Re: [PATCH] vhost: Fix typos in comments and clarity on alignof usage

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On Sun, Jun 15, 2025 at 10:39:11AM -0700, Alok Tiwari wrote:
> This patch fixes multiple typos and improves comment clarity across
> vhost.c.
> - Correct spelling errors: "thead" -> "thread", "RUNNUNG" -> "RUNNING"
>   and "available".
> - Improve comment by replacing informal comment ("Supersize me!")
>   with a clear description.
> - Use __alignof__ correctly on dereferenced pointer types for better
>   readability and alignment with kernel documentation.
> 
> These changes enhance code readability and maintainability.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alok Tiwari <alok.a.tiwari@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks, I applied parts of it.

> ---
>  drivers/vhost/vhost.c | 16 ++++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
> index 3a5ebb973dba..0227c123c0e0 100644
> --- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
> +++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
> @@ -594,10 +594,10 @@ static void vhost_attach_mm(struct vhost_dev *dev)
>  	if (dev->use_worker) {
>  		dev->mm = get_task_mm(current);
>  	} else {
> -		/* vDPA device does not use worker thead, so there's
> -		 * no need to hold the address space for mm. This help
> +		/* vDPA device does not use worker thread, so there's
> +		 * no need to hold the address space for mm. This helps
>  		 * to avoid deadlock in the case of mmap() which may
> -		 * held the refcnt of the file and depends on release
> +		 * hold the refcnt of the file and depends on release
>  		 * method to remove vma.
>  		 */
>  		dev->mm = current->mm;
> @@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ static void __vhost_vq_attach_worker(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
>  	 * We don't want to call synchronize_rcu for every vq during setup
>  	 * because it will slow down VM startup. If we haven't done
>  	 * VHOST_SET_VRING_KICK and not done the driver specific
> -	 * SET_ENDPOINT/RUNNUNG then we can skip the sync since there will
> +	 * SET_ENDPOINT/RUNNING then we can skip the sync since there will
>  	 * not be any works queued for scsi and net.
>  	 */
>  	mutex_lock(&vq->mutex);
> @@ -1898,8 +1898,8 @@ static long vhost_vring_set_addr(struct vhost_dev *d,
>  		return -EFAULT;
>  
>  	/* Make sure it's safe to cast pointers to vring types. */
> -	BUILD_BUG_ON(__alignof__ *vq->avail > VRING_AVAIL_ALIGN_SIZE);
> -	BUILD_BUG_ON(__alignof__ *vq->used > VRING_USED_ALIGN_SIZE);
> +	BUILD_BUG_ON(__alignof__(*vq->avail) > VRING_AVAIL_ALIGN_SIZE);
> +	BUILD_BUG_ON(__alignof__(*vq->used) > VRING_USED_ALIGN_SIZE);
>  	if ((a.avail_user_addr & (VRING_AVAIL_ALIGN_SIZE - 1)) ||
>  	    (a.used_user_addr & (VRING_USED_ALIGN_SIZE - 1)) ||
>  	    (a.log_guest_addr & (VRING_USED_ALIGN_SIZE - 1)))
> @@ -2840,7 +2840,7 @@ void vhost_signal(struct vhost_dev *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq)
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vhost_signal);
>  
> -/* And here's the combo meal deal.  Supersize me! */
> +/* Add to used ring and signal guest. */
>  void vhost_add_used_and_signal(struct vhost_dev *dev,
>  			       struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
>  			       unsigned int head, int len)
> @@ -2860,7 +2860,7 @@ void vhost_add_used_and_signal_n(struct vhost_dev *dev,
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vhost_add_used_and_signal_n);
>  
> -/* return true if we're sure that avaiable ring is empty */
> +/* return true if we're sure that available ring is empty */
>  bool vhost_vq_avail_empty(struct vhost_dev *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq)
>  {
>  	int r;
> -- 
> 2.47.1





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