diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 8acc01d7d816518c93175ac60a7b17c99325b5fe..4cd6af3f89b3b79511c5b4f2a71761743be8c131 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -1282,7 +1282,7 @@ config PROVE_RAW_LOCK_NESTING
 	 option expect lockdep splats until these problems have been fully
 	 addressed which is work in progress. This config switch allows to
 	 identify and analyze these problems. It will be removed and the
-	 check permanentely enabled once the main issues have been fixed.
+	 check permanently enabled once the main issues have been fixed.
 
 	 If unsure, select N.
 
@@ -1448,7 +1448,7 @@ config DEBUG_LOCKING_API_SELFTESTS
 	  Say Y here if you want the kernel to run a short self-test during
 	  bootup. The self-test checks whether common types of locking bugs
 	  are detected by debugging mechanisms or not. (if you disable
-	  lock debugging then those bugs wont be detected of course.)
+	  lock debugging then those bugs won't be detected of course.)
 	  The following locking APIs are covered: spinlocks, rwlocks,
 	  mutexes and rwsems.
 
@@ -1928,7 +1928,7 @@ config FAIL_IO_TIMEOUT
 	  thus exercising the error handling.
 
 	  Only works with drivers that use the generic timeout handling,
-	  for others it wont do anything.
+	  for others it won't do anything.
 
 config FAIL_FUTEX
 	bool "Fault-injection capability for futexes"
diff --git a/lib/asn1_encoder.c b/lib/asn1_encoder.c
index 41e71aae3ef6faf055823320ae5e357b09a22e9e..27bbe891714f914cadcec73d9407687c7ef2a405 100644
--- a/lib/asn1_encoder.c
+++ b/lib/asn1_encoder.c
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(asn1_encode_oid);
 /**
  * asn1_encode_length() - encode a length to follow an ASN.1 tag
  * @data: pointer to encode at
- * @data_len: pointer to remaning length (adjusted by routine)
+ * @data_len: pointer to remaining length (adjusted by routine)
  * @len: length to encode
  *
  * This routine can encode lengths up to 65535 using the ASN.1 rules.
diff --git a/lib/devres.c b/lib/devres.c
index bdb06898a9777012ac4e71ccb4045c01cc243ea7..b0e1c6702c7101532f5e8fb369c82d3cffbc8f29 100644
--- a/lib/devres.c
+++ b/lib/devres.c
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ static void pcim_iomap_release(struct device *gendev, void *res)
  * detach.
  *
  * This function might sleep when the table is first allocated but can
- * be safely called without context and guaranteed to succed once
+ * be safely called without context and guaranteed to succeed once
  * allocated.
  */
 void __iomem * const *pcim_iomap_table(struct pci_dev *pdev)
diff --git a/lib/dynamic_debug.c b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
index d3ce78298832fb6544b8eb63152f21cb98ded79a..cb5abb42c16a269caddbbdc73d7ce6ce842440e5 100644
--- a/lib/dynamic_debug.c
+++ b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
@@ -991,7 +991,7 @@ static int ddebug_dyndbg_param_cb(char *param, char *val,
 
 	ddebug_exec_queries((val ? val : "+p"), modname);
 
-	return 0; /* query failure shouldnt stop module load */
+	return 0; /* query failure shouldn't stop module load */
 }
 
 /* handle both dyndbg and $module.dyndbg params at boot */
diff --git a/lib/fonts/font_pearl_8x8.c b/lib/fonts/font_pearl_8x8.c
index b1678ed0017cd71537039e7ddfcee2f2ce63df47..ae98ca17982e644eba9e1b3ffabefed1f4d8ed34 100644
--- a/lib/fonts/font_pearl_8x8.c
+++ b/lib/fonts/font_pearl_8x8.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 /*                                            */
 /*       Font file generated by cpi2fnt       */
 /*       ------------------------------       */
-/*       Combined with the alpha-numeric      */
+/*       Combined with the alphanumeric       */
 /*       portion of Greg Harp's old PEARL     */
 /*       font (from earlier versions of       */
 /*       linux-m86k) by John Shifflett        */
diff --git a/lib/kfifo.c b/lib/kfifo.c
index 70dab9ac78273f4cc50da6805dd9dfcf24ead42c..12f5a347aa137088a5364c3dcb0919a316fd7e88 100644
--- a/lib/kfifo.c
+++ b/lib/kfifo.c
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ static unsigned int __kfifo_peek_n(struct __kfifo *fifo, size_t recsize)
 	)
 
