build: resolve orthographic and other grammatical errors

Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Brian Behlendorf <[email protected]>

5 files changed, 12 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/config/kernel.m4 b/config/kernel.m4
index 88590be7a..d8a7b3583 100644
--- a/config/kernel.m4
+++ b/config/kernel.m4
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_MODULE_SYMVERS], [
 		AS_IF([test ! -f "$LINUX_OBJ/$LINUX_SYMBOLS"], [
 			AC_MSG_ERROR([
 	*** Please make sure the kernel devel package for your distribution
-	*** is installed.  If your building with a custom kernel make sure the
+	*** is installed.  If you are building with a custom kernel, make sure the
 	*** kernel is configured, built, and the '--with-linux=PATH' configure
 	*** option refers to the location of the kernel source.])
 		])
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_KERNEL], [
 	AS_IF([test ! -d "$kernelsrc"], [
 		AC_MSG_ERROR([
 	*** Please make sure the kernel devel package for your distribution
-	*** is installed then try again.  If that fails you can specify the
+	*** is installed and then try again.  If that fails, you can specify the
 	*** location of the kernel source with the '--with-linux=PATH' option.])
 	])
 
diff --git a/include/sys/dmu.h b/include/sys/dmu.h
index eb6a465c4..17857255e 100644
--- a/include/sys/dmu.h
+++ b/include/sys/dmu.h
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ void dmu_write_policy(objset_t *os, struct dnode *dn, int level, int wp,
  * read db_data, dmu_buf_will_dirty() before modifying it, and the
  * object must be held in an assigned transaction before calling
  * dmu_buf_will_dirty.  You may use dmu_buf_set_user() on the bonus
- * buffer as well.  You must release your hold with dmu_buf_rele().
+ * buffer as well.  You must release what you hold with dmu_buf_rele().
  */
 int dmu_bonus_hold(objset_t *os, uint64_t object, void *tag, dmu_buf_t **);
 int dmu_bonus_max(void);
@@ -432,8 +432,8 @@ int dmu_spill_hold_existing(dmu_buf_t *bonus, void *tag, dmu_buf_t **dbp);
  * Obtain the DMU buffer from the specified object which contains the
  * specified offset.  dmu_buf_hold() puts a "hold" on the buffer, so
  * that it will remain in memory.  You must release the hold with
- * dmu_buf_rele().  You musn't access the dmu_buf_t after releasing your
- * hold.  You must have a hold on any dmu_buf_t* you pass to the DMU.
+ * dmu_buf_rele().  You must not access the dmu_buf_t after releasing
+ * what you hold.  You must have a hold on any dmu_buf_t* you pass to the DMU.
  *
  * You must call dmu_buf_read, dmu_buf_will_dirty, or dmu_buf_will_fill
  * on the returned buffer before reading or writing the buffer's
diff --git a/lib/libspl/include/umem.h b/lib/libspl/include/umem.h
index 87db1f451..f102f662a 100644
--- a/lib/libspl/include/umem.h
+++ b/lib/libspl/include/umem.h
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@
 #define _LIBSPL_UMEM_H
 
 /* XXX: We should use the real portable umem library if it is detected
- * at configure time.  However, if the library is not available we can
+ * at configure time.  However, if the library is not available, we can
  * use a trivial malloc based implementation.  This obviously impacts
- * performance but unless you using a full userspace build of zpool for
- * something other than ztest your likely not going to notice or care.
+ * performance, but unless you are using a full userspace build of zpool for
+ * something other than ztest, you are likely not going to notice or care.
  *
  * https://labs.omniti.com/trac/portableumem
  */
diff --git a/module/zfs/vdev_disk.c b/module/zfs/vdev_disk.c
index 1f6507f2f..08f64a913 100644
--- a/module/zfs/vdev_disk.c
+++ b/module/zfs/vdev_disk.c
@@ -268,13 +268,13 @@ vdev_disk_open(vdev_t *v, uint64_t *psize, uint64_t *max_psize,
 	 * Devices are always opened by the path provided at configuration
 	 * time.  This means that if the provided path is a udev by-id path
 	 * then drives may be recabled without an issue.  If the provided
-	 * path is a udev by-path path then the physical location information
+	 * path is a udev by-path path, then the physical location information
 	 * will be preserved.  This can be critical for more complicated
 	 * configurations where drives are located in specific physical
 	 * locations to maximize the systems tolerence to component failure.
-	 * Alternately you can provide your own udev rule to flexibly map
+	 * Alternatively, you can provide your own udev rule to flexibly map
 	 * the drives as you see fit.  It is not advised that you use the
-	 * /dev/[hd]d devices which may be reorder due to probing order.
+	 * /dev/[hd]d devices which may be reordered due to probing order.
 	 * Devices in the wrong locations will be detected by the higher
 	 * level vdev validation.
 	 */
diff --git a/scripts/zpios.sh b/scripts/zpios.sh
index a5599a6d8..0fcb88d4b 100755
--- a/scripts/zpios.sh
+++ b/scripts/zpios.sh
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ fi
 check_test || die "${ERROR}"
 . ${ZPIOS_TEST}
 
-# Pull in the zpios test module is not loaded.  If this fails it is
+# Pull in the zpios test module if not loaded.  If this fails, it is
 # likely because the full module stack was not yet loaded with zfs.sh
 if check_modules; then
 	if ! load_modules; then