diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/ath3k.c b/drivers/bluetooth/ath3k.c
index fc2de5528dcc94eb65537baa17b78048a5002827..9cd3cb8f888adff67935e6a12c3df641e9207785 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/ath3k.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/ath3k.c
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ static int ath3k_load_syscfg(struct usb_device *udev)
 
 	ret = ath3k_get_state(udev, &fw_state);
 	if (ret < 0) {
-		BT_ERR("Can't get state to change to load configration err");
+		BT_ERR("Can't get state to change to load configuration err");
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/exynos4_bus.c b/drivers/devfreq/exynos4_bus.c
index 88ddc77a9bb175a393888821b46c30c0a0f27f80..e1ac076c2917d7cb7151308610ef5cf15299582a 100644
--- a/drivers/devfreq/exynos4_bus.c
+++ b/drivers/devfreq/exynos4_bus.c
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ static int exynos4_bus_target(struct device *dev, unsigned long *_freq,
 	if (old_freq == freq)
 		return 0;
 
-	dev_dbg(dev, "targetting %lukHz %luuV\n", freq, opp_get_voltage(opp));
+	dev_dbg(dev, "targeting %lukHz %luuV\n", freq, opp_get_voltage(opp));
 
 	mutex_lock(&data->lock);
 
diff --git a/drivers/firewire/ohci.c b/drivers/firewire/ohci.c
index 961e4398664bb73743146f5910396639d2dc813a..638eea51376b9f8ad13d2ac09363d2225d4e1a8c 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/ohci.c
+++ b/drivers/firewire/ohci.c
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ module_param_named(quirks, param_quirks, int, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(quirks, "Chip quirks (default = 0"
 	", nonatomic cycle timer = "	__stringify(QUIRK_CYCLE_TIMER)
 	", reset packet generation = "	__stringify(QUIRK_RESET_PACKET)
-	", AR/selfID endianess = "	__stringify(QUIRK_BE_HEADERS)
+	", AR/selfID endianness = "	__stringify(QUIRK_BE_HEADERS)
 	", no 1394a enhancements = "	__stringify(QUIRK_NO_1394A)
 	", disable MSI = "		__stringify(QUIRK_NO_MSI)
 	", TI SLLZ059 erratum = "	__stringify(QUIRK_TI_SLLZ059)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
index dde8b505bf7ffdcf3f4aa0ac3b6b169630831e75..6b39e486113357639b422df8b5a4f197b31abed8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
@@ -1449,7 +1449,7 @@ static const char *swizzle_string(unsigned swizzle)
 	case I915_BIT_6_SWIZZLE_9_10_17:
 		return "bit9/bit10/bit17";
 	case I915_BIT_6_SWIZZLE_UNKNOWN:
-		return "unkown";
+		return "unknown";
 	}
 
 	return "bug";
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c
index 24ad17ec7fcde46a6f11491873546f8ffbb3cef2..4c3b67c1304706ec54b7e99bdffc2094f972ce04 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c
@@ -982,7 +982,7 @@ static int qlcnic_check_npar_opertional(struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter)
 	}
 	if (!npar_opt_timeo) {
 		dev_err(&adapter->pdev->dev,
-			"Waiting for NPAR state to opertional timeout\n");
+			"Waiting for NPAR state to operational timeout\n");
 		return -EIO;
 	}
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c b/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c
index 1859f71372e24912203dca245f3d60c71c80a35d..a3c4c030007d7133f9cedbd468befd0ff7781793 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ static void rpmsg_recv_done(struct virtqueue *rvq)
 		/* farewell, ept, we don't need you anymore */
 		kref_put(&ept->refcount, __ept_release);
 	} else
-		dev_warn(dev, "msg received with no recepient\n");
+		dev_warn(dev, "msg received with no recipient\n");
 
 	/* publish the real size of the buffer */
 	sg_init_one(&sg, msg, RPMSG_BUF_SIZE);
diff --git a/drivers/target/sbp/sbp_target.c b/drivers/target/sbp/sbp_target.c
index 0d6d7c1f025ea11a465fff1a04c8568055214272..be793883413d8d3cd0a158e1c2a75b654579c05e 100644
--- a/drivers/target/sbp/sbp_target.c
+++ b/drivers/target/sbp/sbp_target.c
@@ -1718,7 +1718,7 @@ static struct se_node_acl *sbp_alloc_fabric_acl(struct se_portal_group *se_tpg)
 