 /*
- * __kfifo_poke_n internal helper function for storeing the length of
+ * __kfifo_poke_n internal helper function for storing the length of
  * the record into the fifo
  */
 static void __kfifo_poke_n(struct __kfifo *fifo, unsigned int n, size_t recsize)
diff --git a/lib/list_sort.c b/lib/list_sort.c
index 1e1e37762799ccd63bb63c5b0653e46860596475..0fb59e92ca2d40a05981578bd4692ad744f0d0b3 100644
--- a/lib/list_sort.c
+++ b/lib/list_sort.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ static void merge_final(void *priv, list_cmp_func_t cmp, struct list_head *head,
  * @head: the list to sort
  * @cmp: the elements comparison function
  *
- * The comparison funtion @cmp must return > 0 if @a should sort after
+ * The comparison function @cmp must return > 0 if @a should sort after
  * @b ("@a > @b" if you want an ascending sort), and <= 0 if @a should
  * sort before @b *or* their original order should be preserved.  It is
  * always called with the element that came first in the input in @a,
diff --git a/lib/nlattr.c b/lib/nlattr.c
index 1d051ef66afe5dc992453360afae21874cf3f4f6..86029ad5ead4f23192c423e4e9659befac3c7f01 100644
--- a/lib/nlattr.c
+++ b/lib/nlattr.c
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ static int __nla_validate_parse(const struct nlattr *head, int len, int maxtype,
  * Validates all attributes in the specified attribute stream against the
  * specified policy. Validation depends on the validate flags passed, see
  * &enum netlink_validation for more details on that.
- * See documenation of struct nla_policy for more details.
+ * See documentation of struct nla_policy for more details.
  *
  * Returns 0 on success or a negative error code.
  */
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ int __nla_validate(const struct nlattr *head, int len, int maxtype,
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__nla_validate);
 
 /**
- * nla_policy_len - Determin the max. length of a policy
+ * nla_policy_len - Determine the max. length of a policy
  * @policy: policy to use
  * @n: number of policies
  *
diff --git a/lib/oid_registry.c b/lib/oid_registry.c
index 3dfaa836e7c58ab6337829c85daacdc404beff75..e592d48b1974a0be9bd2e56c3a138cf81635f269 100644
--- a/lib/oid_registry.c
+++ b/lib/oid_registry.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(parse_OID);
  * @bufsize: The size of the buffer
  *
  * The OID is rendered into the buffer in "a.b.c.d" format and the number of
- * bytes is returned.  -EBADMSG is returned if the data could not be intepreted
+ * bytes is returned.  -EBADMSG is returned if the data could not be interpreted
  * and -ENOBUFS if the buffer was too small.
  */
 int sprint_oid(const void *data, size_t datasize, char *buffer, size_t bufsize)
diff --git a/lib/pldmfw/pldmfw.c b/lib/pldmfw/pldmfw.c
index e5d4b3b2af815d5045ff9b14e22afdb303a73f94..6e77eb6d8e72e9a6e0ec55e3d782a6e295fbdbef 100644
--- a/lib/pldmfw/pldmfw.c
+++ b/lib/pldmfw/pldmfw.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ pldm_check_fw_space(struct pldmfw_priv *data, size_t offset, size_t length)
  * @bytes_to_move: number of bytes to move the offset forward by
  *
  * Check that there is enough space past the current offset, and then move the
- * offset forward by this ammount.
+ * offset forward by this amount.
  *
  * Returns: zero on success, or -EFAULT if the image is too small to fit the
  * expected length.
diff --git a/lib/reed_solomon/test_rslib.c b/lib/reed_solomon/test_rslib.c
index 4eb29f365ece0958e36787dcbdcd164c979bc827..d9d1c33aebdaee97dae05004bf75f8e95a9edc38 100644
--- a/lib/reed_solomon/test_rslib.c
+++ b/lib/reed_solomon/test_rslib.c
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ static void test_bc(struct rs_control *rs, int len, int errs,
 
