH_PARTITION3_SIZE
        }

diff --git a/drivers/pci/Kconfig b/drivers/pci/Kconfig
index d0ba112355cc10821be7f28a78f7bd41de8aef82..3cfb0a3575e660938abc6070c9048563ddd7c287 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/pci/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/pci/Kconfig
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ config PCI_MULTITHREAD_PROBE
 
          It is very unwise to use this option if you are not using a
          boot process that can handle devices being created in any
-         order.  A program that can create persistant block and network
+         order.  A program that can create persistent block and network
          device names (like udev) is a good idea if you wish to use
          this option.
 

diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig
index 8bec76bbc0c3ac6d236d2e4eff9694d60ff577ca..b3b5aa0edff92198b68fb2f561fe811b559a04ae 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/Kconfig
@@ -972,7 +972,7 @@ config SYSFS
 
        Some system agents rely on the information in sysfs to operate.
        /sbin/hotplug uses device and object attributes in sysfs to assist in
-       delegating policy decisions, like persistantly naming devices.
+       delegating policy decisions, like persistently naming devices.
 
        sysfs is currently used by the block subsystem to mount the root
        partition.  If sysfs is disabled you must specify the boot device on

diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_filsys.h b/fs/jfs/jfs_filsys.h
index 9901928668cfe62395da77cceba9626dcac9249b..eb550b339bb829c1473f4f84ffd271b9617f954a 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_filsys.h
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_filsys.h
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 #define        JFS_SWAP_BYTES          0x00100000      /* running on big endian computer */
 
 /* Directory index */
-#define JFS_DIR_INDEX          0x00200000      /* Persistant index for */
+#define JFS_DIR_INDEX          0x00200000      /* Persistent index for */
                                                /* directory entries    */
 
 

diff --git a/include/linux/textsearch.h b/include/linux/textsearch.h
index 7dac8f04d28e1aee64cec1a140bd52aded10edd1..004808a6df1d080f8389cf2a57f1d4c85ff7673d 100644 (file)
--- a/include/linux/textsearch.h
+++ b/include/linux/textsearch.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ struct ts_config;
 /**
  * struct ts_state - search state
  * @offset: offset for next match
- * @cb: control buffer, for persistant variables of get_next_block()
+ * @cb: control buffer, for persistent variables of get_next_block()
  */
 struct ts_state
 {
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ struct ts_config
         * Called repeatedly until 0 is returned. Must assign the
         * head of the next block of data to &*dst and return the length
         * of the block or 0 if at the end. consumed == 0 indicates
-        * a new search. May store/read persistant values in state->cb.
+        * a new search. May store/read persistent values in state->cb.
         */
        unsigned int            (*get_next_block)(unsigned int consumed,
                                                  const u8 **dst,

diff --git a/lib/textsearch.c b/lib/textsearch.c
index 2cb4a437942e980979098d302efef163d3d3f9f1..98bcadc0118523faeaf8443d4aeb248520c9798d 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/textsearch.c
+++ b/lib/textsearch.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
  *       configuration according to the specified parameters.
  *   (3) User starts the search(es) by calling _find() or _next() to
  *       fetch subsequent occurrences. A state variable is provided
- *       to the algorihtm to store persistant variables.
+ *       to the algorihtm to store persistent variables.
  *   (4) Core eventually resets the search offset and forwards the find()
  *       request to the algorithm.
  *   (5) Algorithm calls get_next_block() provided by the user continously