* return half the number of nanoseconds the hardware counter can technically
* cover. This is done so that we can potentially detect problems caused by
* delayed timers or bad hardware, which might result in time intervals that
- * are larger then what the math used can handle without overflows.
+ * are larger than what the math used can handle without overflows.
*/
u64 clocks_calc_max_nsecs(u32 mult, u32 shift, u32 maxadj, u64 mask, u64 *max_cyc)
{
/*
* The timer bases:
*
- * There are more clockids then hrtimer bases. Thus, we index
+ * There are more clockids than hrtimer bases. Thus, we index
* into the timer bases by the hrtimer_base_type enum. When trying
* to reach a base using a clockid, hrtimer_clockid_to_base()
* is used to convert from clockid to the proper hrtimer_base_type.
/**
* accumulate_nsecs_to_secs - Accumulates nsecs into secs
*
- * Helper function that accumulates a the nsecs greater then a second
+ * Helper function that accumulates the nsecs greater than a second
* from the xtime_nsec field to the xtime_secs field.
* It also calls into the NTP code to handle leapsecond processing.
*
cycle_t interval = tk->cycle_interval << shift;
u64 raw_nsecs;
- /* If the offset is smaller then a shifted interval, do nothing */
+ /* If the offset is smaller than a shifted interval, do nothing */
if (offset < interval)
return offset;