 	nacl = kzalloc(sizeof(struct sbp_nacl), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!nacl) {
-		pr_err("Unable to alocate struct sbp_nacl\n");
+		pr_err("Unable to allocate struct sbp_nacl\n");
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/cifs/link.c b/fs/cifs/link.c
index 51dc2fb6e854a724b16b782b6ab514446b8db7f5..9f6c4c45d21e003a229c777cedf877f0644fc879 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/link.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/link.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ symlink_hash(unsigned int link_len, const char *link_str, u8 *md5_hash)
 	}
 	rc = crypto_shash_update(&sdescmd5->shash, link_str, link_len);
 	if (rc) {
-		cERROR(1, "%s: Could not update iwth link_str", __func__);
+		cERROR(1, "%s: Could not update with link_str", __func__);
 		goto symlink_hash_err;
 	}
 	rc = crypto_shash_final(&sdescmd5->shash, md5_hash);
diff --git a/fs/hpfs/inode.c b/fs/hpfs/inode.c
index 804a9a842cbc1cdf2191efa88eb522821cbcca55..405ab77db39cf2de1dd56ded99beb4073c2c5742 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/inode.c
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ static void hpfs_write_inode_ea(struct inode *i, struct fnode *fnode)
 	/*if (le32_to_cpu(fnode->acl_size_l) || le16_to_cpu(fnode->acl_size_s)) {
 		   Some unknown structures like ACL may be in fnode,
 		   we'd better not overwrite them
-		hpfs_error(i->i_sb, "fnode %08x has some unknown HPFS386 stuctures", i->i_ino);
+		hpfs_error(i->i_sb, "fnode %08x has some unknown HPFS386 structures", i->i_ino);
 	} else*/ if (hpfs_sb(i->i_sb)->sb_eas >= 2) {
 		__le32 ea;
 		if (!uid_eq(i->i_uid, hpfs_sb(i->i_sb)->sb_uid) || hpfs_inode->i_ea_uid) {
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c
index 1bfe8802cc1e231a95b4bca57414d7ef3ed40798..a1d83c58b296172a119d12a06a173b05bf53f2dd 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c
@@ -870,7 +870,7 @@ int o2net_register_handler(u32 msg_type, u32 key, u32 max_len,
 		/* we've had some trouble with handlers seemingly vanishing. */
 		mlog_bug_on_msg(o2net_handler_tree_lookup(msg_type, key, &p,
 							  &parent) == NULL,
-			        "couldn't find handler we *just* registerd "
+			        "couldn't find handler we *just* registered "
 				"for type %u key %08x\n", msg_type, key);
 	}
 	write_unlock(&o2net_handler_lock);
diff --git a/fs/qnx6/inode.c b/fs/qnx6/inode.c
index b6addf560483f0877078946050d90efb1f7d2344..57199a52a3510688c09f25553dc4557de3b65696 100644
--- a/fs/qnx6/inode.c
+++ b/fs/qnx6/inode.c
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ static struct buffer_head *qnx6_check_first_superblock(struct super_block *s,
 		if (fs32_to_cpu(sbi, sb->sb_magic) == QNX6_SUPER_MAGIC) {
 			/* we got a big endian fs */
 			QNX6DEBUG((KERN_INFO "qnx6: fs got different"
-					" endianess.\n"));
+					" endianness.\n"));
 			return bh;
 		} else
 			sbi->s_bytesex = BYTESEX_LE;
diff --git a/include/linux/dma-buf.h b/include/linux/dma-buf.h
index eb48f3816df95d358b763ebb5e68afa62fccd830..139e673a44f8cc4050191ca19ad10069a857582f 100644
--- a/include/linux/dma-buf.h
+++ b/include/linux/dma-buf.h
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ struct dma_buf_attachment;
  * @begin_cpu_access: [optional] called before cpu access to invalidate cpu
  * 		      caches and allocate backing storage (if not yet done)
  * 		      respectively pin the objet into memory.
- * @end_cpu_access: [optional] called after cpu access to flush cashes.
+ * @end_cpu_access: [optional] called after cpu access to flush caches.
  * @kmap_atomic: maps a page from the buffer into kernel address
  * 		 space, users may not block until the subsequent unmap call.
  * 		 This callback must not sleep.
diff --git a/net/caif/cfcnfg.c b/net/caif/cfcnfg.c
index ba9cfd47778aa808ff35939458f8c59a52e71a56..f1dbddb95a6cae5f21d00b65f11a91a6a9c27ca7 100644
--- a/net/caif/cfcnfg.c
+++ b/net/caif/cfcnfg.c
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ cfcnfg_linkup_rsp(struct cflayer *layer, u8 channel_id, enum cfctrl_srv serv,
 
 	phyinfo = cfcnfg_get_phyinfo_rcu(cnfg, phyid);
 	if (phyinfo == NULL) {
-		pr_err("ERROR: Link Layer Device dissapeared"
+		pr_err("ERROR: Link Layer Device disappeared"
 				"while connecting\n");
 		goto unlock;
 	}
diff --git a/scripts/basic/fixdep.c b/scripts/basic/fixdep.c
index cb1f50cf12e3bda6fe798365a9c31b15adf0477a..7f6425e24ce3ad985635e9249a64552f661566f2 100644
--- a/scripts/basic/fixdep.c
+++ b/scripts/basic/fixdep.c
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ static void traps(void)
 	int *p = (int *)test;
 
 	if (*p != INT_CONF) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "fixdep: sizeof(int) != 4 or wrong endianess? %#x\n",
+		fprintf(stderr, "fixdep: sizeof(int) != 4 or wrong endianness? %#x\n",
 			*p);
 		exit(2);
 	}