From 2ea6af7447f5f254450038870628dc50b8cf11ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jonny Grant Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2020 01:16:22 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Fix spelling and grammar in several comments --- argp/argp.h | 6 +++--- inet/aliases.h | 8 ++++---- misc/sys/cdefs.h | 4 ++-- stdlib/alloca.h | 2 +- sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/net/ethernet.h | 3 +-- 5 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/argp/argp.h b/argp/argp.h index a5b861a4d3..2cbc4dcb1b 100644 --- a/argp/argp.h +++ b/argp/argp.h @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -/* Hierarchial argument parsing, layered over getopt. +/* Hierarchical argument parsing, layered over getopt. Copyright (C) 1995-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This file is part of the GNU C Library. Written by Miles Bader . @@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ struct argp }; /* Possible KEY arguments to a help filter function. */ -#define ARGP_KEY_HELP_PRE_DOC 0x2000001 /* Help text preceeding options. */ +#define ARGP_KEY_HELP_PRE_DOC 0x2000001 /* Help text preceding options. */ #define ARGP_KEY_HELP_POST_DOC 0x2000002 /* Help text following options. */ #define ARGP_KEY_HELP_HEADER 0x2000003 /* Option header string. */ #define ARGP_KEY_HELP_EXTRA 0x2000004 /* After all other documentation; @@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ extern void __argp_help (const struct argp *__restrict __argp, parsing routine (thus taking an argp_state structure as the first argument). They may or may not print an error message and exit, depending on the flags in STATE -- in any case, the caller should be prepared for - them *not* to exit, and should return an appropiate error after calling + them *not* to exit, and should return an appropriate error after calling them. [argp_usage & argp_error should probably be called argp_state_..., but they're used often enough that they should be short] */ diff --git a/inet/aliases.h b/inet/aliases.h index b22ed63831..5722e9d0da 100644 --- a/inet/aliases.h +++ b/inet/aliases.h @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ __BEGIN_DECLS -/* Structure to represent one entry of the alias data base. */ +/* Structure to represent one entry of the alias database. */ struct aliasent { char *alias_name; @@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ struct aliasent /* Open alias data base files. */ extern void setaliasent (void) __THROW; -/* Close alias data base files. */ +/* Close alias database files. */ extern void endaliasent (void) __THROW; -/* Get the next entry from the alias data base. */ +/* Get the next entry from the alias database. */ extern struct aliasent *getaliasent (void) __THROW; -/* Get the next entry from the alias data base and put it in RESULT_BUF. */ +/* Get the next entry from the alias database and put it in RESULT_BUF. */ extern int getaliasent_r (struct aliasent *__restrict __result_buf, char *__restrict __buffer, size_t __buflen, struct aliasent **__restrict __result) __THROW; diff --git a/misc/sys/cdefs.h b/misc/sys/cdefs.h index e94d09d7dd..a06f1cfd91 100644 --- a/misc/sys/cdefs.h +++ b/misc/sys/cdefs.h @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ /* The GNU libc does not support any K&R compilers or the traditional mode of ISO C compilers anymore. Check for some of the combinations not - anymore supported. */ + supported anymore. */ #if defined __GNUC__ && !defined __STDC__ # error "You need a ISO C conforming compiler to use the glibc headers" #endif @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ # endif /* GCC can always grok prototypes. For C++ programs we add throw() - to help it optimize the function calls. But this works only with + to help it optimize the function calls. But this only works with gcc 2.8.x and egcs. For gcc 3.2 and up we even mark C functions as non-throwing using a function attribute since programs can use the -fexceptions options for C code as well. */ diff --git a/stdlib/alloca.h b/stdlib/alloca.h index bd44688720..be915737c6 100644 --- a/stdlib/alloca.h +++ b/stdlib/alloca.h @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ __BEGIN_DECLS -/* Remove any previous definitions. */ +/* Remove any previous definition. */ #undef alloca /* Allocate a block that will be freed when the calling function exits. */ diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/net/ethernet.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/net/ethernet.h index f98c27c028..7ec796155a 100644 --- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/net/ethernet.h +++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/net/ethernet.h @@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ struct ether_header #define ETHERTYPE_IPV6 0x86dd /* IP protocol version 6 */ #define ETHERTYPE_LOOPBACK 0x9000 /* used to test interfaces */ - #define ETHER_ADDR_LEN ETH_ALEN /* size of ethernet addr */ #define ETHER_TYPE_LEN 2 /* bytes in type field */ #define ETHER_CRC_LEN 4 /* bytes in CRC field */ @@ -64,7 +63,7 @@ struct ether_header #define ETHER_MIN_LEN (ETH_ZLEN + ETHER_CRC_LEN) /* min packet length */ #define ETHER_MAX_LEN (ETH_FRAME_LEN + ETHER_CRC_LEN) /* max packet length */ -/* make sure ethenet length is valid */ +/* make sure ethernet length is valid */ #define ETHER_IS_VALID_LEN(foo) \ ((foo) >= ETHER_MIN_LEN && (foo) <= ETHER_MAX_LEN)