perf tools: Fix various typos in comments

Fix ~124 single-word typos and a few spelling errors in the perf tooling code,
accumulated over the years.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210321113734.GA248990@gmail.com
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210323160915.GA61903@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

38 files changed, 74 insertions, 73 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c b/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c
index 9087f1bffd3d..fbb3c4057c30 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ int bpf__probe(struct bpf_object *obj)
 		 * After probing, let's consider prologue, which
 		 * adds program fetcher to BPF programs.
 		 *
-		 * hook_load_preprocessorr() hooks pre-processor
+		 * hook_load_preprocessor() hooks pre-processor
 		 * to bpf_program, let it generate prologue
 		 * dynamically during loading.
 		 */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/call-path.h b/tools/perf/util/call-path.h
index 6b3229106f16..5875cfc8106e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/call-path.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/call-path.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
  * @children: tree of call paths of functions called
  *
  * In combination with the call_return structure, the call_path structure
- * defines a context-sensitve call-graph.
+ * defines a context-sensitive call-graph.
  */
 struct call_path {
 	struct call_path *parent;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/callchain.c b/tools/perf/util/callchain.c
index 1b60985690bb..8e2777133bd9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/callchain.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/callchain.c
@@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ append_chain_children(struct callchain_node *root,
 	if (!node)
 		return -1;
 
-	/* lookup in childrens */
+	/* lookup in children */
 	while (*p) {
 		enum match_result ret;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/config.c b/tools/perf/util/config.c
index 6984c77068a3..2daeaa9a4a24 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/config.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/config.c
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ static int collect_config(const char *var, const char *value,
 	/* perf_config_set can contain both user and system config items.
 	 * So we should know where each value is from.
 	 * The classification would be needed when a particular config file
-	 * is overwrited by setting feature i.e. set_config().
+	 * is overwritten by setting feature i.e. set_config().
 	 */
 	if (strcmp(config_file_name, perf_etc_perfconfig()) == 0) {
 		section->from_system_config = true;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm-decoder/cs-etm-decoder.c b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm-decoder/cs-etm-decoder.c
index 4052c9ce6e2f..059bcec3f651 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm-decoder/cs-etm-decoder.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm-decoder/cs-etm-decoder.c
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ cs_etm_decoder__do_hard_timestamp(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
 	 * This is the first timestamp we've seen since the beginning of traces
 	 * or a discontinuity.  Since timestamps packets are generated *after*
 	 * range packets have been generated, we need to estimate the time at
-	 * which instructions started by substracting the number of instructions
+	 * which instructions started by subtracting the number of instructions
 	 * executed to the timestamp.
 	 */
 	packet_queue->timestamp = elem->timestamp - packet_queue->instr_count;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c
index 9ac80fc23c58..7e63e7dedc33 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ void cs_etm__etmq_set_traceid_queue_timestamp(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
 					      u8 trace_chan_id)
 {
 	/*
-	 * Wnen a timestamp packet is encountered the backend code
+	 * When a timestamp packet is encountered the backend code
 	 * is stopped so that the front end has time to process packets
 	 * that were accumulated in the traceID queue.  Since there can
 	 * be more than one channel per cs_etm_queue, we need to specify
@@ -1697,7 +1697,7 @@ static bool cs_etm__is_svc_instr(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq, u8 trace_chan_id,
 		 * | 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 |  imm8  |
 		 * +-----------------+--------+
 		 *
-		 * According to the specifiction, it only defines SVC for T32
+		 * According to the specification, it only defines SVC for T32
 		 * with 16 bits instruction and has no definition for 32bits;
 		 * so below only read 2 bytes as instruction size for T32.
 		 */
@@ -1929,7 +1929,7 @@ static int cs_etm__set_sample_flags(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
 
 		/*
 		 * If the previous packet is an exception return packet
-		 * and the return address just follows SVC instuction,
+		 * and the return address just follows SVC instruction,
 		 * it needs to calibrate the previous packet sample flags
 		 * as PERF_IP_FLAG_SYSCALLRET.
 		 */
@@ -2003,7 +2003,7 @@ static int cs_etm__set_sample_flags(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
 		 * contain exception type related info so we cannot decide
 		 * the exception type purely based on exception return packet.
 		 * If we record the exception number from exception packet and
-		 * reuse it for excpetion return packet, this is not reliable
+		 * reuse it for exception return packet, this is not reliable
 		 * due the trace can be discontinuity or the interrupt can
 		 * be nested, thus the recorded exception number cannot be
 		 * used for exception return packet for these two cases.
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.h b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.h
index 85ed11e9d2a7..36428918411e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.h
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
 
 struct perf_session;
 