 			/*
 			 * We check that the returned word is actually a
-			 * codeword. The obious way to do this would be to
+			 * codeword. The obvious way to do this would be to
 			 * compute the syndrome, but we don't want to replicate
 			 * that code here. However, all the codes are in
 			 * systematic form, and therefore we can encode the
diff --git a/lib/refcount.c b/lib/refcount.c
index ebac8b7d15a7c5ac297b23e07f2c6ec108b85418..a207a8f22b3ca35890671e51c480266d89e4d8d6 100644
--- a/lib/refcount.c
+++ b/lib/refcount.c
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(refcount_dec_and_lock);
  * @flags: saved IRQ-flags if the is acquired
  *
  * Same as refcount_dec_and_lock() above except that the spinlock is acquired
- * with disabled interupts.
+ * with disabled interrupts.
  *
  * Return: true and hold spinlock if able to decrement refcount to 0, false
  *         otherwise
diff --git a/lib/rhashtable.c b/lib/rhashtable.c
index c949c1e3b87c174777534faa64320556096d3bf0..e12bbfb240b812bc4945c6f0d4910f35667b0e8e 100644
--- a/lib/rhashtable.c
+++ b/lib/rhashtable.c
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rhashtable_walk_exit);
  *
  * Returns zero if successful.
  *
- * Returns -EAGAIN if resize event occured.  Note that the iterator
+ * Returns -EAGAIN if resize event occurred.  Note that the iterator
  * will rewind back to the beginning and you may use it immediately
  * by calling rhashtable_walk_next.
  *
diff --git a/lib/sbitmap.c b/lib/sbitmap.c
index 47b3691058eb693a68de6a31403527f5dcc4e2c4..b25db9be938af23e96a38effa361ea247c81a055 100644
--- a/lib/sbitmap.c
+++ b/lib/sbitmap.c
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ void sbitmap_queue_clear(struct sbitmap_queue *sbq, unsigned int nr,
 	/*
 	 * Once the clear bit is set, the bit may be allocated out.
 	 *
-	 * Orders READ/WRITE on the asssociated instance(such as request
+	 * Orders READ/WRITE on the associated instance(such as request
 	 * of blk_mq) by this bit for avoiding race with re-allocation,
 	 * and its pair is the memory barrier implied in __sbitmap_get_word.
 	 *
diff --git a/lib/scatterlist.c b/lib/scatterlist.c
index a5977894640434b909f63f852a21ec7ec14a6ee2..27efa61781538550f7dcc3161986dda31667a7e4 100644
--- a/lib/scatterlist.c
+++ b/lib/scatterlist.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(sg_next);
  * @sg:		The scatterlist
  *
  * Description:
- * Allows to know how many entries are in sg, taking into acount
+ * Allows to know how many entries are in sg, taking into account
  * chaining as well
  *
  **/
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(sg_nents);
  *
  * Description:
  * Determines the number of entries in sg that are required to meet
- * the supplied length, taking into acount chaining as well
+ * the supplied length, taking into account chaining as well
  *
  * Returns:
  *   the number of sg entries needed, negative error on failure
diff --git a/lib/seq_buf.c b/lib/seq_buf.c
index 6dafde851333759ebb3afde4d75967f35d539178..0a68f7aa85d676e3ecdf355d4fe0d6b0214743dd 100644
--- a/lib/seq_buf.c
+++ b/lib/seq_buf.c
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ int seq_buf_path(struct seq_buf *s, const struct path *path, const char *esc)
 }
 
 /**
- * seq_buf_to_user - copy the squence buffer to user space
+ * seq_buf_to_user - copy the sequence buffer to user space
  * @s: seq_buf descriptor
  * @ubuf: The userspace memory location to copy to
  * @cnt: The amount to copy
diff --git a/lib/sort.c b/lib/sort.c
index 3ad454411997adc1aaf4c70df3b30cfd693c96b4..aa18153864d2217d233874095eb0aa42af55b653 100644
--- a/lib/sort.c
+++ b/lib/sort.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static bool is_aligned(const void *base, size_t size, unsigned char align)
  * which basically all CPUs have, to minimize loop overhead computations.
  *
  * For some reason, on x86 gcc 7.3.0 adds a redundant test of n at the
- * bottom of the loop, even though the zero flag is stil valid from the
+ * bottom of the loop, even though the zero flag is still valid from the
  * subtract (since the intervening mov instructions don't alter the flags).
  * Gcc 8.1.0 doesn't have that problem.
  */
diff --git a/lib/stackdepot.c b/lib/stackdepot.c
index df9179f4f441487332eb1fc090771d79044219a7..0a2e417f83cbae313d4800628c5323b89e8fcec1 100644
--- a/lib/stackdepot.c
+++ b/lib/stackdepot.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  * Instead, stack depot maintains a hashtable of unique stacktraces. Since alloc
  * and free stacks repeat a lot, we save about 100x space.
  * Stacks are never removed from depot, so we store them contiguously one after
- * another in a contiguos memory allocation.
+ * another in a contiguous memory allocation.
  *
  * Author: Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com>
  * Copyright (C) 2016 Google, Inc.
diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index 2926cc27623f414a197a772e2481e4c45d0d7202..77ba1c40a99d84933853eaa43fd385e2f9e4105d 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -3417,7 +3417,7 @@ int vsscanf(const char *buf, const char *fmt, va_list args)
 
 	while (*fmt) {
 		/* skip any white space in format */
-		/* white space in format matchs any amount of
+		/* white space in format matches any amount of
 		 * white space, including none, in the input.
 		 */
 		if (isspace(*fmt)) {