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From: Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@linux.dev>
To: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
	Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
	Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com>,
	Janosch Frank <frankja@linux.ibm.com>,
	Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>,
	Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@kernel.org>,
	linux-mips@vger.kernel.org, Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
	Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH 7/7] KVM: Fix typos in comments
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:54:48 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261111085448.1130701-8-fuad.tabba@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261111085448.1130701-1-fuad.tabba@linux.dev>

Fix typos in comments in the generic KVM code and in the KVM uAPI
header.

Signed-off-by: Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@linux.dev>
---
 include/linux/kvm_host.h | 10 +++++-----
 include/uapi/linux/kvm.h |  6 +++---
 virt/kvm/binary_stats.c  |  2 +-
 virt/kvm/eventfd.c       |  2 +-
 virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c   |  2 +-
 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c      |  6 +++---
 6 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 21207d234618a..f94fada229053 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
 #define KVM_PFN_ERR_NEEDS_IO	(KVM_PFN_ERR_MASK + 4)
 
 /*
- * error pfns indicate that the gfn is in slot but faild to
+ * error pfns indicate that the gfn is in slot but failed to
  * translate it to pfn on host.
  */
 static inline bool is_error_pfn(kvm_pfn_t pfn)
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ static inline bool kvm_is_error_gpa(gpa_t gpa)
 #define KVM_REQUEST_ARCH_BASE		8
 
 /*
- * KVM_REQ_OUTSIDE_GUEST_MODE exists is purely as way to force the vCPU to
+ * KVM_REQ_OUTSIDE_GUEST_MODE exists purely as a way to force the vCPU to
  * OUTSIDE_GUEST_MODE.  KVM_REQ_OUTSIDE_GUEST_MODE differs from a vCPU "kick"
  * in that it ensures the vCPU has reached OUTSIDE_GUEST_MODE before continuing
  * on.  A kick only guarantees that the vCPU is on its way out, e.g. a previous
@@ -2185,7 +2185,7 @@ static inline int mmu_invalidate_retry_gfn(struct kvm *kvm,
 	 * If mmu_invalidate_in_progress is non-zero, then the range maintained
 	 * by kvm_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start contains all addresses
 	 * that might be being invalidated. Note that it may include some false
-	 * positives, due to shortcuts when handing concurrent invalidations.
+	 * positives, due to shortcuts when handling concurrent invalidations.
 	 */
 	if (unlikely(kvm->mmu_invalidate_in_progress)) {
 		/*
@@ -2471,7 +2471,7 @@ void kvm_arch_update_irqfd_routing(struct kvm_kernel_irqfd *irqfd,
 #endif /* CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_IRQ_BYPASS */
 
 #ifdef __KVM_HAVE_INVALID_WAKEUPS
-/* If we wakeup during the poll time, was it a sucessful poll? */
+/* If we wakeup during the poll time, was it a successful poll? */
 static inline bool vcpu_valid_wakeup(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	return vcpu->valid_wakeup;
@@ -2526,7 +2526,7 @@ static inline int kvm_xfer_to_guest_mode_handle_work(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 
 /*
  * If more than one page is being (un)accounted, @virt must be the address of
- * the first page of a block of pages what were allocated together (i.e
+ * the first page of a block of pages that were allocated together (i.e
  * accounted together).
  *
  * kvm_account_pgtable_pages() is thread-safe because mod_lruvec_page_state()
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
index 951b891b8ae60..3d709737c3f83 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ struct kvm_run {
 	/*
 	 * shared registers between kvm and userspace.
 	 * kvm_valid_regs specifies the register classes set by the host
-	 * kvm_dirty_regs specified the register classes dirtied by userspace
+	 * kvm_dirty_regs specifies the register classes dirtied by userspace
 	 * struct kvm_sync_regs is architecture specific, as well as the
 	 * bits for kvm_valid_regs and kvm_dirty_regs
 	 */
@@ -1556,12 +1556,12 @@ struct kvm_dirty_gfn {
  * @flags: Some extra information for header, always 0 for now.
  * @name_size: The size in bytes of the memory which contains statistics
  *             name string including trailing '\0'. The memory is allocated
- *             at the send of statistics descriptor.
+ *             at the end of statistics descriptor.
  * @num_desc: The number of statistics the vm or vcpu has.
  * @id_offset: The offset of the vm/vcpu stats' id string in the file pointed
  *             by vm/vcpu stats fd.
  * @desc_offset: The offset of the vm/vcpu stats' descriptor block in the file
- *               pointd by vm/vcpu stats fd.
+ *               pointed by vm/vcpu stats fd.
  * @data_offset: The offset of the vm/vcpu stats' data block in the file
  *               pointed by vm/vcpu stats fd.
  *
diff --git a/virt/kvm/binary_stats.c b/virt/kvm/binary_stats.c
index c772fe7be5dd7..654381d22480f 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/binary_stats.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/binary_stats.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  * @user_buffer: start address of userspace buffer
  * @size: requested read size from userspace
  * @offset: the start position from which the content will be read for the
- *          corresponding vm or vcp file descriptor
+ *          corresponding vm or vcpu file descriptor
  *
  * The file content of a vm/vcpu file descriptor is now defined as below:
  * +-------------+
diff --git a/virt/kvm/eventfd.c b/virt/kvm/eventfd.c
index 81ed20ec0d4a1..73db4938d5a11 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/eventfd.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/eventfd.c
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ kvm_irqfd_assign(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_irqfd *args)
 
