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docs/vm: trivial fixes to several spelling mistakes

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Fix several spelling mistakes in vm documentation.

Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201022142653.254429-1-colin.king@canonical.com
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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Colin Ian King 2020-10-22 15:26:53 +01:00 committed by Jonathan Corbet
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commit 94ebdd28fc
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Documentation/vm/mmu_notifier.rst
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@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ they are write protected for COW (other case of B apply too).
So here because at time N+2 the clear page table entry was not pair with a So here because at time N+2 the clear page table entry was not pair with a
notification to invalidate the secondary TLB, the device see the new value for notification to invalidate the secondary TLB, the device see the new value for
addrB before seing the new value for addrA. This break total memory ordering addrB before seeing the new value for addrA. This break total memory ordering
for the device. for the device.
When changing a pte to write protect or to point to a new write protected page When changing a pte to write protect or to point to a new write protected page

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Documentation/vm/page_migration.rst
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@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ Steps:
2. Ensure that writeback is complete. 2. Ensure that writeback is complete.
3. Lock the new page that we want to move to. It is locked so that accesses to 3. Lock the new page that we want to move to. It is locked so that accesses to
this (not yet uptodate) page immediately block while the move is in progress. this (not yet up-to-date) page immediately block while the move is in progress.
4. All the page table references to the page are converted to migration 4. All the page table references to the page are converted to migration
entries. This decreases the mapcount of a page. If the resulting entries. This decreases the mapcount of a page. If the resulting

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Documentation/vm/page_owner.rst
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@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Although we already have tracepoint for tracing page allocation/free,
using it for analyzing who allocate each page is rather complex. We need using it for analyzing who allocate each page is rather complex. We need
to enlarge the trace buffer for preventing overlapping until userspace to enlarge the trace buffer for preventing overlapping until userspace
program launched. And, launched program continually dump out the trace program launched. And, launched program continually dump out the trace
buffer for later analysis and it would change system behviour with more buffer for later analysis and it would change system behaviour with more
possibility rather than just keeping it in memory, so bad for debugging. possibility rather than just keeping it in memory, so bad for debugging.
page owner can also be used for various purposes. For example, accurate page owner can also be used for various purposes. For example, accurate

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Documentation/vm/slub.rst
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@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ c) Execute ``slabinfo-gnuplot.sh`` in '-t' mode, passing all of the
can go unnoticed. To deal with that, ``slabinfo-gnuplot.sh`` has two can go unnoticed. To deal with that, ``slabinfo-gnuplot.sh`` has two
options to 'zoom-in'/'zoom-out': options to 'zoom-in'/'zoom-out':
a) ``-s %d,%d`` -- overwrites the default image width and heigh a) ``-s %d,%d`` -- overwrites the default image width and height
b) ``-r %d,%d`` -- specifies a range of samples to use (for example, b) ``-r %d,%d`` -- specifies a range of samples to use (for example,
in ``slabinfo -X >> FOO_STATS; sleep 1;`` case, using a ``-r in ``slabinfo -X >> FOO_STATS; sleep 1;`` case, using a ``-r
40,60`` range will plot only samples collected between 40th and 40,60`` range will plot only samples collected between 40th and