-/* Versionning header in case things need tro change in the future.  That way
+/*
+ * Versioning header in case things need to change in the future.  That way
  * decoding of old snapshot is still possible.
  */
 enum {
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ enum {
 
 /*
  * ETMv3 exception encoding number:
- * See Embedded Trace Macrocell spcification (ARM IHI 0014Q)
+ * See Embedded Trace Macrocell specification (ARM IHI 0014Q)
  * table 7-12 Encoding of Exception[3:0] for non-ARMv7-M processors.
  */
 enum {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c b/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c
index 8b67bd97d122..a9c375e63e73 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c
@@ -949,7 +949,7 @@ static char *change_name(char *name, char *orig_name, int dup)
 	/*
 	 * Add '_' prefix to potential keywork.  According to
 	 * Mathieu Desnoyers (https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/1074266107.40857.1422045946295.JavaMail.zimbra@efficios.com),
-	 * futher CTF spec updating may require us to use '$'.
+	 * further CTF spec updating may require us to use '$'.
 	 */
 	if (dup < 0)
 		len = strlen(name) + sizeof("_");
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/demangle-java.c b/tools/perf/util/demangle-java.c
index 39c05200ed65..ddf33d58bcd3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/demangle-java.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/demangle-java.c
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ error:
  * Demangle Java function signature (openJDK, not GCJ)
  * input:
  * 	str: string to parse. String is not modified
- *    flags: comobination of JAVA_DEMANGLE_* flags to modify demangling
+ *    flags: combination of JAVA_DEMANGLE_* flags to modify demangling
  * return:
  *	if input can be demangled, then a newly allocated string is returned.
  *	if input cannot be demangled, then NULL is returned
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ java_demangle_sym(const char *str, int flags)
 	if (!str)
 		return NULL;
 
-	/* find start of retunr type */
+	/* find start of return type */
 	p = strrchr(str, ')');
 	if (!p)
 		return NULL;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dso.h b/tools/perf/util/dso.h
index cd2fe64a3c5d..52e7101c5609 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dso.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dso.h
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ struct dso {
 
 /* dso__for_each_symbol - iterate over the symbols of given type
  *
- * @dso: the 'struct dso *' in which symbols itereated
+ * @dso: the 'struct dso *' in which symbols are iterated
  * @pos: the 'struct symbol *' to use as a loop cursor
  * @n: the 'struct rb_node *' to use as a temporary storage
  */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.c b/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.c
index 7b2d471a6419..b2f4920e19a6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ static Dwarf_Line *cu_getsrc_die(Dwarf_Die *cu_die, Dwarf_Addr addr)
 			return NULL;
 	} while (laddr == addr);
 	l++;
-	/* Going foward to find the statement line */
+	/* Going forward to find the statement line */
 	do {
 		line = dwarf_onesrcline(lines, l++);
 		if (!line || dwarf_lineaddr(line, &laddr) != 0 ||
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ int cu_walk_functions_at(Dwarf_Die *cu_die, Dwarf_Addr addr,
  * die_get_linkage_name - Get the linkage name of the object
  * @dw_die: A DIE of the object
  *
- * Get the linkage name attiribute of given @dw_die.
+ * Get the linkage name attribute of given @dw_die.
  * For C++ binary, the linkage name will be the mangled symbol.
  */
 const char *die_get_linkage_name(Dwarf_Die *dw_die)
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ static int __die_walk_instances_cb(Dwarf_Die *inst, void *data)
  * @data: user data
  *
  * Walk on the instances of give @in_die. @in_die must be an inlined function
- * declartion. This returns the return value of @callback if it returns
+ * declaration. This returns the return value of @callback if it returns
  * non-zero value, or -ENOENT if there is no instance.
  */
 int die_walk_instances(Dwarf_Die *or_die, int (*callback)(Dwarf_Die *, void *),
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.h b/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.h
index 506006e0cf66..cb99646843a9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const char *cu_get_comp_dir(Dwarf_Die *cu_die);
 int cu_find_lineinfo(Dwarf_Die *cudie, unsigned long addr,
 		     const char **fname, int *lineno);
 
