diff --git a/arch/arc/Makefile b/arch/arc/Makefile
index 02fabef2891cd8bf1a6eda36bcf93549eea16158..d4df6be66d583d8708585013c07020fbde28b658 100644
--- a/arch/arc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arc/Makefile
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ libs-y		+= arch/arc/lib/ $(LIBGCC)
 
 boot		:= arch/arc/boot
 
-#default target for make without any arguements.
+#default target for make without any arguments.
 KBUILD_IMAGE	:= bootpImage
 
 all:	$(KBUILD_IMAGE)
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/entry-compact.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/entry-compact.h
index e0e1faf03c50177f69232f2990dd5e4a4ac19b6b..14c310f2e0b198ecac4d4d9f19a33d80b258005b 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/entry-compact.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/entry-compact.h
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@
 	 * We need to be a bit more cautious here. What if a kernel bug in
 	 * L1 ISR, caused SP to go whaco (some small value which looks like
 	 * USER stk) and then we take L2 ISR.
-	 * Above brlo alone would treat it as a valid L1-L2 sceanrio
-	 * instead of shouting alound
+	 * Above brlo alone would treat it as a valid L1-L2 scenario
+	 * instead of shouting around
 	 * The only feasible way is to make sure this L2 happened in
 	 * L1 prelogue ONLY i.e. ilink2 is less than a pre-set marker in
 	 * L1 ISR before it switches stack
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/mmu_context.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/mmu_context.h
index 1fd467ef658fe861b34f36247674d8f3e167acad..b0b87f2447f5248b3b2bcf1e13b14a5ad85d2d44 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/mmu_context.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/mmu_context.h
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ static inline void get_new_mmu_context(struct mm_struct *mm)
 		local_flush_tlb_all();
 
 		/*
-		 * Above checke for rollover of 8 bit ASID in 32 bit container.
+		 * Above check for rollover of 8 bit ASID in 32 bit container.
 		 * If the container itself wrapped around, set it to a non zero
 		 * "generation" to distinguish from no context
 		 */
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 034bbdc0ff61c3bffadd0284d776240d8137767d..858f98ef7f1ba3b1fd1ccda9298f2484f7749418 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
  * Page Tables are purely for Linux VM's consumption and the bits below are
  * suited to that (uniqueness). Hence some are not implemented in the TLB and
  * some have different value in TLB.
- * e.g. MMU v2: K_READ bit is 8 and so is GLOBAL (possible becoz they live in
+ * e.g. MMU v2: K_READ bit is 8 and so is GLOBAL (possible because they live in
  *      seperate PD0 and PD1, which combined forms a translation entry)
  *      while for PTE perspective, they are 8 and 9 respectively
  * with MMU v3: Most bits (except SHARED) represent the exact hardware pos
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/processor.h
index f9048994b22f857a487205de5b5a25c4d3dc1f5f..16b630fbeb6acfb09fc59d20c4f965a0bb3e59aa 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ struct task_struct;
 #define KSTK_ESP(tsk)   (task_pt_regs(tsk)->sp)
 
 /*
- * Where abouts of Task's sp, fp, blink when it was last seen in kernel mode.
+ * Where about of Task's sp, fp, blink when it was last seen in kernel mode.
  * Look in process.c for details of kernel stack layout
  */
 #define TSK_K_ESP(tsk)		(tsk->thread.ksp)
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/smp.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/smp.h
index 991380438d6bfd6af03e6fff4748b8c5342b6a70..89fdd1b0a76ebe672094daa10134204cb96cf925 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/smp.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/smp.h
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ static inline const char *arc_platform_smp_cpuinfo(void)
  * (1) These insn were introduced only in 4.10 release. So for older released
  *	support needed.
  *
- * (2) In a SMP setup, the LLOCK/SCOND atomiticity across CPUs needs to be
+ * (2) In a SMP setup, the LLOCK/SCOND atomicity across CPUs needs to be
  *	gaurantted by the platform (not something which core handles).
  *	Assuming a platform won't, SMP Linux needs to use spinlocks + local IRQ
  *	disabling for atomicity.
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 3af67455659af49d9f9d53b67ac26024cf3b77b9..2d79e527fa50a305e932259d336423d9d89c3fae 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ static inline __attribute_const__ struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void)
 
 /*
  * _TIF_ALLWORK_MASK includes SYSCALL_TRACE, but we don't need it.
- * SYSCALL_TRACE is anways seperately/unconditionally tested right after a
+ * SYSCALL_TRACE is anyway seperately/unconditionally tested right after a
  * syscall, so all that reamins to be tested is _TIF_WORK_MASK
  */
 
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/uaccess.h
index d1da6032b715a7fea35d71fcedeeeb8cdfe590e4..a78d5670884f32490d2341b2468bf606258b6654 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #define __kernel_ok		(segment_eq(get_fs(), KERNEL_DS))
 
 /*
- * Algorthmically, for __user_ok() we want do:
+ * Algorithmically, for __user_ok() we want do:
  * 	(start < TASK_SIZE) && (start+len < TASK_SIZE)
  * where TASK_SIZE could either be retrieved from thread_info->addr_limit or
  * emitted directly in code.
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/swab.h b/arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/swab.h
index 095599a73195c35bd6aabbc301bfe8dcafd3d52a..71f3918b0fc304bd0eeadb024bcbf9fa3ba32418 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/swab.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/swab.h
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 	__tmp ^ __in;						\
 })
 