 	/*
 	 * Register the irqfd with the eventfd by polling on the eventfd, and
-	 * simultaneously and the irqfd to KVM's list.  If there was en event
+	 * simultaneously add the irqfd to KVM's list.  If there was an event
 	 * pending on the eventfd prior to registering, manually trigger IRQ
 	 * injection.
 	 */
diff --git a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
index 8c97a69b16dc0..3e02acf889396 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ static int kvm_gmem_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	 *  CPU0				CPU1
 	 *  kvm_gmem_get_pfn()
 	 *    slot->gmem.file == A
-	 *					kvm_gmem_release())
+	 *					kvm_gmem_release()
 	 *					  slot->gmem.file = NULL
 	 *
 	 *					kvm_set_memory_region()
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index ba8f53ec3d718..65dc9d3eb8448 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -1628,7 +1628,7 @@ static void kvm_swap_active_memslots(struct kvm *kvm, int as_id)
 {
 	struct kvm_memslots *slots = kvm_get_inactive_memslots(kvm, as_id);
 
-	/* Grab the generation from the activate memslots. */
+	/* Grab the generation from the active memslots. */
 	u64 gen = __kvm_memslots(kvm, as_id)->generation;
 
 	WARN_ON(gen & KVM_MEMSLOT_GEN_UPDATE_IN_PROGRESS);
@@ -3044,7 +3044,7 @@ static int hva_to_pfn_remapped(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	/*
 	 * Remapped memory cannot be pinned in any meaningful sense.  Bail if
 	 * the caller wants to pin the page, i.e. access the page outside of
-	 * MMU notifier protection, and unsafe umappings are disallowed.
+	 * MMU notifier protection, and unsafe mappings are disallowed.
 	 */
 	if (kfp->pin && !allow_unsafe_mappings)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -4044,7 +4044,7 @@ static bool vcpu_dy_runnable(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 /*
  * By default, simply query the target vCPU's current mode when checking if a
  * vCPU was preempted in kernel mode.  All architectures except x86 (or more
- * specifical, except VMX) allow querying whether or not a vCPU is in kernel
+ * specifically, except VMX) allow querying whether or not a vCPU is in kernel
  * mode even if the vCPU is NOT loaded, i.e. using kvm_arch_vcpu_in_kernel()
  * directly for cross-vCPU checks is functionally correct and accurate.
  */
-- 
2.47.3


      parent reply	other threads:[~2026-11-11  8:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-11-11  8:54 [PATCH 0/7] KVM: Documentation and comment fixes Fuad Tabba
2026-11-11  8:54 ` [PATCH 1/7] Documentation: KVM: Fix references to non-existent identifiers Fuad Tabba
2026-11-11  8:54 ` [PATCH 2/7] Documentation: KVM: Fix lock names and a lock type in locking.rst Fuad Tabba
2026-11-11  8:54 ` [PATCH 3/7] Documentation: KVM: Fix the function that implements halt polling Fuad Tabba
2026-11-11  8:54 ` [PATCH 4/7] Documentation: KVM: Drop the stale number of vCPU request flags Fuad Tabba
2026-11-11  8:54 ` [PATCH 5/7] KVM: Fix comments that refer to non-existent identifiers Fuad Tabba
2026-11-11  8:54 ` [PATCH 6/7] KVM: Fix the range of reserved arch-independent request bits Fuad Tabba
2026-11-11  8:54 ` Fuad Tabba [this message]

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