-/* Walk on funcitons at given address */
+/* Walk on functions at given address */
 int cu_walk_functions_at(Dwarf_Die *cu_die, Dwarf_Addr addr,
 			 int (*callback)(Dwarf_Die *, void *), void *data);
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/events_stats.h b/tools/perf/util/events_stats.h
index 859cb34fcff2..631a4af2ed86 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/events_stats.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/events_stats.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
  * all struct perf_record_lost_samples.lost fields reported.
  *
  * The total_period is needed because by default auto-freq is used, so
- * multipling nr_events[PERF_EVENT_SAMPLE] by a frequency isn't possible to get
+ * multiplying nr_events[PERF_EVENT_SAMPLE] by a frequency isn't possible to get
  * the total number of low level events, it is necessary to to sum all struct
  * perf_record_sample.period and stash the result in total_period.
  */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index 435bbfd00551..f1c79ecf8107 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -1210,7 +1210,7 @@ bool evlist__valid_read_format(struct evlist *evlist)
 		}
 	}
 
-	/* PERF_SAMPLE_READ imples PERF_FORMAT_ID. */
+	/* PERF_SAMPLE_READ implies PERF_FORMAT_ID. */
 	if ((sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_READ) &&
 	    !(read_format & PERF_FORMAT_ID)) {
 		return false;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 7ecbc8e2fbfa..2d2614eeaa20 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ const char *evsel__hw_cache_result[PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_RESULT_MAX][EVSEL__MAX_AL
 #define COP(x)		(1 << x)
 
 /*
- * cache operartion stat
+ * cache operation stat
  * L1I : Read and prefetch only
  * ITLB and BPU : Read-only
  */
@@ -2275,7 +2275,7 @@ int evsel__parse_sample(struct evsel *evsel, union perf_event *event,
 		/*
 		 * Undo swap of u64, then swap on individual u32s,
 		 * get the size of the raw area and undo all of the
-		 * swap. The pevent interface handles endianity by
+		 * swap. The pevent interface handles endianness by
 		 * itself.
 		 */
 		if (swapped) {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/expr.h b/tools/perf/util/expr.h
index dcf8d19b83c8..85df3e4771e4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/expr.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/expr.h
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #define PARSE_CTX_H 1
 
 // There are fixes that need to land upstream before we can use libbpf's headers,
-// for now use our copy uncoditionally, since the data structures at this point
+// for now use our copy unconditionally, since the data structures at this point
 // are exactly the same, no problem.
 //#ifdef HAVE_LIBBPF_SUPPORT
 //#include <bpf/hashmap.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index 20effdff76ce..aa1e42518d37 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ static int __do_write_buf(struct feat_fd *ff,  const void *buf, size_t size)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* Return: 0 if succeded, -ERR if failed. */
+/* Return: 0 if succeeded, -ERR if failed. */
 int do_write(struct feat_fd *ff, const void *buf, size_t size)
 {
 	if (!ff->buf)
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ int do_write(struct feat_fd *ff, const void *buf, size_t size)
 	return __do_write_buf(ff, buf, size);
 }
 
-/* Return: 0 if succeded, -ERR if failed. */
+/* Return: 0 if succeeded, -ERR if failed. */
 static int do_write_bitmap(struct feat_fd *ff, unsigned long *set, u64 size)
 {
 	u64 *p = (u64 *) set;
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ static int do_write_bitmap(struct feat_fd *ff, unsigned long *set, u64 size)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* Return: 0 if succeded, -ERR if failed. */
+/* Return: 0 if succeeded, -ERR if failed. */
 int write_padded(struct feat_fd *ff, const void *bf,
 		 size_t count, size_t count_aligned)
 {
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ int write_padded(struct feat_fd *ff, const void *bf,
 #define string_size(str)						\
 	(PERF_ALIGN((strlen(str) + 1), NAME_ALIGN) + sizeof(u32))
 