-#elif (ARC_BSWAP_TYPE == 2)	/* Custom single cycle bwap instruction */
+#elif (ARC_BSWAP_TYPE == 2)	/* Custom single cycle bswap instruction */
 
 #define __arch_swab32(x)						\
 ({									\
diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/perf_event.c b/arch/arc/kernel/perf_event.c
index 6fd48021324b50acd326a4ce9a17031f05db7609..08f03d9b5b3e544fcaf3e1696b8ea8e87cb943af 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ static void arc_perf_event_update(struct perf_event *event,
 	int64_t delta = new_raw_count - prev_raw_count;
 
 	/*
-	 * We don't afaraid of hwc->prev_count changing beneath our feet
+	 * We aren't afraid of hwc->prev_count changing beneath our feet
 	 * because there's no way for us to re-enter this function anytime.
 	 */
 	local64_set(&hwc->prev_count, new_raw_count);
diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arc/kernel/setup.c
index f63b8bfefb0ca789dcbac3ad0459dfc4b3e98760..2ee7a4d758a882a2b4e36cacd74adb280648fced 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/setup.c
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 		/*
 		 * If we are here, it is established that @uboot_arg didn't
 		 * point to DT blob. Instead if u-boot says it is cmdline,
-		 * Appent to embedded DT cmdline.
+		 * append to embedded DT cmdline.
 		 * setup_machine_fdt() would have populated @boot_command_line
 		 */
 		if (uboot_tag == 1) {
diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/signal.c b/arch/arc/kernel/signal.c
index 004b7f0bc76cc58c6988547df1bb8705cd36004d..6cb3736b6b83613a95180cd3e9cb5ba12a9b2f7f 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/signal.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
  *  -ViXS were still seeing crashes when using insmod to load drivers.
  *   It turned out that the code to change Execute permssions for TLB entries
  *   of user was not guarded for interrupts (mod_tlb_permission)
- *   This was cauing TLB entries to be overwritten on unrelated indexes
+ *   This was causing TLB entries to be overwritten on unrelated indexes
  *
  * Vineetg: July 15th 2008: Bug #94183
  *  -Exception happens in Delay slot of a JMP, and before user space resumes,
diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/troubleshoot.c b/arch/arc/kernel/troubleshoot.c
index a6f91e88ce36e3ea2a2c95d8eabdceffa48be7fc..934150e7ac4895ef9e4523fd1ffabbdacce2dd74 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/troubleshoot.c
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/troubleshoot.c
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ static int tlb_stats_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* called on user read(): display the couters */
+/* called on user read(): display the counters */
 static ssize_t tlb_stats_output(struct file *file,	/* file descriptor */
 				char __user *user_buf,	/* user buffer */
 				size_t len,		/* length of buffer */
diff --git a/arch/arc/mm/cache.c b/arch/arc/mm/cache.c
index 9e5eddbb856f1f32dd25f4b13132dd527725249c..5a294b2c3cb307ac591293afae8c8a72409c97c5 100644
--- a/arch/arc/mm/cache.c
+++ b/arch/arc/mm/cache.c
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ void read_decode_cache_bcr(void)
  * ------------------
  * This ver of MMU supports variable page sizes (1k-16k): although Linux will
  * only support 8k (default), 16k and 4k.
- * However from hardware perspective, smaller page sizes aggrevate aliasing
+ * However from hardware perspective, smaller page sizes aggravate aliasing
  * meaning more vaddr bits needed to disambiguate the cache-line-op ;
  * the existing scheme of piggybacking won't work for certain configurations.
  * Two new registers IC_PTAG and DC_PTAG inttoduced.
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ void __cache_line_loop_v3(phys_addr_t paddr, unsigned long vaddr,
 
 	/*
 	 * This is technically for MMU v4, using the MMU v3 programming model
-	 * Special work for HS38 aliasing I-cache configuratino with PAE40
+	 * Special work for HS38 aliasing I-cache configuration with PAE40
 	 *   - upper 8 bits of paddr need to be written into PTAG_HI
 	 *   - (and needs to be written before the lower 32 bits)
 	 * Note that PTAG_HI is hoisted outside the line loop
@@ -936,7 +936,7 @@ void arc_cache_init(void)
 			      ic->ver, CONFIG_ARC_MMU_VER);
 
 		/*
-		 * In MMU v4 (HS38x) the alising icache config uses IVIL/PTAG
+		 * In MMU v4 (HS38x) the aliasing icache config uses IVIL/PTAG
 		 * pair to provide vaddr/paddr respectively, just as in MMU v3
 		 */
 		if (is_isa_arcv2() && ic->alias)
diff --git a/arch/arc/mm/dma.c b/arch/arc/mm/dma.c
index 8c8e36fa5659411c6705e46d538e7c506fc42c96..73d7e4c75b7dbc9140604b334ab5e22a8cdd7a8d 100644
--- a/arch/arc/mm/dma.c
+++ b/arch/arc/mm/dma.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  * DMA Coherent API Notes
  *
  * I/O is inherently non-coherent on ARC. So a coherent DMA buffer is
- * implemented by accessintg it using a kernel virtual address, with
+ * implemented by accessing it using a kernel virtual address, with
  * Cache bit off in the TLB entry.
  *
  * The default DMA address == Phy address which is 0x8000_0000 based.