-/* Return: 0 if succeded, -ERR if failed. */
+/* Return: 0 if succeeded, -ERR if failed. */
 static int do_write_string(struct feat_fd *ff, const char *str)
 {
 	u32 len, olen;
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ static char *do_read_string(struct feat_fd *ff)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-/* Return: 0 if succeded, -ERR if failed. */
+/* Return: 0 if succeeded, -ERR if failed. */
 static int do_read_bitmap(struct feat_fd *ff, unsigned long **pset, u64 *psize)
 {
 	unsigned long *set;
@@ -2874,7 +2874,7 @@ static int process_bpf_prog_info(struct feat_fd *ff, void *data __maybe_unused)
 	int err = -1;
 
 	if (ff->ph->needs_swap) {
-		pr_warning("interpreting bpf_prog_info from systems with endianity is not yet supported\n");
+		pr_warning("interpreting bpf_prog_info from systems with endianness is not yet supported\n");
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -2942,7 +2942,7 @@ static int process_bpf_btf(struct feat_fd *ff, void *data __maybe_unused)
 	int err = -1;
 
 	if (ff->ph->needs_swap) {
-		pr_warning("interpreting btf from systems with endianity is not yet supported\n");
+		pr_warning("interpreting btf from systems with endianness is not yet supported\n");
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -3481,11 +3481,11 @@ static const size_t attr_pipe_abi_sizes[] = {
 };
 
 /*
- * In the legacy pipe format, there is an implicit assumption that endiannesss
+ * In the legacy pipe format, there is an implicit assumption that endianness
  * between host recording the samples, and host parsing the samples is the
  * same. This is not always the case given that the pipe output may always be
  * redirected into a file and analyzed on a different machine with possibly a
- * different endianness and perf_event ABI revsions in the perf tool itself.
+ * different endianness and perf_event ABI revisions in the perf tool itself.
  */
 static int try_all_pipe_abis(uint64_t hdr_sz, struct perf_header *ph)
 {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c
index f6e28ac231b7..8658d42ce57a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c
@@ -3569,7 +3569,7 @@ int intel_pt_process_auxtrace_info(union perf_event *event,
 	/*
 	 * Since this thread will not be kept in any rbtree not in a
 	 * list, initialize its list node so that at thread__put() the
-	 * current thread lifetime assuption is kept and we don't segfault
+	 * current thread lifetime assumption is kept and we don't segfault
 	 * at list_del_init().
 	 */
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pt->unknown_thread->node);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/levenshtein.c b/tools/perf/util/levenshtein.c
index a217ecf0359d..6a6712635aa4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/levenshtein.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/levenshtein.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
  *
  * It does so by calculating the costs of the path ending in characters
  * i (in string1) and j (in string2), respectively, given that the last
- * operation is a substition, a swap, a deletion, or an insertion.
+ * operation is a substitution, a swap, a deletion, or an insertion.
  *
  * This implementation allows the costs to be weighted:
  *
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/libunwind/arm64.c b/tools/perf/util/libunwind/arm64.c
index 6b4e5a0892f8..c397be0c2e32 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/libunwind/arm64.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/libunwind/arm64.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * generic one.
  *
  * The function 'LIBUNWIND__ARCH_REG_ID' name is set according to arch
- * name and the defination of this function is included directly from
+ * name and the definition of this function is included directly from
  * 'arch/arm64/util/unwind-libunwind.c', to make sure that this function
  * is defined no matter what arch the host is.
  *
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/libunwind/x86_32.c b/tools/perf/util/libunwind/x86_32.c
index 21c216c40a3b..b2b92d030aef 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/libunwind/x86_32.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/libunwind/x86_32.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * generic one.
  *
  * The function 'LIBUNWIND__ARCH_REG_ID' name is set according to arch
- * name and the defination of this function is included directly from
+ * name and the definition of this function is included directly from
  * 'arch/x86/util/unwind-libunwind.c', to make sure that this function
  * is defined no matter what arch the host is.
  *
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/llvm-utils.c b/tools/perf/util/llvm-utils.c
index dbdffb6673fe..3ceaf7ef3301 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/llvm-utils.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/llvm-utils.c
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ int llvm__compile_bpf(const char *path, void **p_obj_buf,
 
 	/*
 	 * This is an optional work. Even it fail we can continue our
-	 * work. Needn't to check error return.
+	 * work. Needn't check error return.
 	 */
 	llvm__get_kbuild_opts(&kbuild_dir, &kbuild_include_opts);
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/machine.c b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
index 435771eed62b..3ff4936a15a4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/machine.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
@@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ static struct map *machine__addnew_module_map(struct machine *machine, u64 start
 
 	maps__insert(&machine->kmaps, map);
 
-	/* Put the map here because maps__insert alread got it */
+	/* Put the map here because maps__insert already got it */
 	map__put(map);
 out:
 	/* put the dso here, corresponding to  machine__findnew_module_dso */
@@ -1952,7 +1952,7 @@ int machine__process_fork_event(struct machine *machine, union perf_event *event
 	 * maps because that is what the kernel just did.
 	 *
 	 * But when synthesizing, this should not be done.  If we do, we end up
-	 * with overlapping maps as we process the sythesized MMAP2 events that
+	 * with overlapping maps as we process the synthesized MMAP2 events that
 	 * get delivered shortly thereafter.
 	 *
 	 * Use the FORK event misc flags in an internal way to signal this
@@ -2518,7 +2518,7 @@ static bool has_stitched_lbr(struct thread *thread,
 
 	/*
 	 * Check if there are identical LBRs between two samples.
-	 * Identicall LBRs must have same from, to and flags values. Also,
+	 * Identical LBRs must have same from, to and flags values. Also,
 	 * they have to be saved in the same LBR registers (same physical
 	 * index).
 	 *
@@ -2588,7 +2588,7 @@ err:
 }
 
 /*
- * Recolve LBR callstack chain sample
+ * Resolve LBR callstack chain sample
  * Return:
  * 1 on success get LBR callchain information
  * 0 no available LBR callchain information, should try fp
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/map.h b/tools/perf/util/map.h
index 9f32825c98d8..d32f5b28c1fb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/map.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/map.h
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ struct thread;
 
 /* map__for_each_symbol - iterate over the symbols in the given map
  *
- * @map: the 'struct map *' in which symbols itereated
+ * @map: the 'struct map *' in which symbols are iterated
  * @pos: the 'struct symbol *' to use as a loop cursor
  * @n: the 'struct rb_node *' to use as a temporary storage
  * Note: caller must ensure map->dso is not NULL (map is loaded).
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ struct thread;
 /* map__for_each_symbol_with_name - iterate over the symbols in the given map
  *                                  that have the given name
  *
- * @map: the 'struct map *' in which symbols itereated
+ * @map: the 'struct map *' in which symbols are iterated
  * @sym_name: the symbol name
  * @pos: the 'struct symbol *' to use as a loop cursor
  */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/mem-events.h b/tools/perf/util/mem-events.h
index 755cef7e0625..63dd383b6ce2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/mem-events.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/mem-events.h
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ struct c2c_stats {
 	u32	rmt_dram;            /* count of loads miss to remote DRAM */
 	u32	blk_data;            /* count of loads blocked by data */
 	u32	blk_addr;            /* count of loads blocked by address conflict */
-	u32	nomap;               /* count of load/stores with no phys adrs */
+	u32	nomap;               /* count of load/stores with no phys addrs */
 	u32	noparse;             /* count of unparsable data sources */
 };
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
index 26c990e32378..6acb44ad439b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ static bool evsel_same_pmu(struct evsel *ev1, struct evsel *ev2)
  * @pctx: the parse context for the metric expression.
  * @metric_no_merge: don't attempt to share events for the metric with other
  * metrics.
- * @has_constraint: is there a contraint on the group of events? In which case
+ * @has_constraint: is there a constraint on the group of events? In which case
  * the events won't be grouped.
  * @metric_events: out argument, null terminated array of evsel's associated
  * with the metric.
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 42c84adeb2fb..9ecb45bea948 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -843,9 +843,9 @@ split_bpf_config_terms(struct list_head *evt_head_config,
 	struct parse_events_term *term, *temp;
 
 	/*
-	 * Currectly, all possible user config term
+	 * Currently, all possible user config term
 	 * belong to bpf object. parse_events__is_hardcoded_term()
-	 * happends to be a good flag.
+	 * happens to be a good flag.
 	 *
 	 * See parse_events_config_bpf() and
 	 * config_term_tracepoint().
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ int parse_events_load_bpf(struct parse_events_state *parse_state,
 
 	/*
 	 * Caller doesn't know anything about obj_head_config,
-	 * so combine them together again before returnning.
+	 * so combine them together again before returning.
 	 */
 	if (head_config)
 		list_splice_tail(&obj_head_config, head_config);
@@ -1182,10 +1182,10 @@ do {									   \
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Check term availbility after basic checking so
+	 * Check term availability after basic checking so
 	 * PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_USER can be found and filtered.
 	 *
-	 * If check availbility at the entry of this function,
+	 * If check availability at the entry of this function,
 	 * user will see "'<sysfs term>' is not usable in 'perf stat'"
 	 * if an invalid config term is provided for legacy events
 	 * (for example, instructions/badterm/...), which is confusing.
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index 44ef28302fc7..88da5cf6aee8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -1069,7 +1069,7 @@ int perf_pmu__format_type(struct list_head *formats, const char *name)
 
 /*
  * Sets value based on the format definition (format parameter)
- * and unformated value (value parameter).
+ * and unformatted value (value parameter).
  */
 static void pmu_format_value(unsigned long *format, __u64 value, __u64 *v,
 			     bool zero)
@@ -1408,7 +1408,7 @@ int perf_pmu__check_alias(struct perf_pmu *pmu, struct list_head *head_terms,
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * if no unit or scale foundin aliases, then
+	 * if no unit or scale found in aliases, then
 	 * set defaults as for evsel
 	 * unit cannot left to NULL
 	 */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
index a9cff3a50ddf..a78c8d59a555 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
@@ -3228,7 +3228,7 @@ errout:
 	return err;
 }
 
-/* Concatinate two arrays */
+/* Concatenate two arrays */
 static void *memcat(void *a, size_t sz_a, void *b, size_t sz_b)
 {
 	void *ret;
@@ -3258,7 +3258,7 @@ concat_probe_trace_events(struct probe_trace_event **tevs, int *ntevs,
 	if (*ntevs + ntevs2 > probe_conf.max_probes)
 		ret = -E2BIG;
 	else {
-		/* Concatinate the array of probe_trace_event */
+		/* Concatenate the array of probe_trace_event */
 		new_tevs = memcat(*tevs, (*ntevs) * sizeof(**tevs),
 				  *tevs2, ntevs2 * sizeof(**tevs2));
 		if (!new_tevs)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
index 1b118c9c86a6..866f2d514d72 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ static struct probe_trace_arg_ref *alloc_trace_arg_ref(long offs)
 /*
  * Convert a location into trace_arg.
  * If tvar == NULL, this just checks variable can be converted.
- * If fentry == true and vr_die is a parameter, do huristic search
+ * If fentry == true and vr_die is a parameter, do heuristic search
  * for the location fuzzed by function entry mcount.
  */
 static int convert_variable_location(Dwarf_Die *vr_die, Dwarf_Addr addr,
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ static int convert_variable_fields(Dwarf_Die *vr_die, const char *varname,
 			       " nor array.\n", varname);
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
-		/* While prcessing unnamed field, we don't care about this */
+		/* While processing unnamed field, we don't care about this */
 		if (field->ref && dwarf_diename(vr_die)) {
 			pr_err("Semantic error: %s must be referred by '.'\n",
 			       field->name);
@@ -1832,7 +1832,7 @@ static int line_range_walk_cb(const char *fname, int lineno,
 	    (lf->lno_s > lineno || lf->lno_e < lineno))
 		return 0;
 
-	/* Make sure this line can be reversable */
+	/* Make sure this line can be reversible */
 	if (cu_find_lineinfo(&lf->cu_die, addr, &__fname, &__lineno) > 0
 	    && (lineno != __lineno || strcmp(fname, __fname)))
 		return 0;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/s390-cpumsf.c b/tools/perf/util/s390-cpumsf.c
index 078a71773565..8130b56aa04b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/s390-cpumsf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/s390-cpumsf.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
  * the data portion is mmap()'ed.
  *
  * To sort the queues in chronological order, all queue access is controlled
- * by the auxtrace_heap. This is basicly a stack, each stack element has two
+ * by the auxtrace_heap. This is basically a stack, each stack element has two
  * entries, the queue number and a time stamp. However the stack is sorted by
  * the time stamps. The highest time stamp is at the bottom the lowest
  * (nearest) time stamp is at the top. That sort order is maintained at all
@@ -65,11 +65,11 @@
  * stamp of the last processed entry of the auxtrace_buffer replaces the
  * current auxtrace_heap top.
  *
- * 3. Auxtrace_queues might run of out data and are feeded by the
+ * 3. Auxtrace_queues might run of out data and are fed by the
  * PERF_RECORD_AUXTRACE handling, see s390_cpumsf_process_auxtrace_event().
  *
  * Event Generation
- * Each sampling-data entry in the auxilary trace data generates a perf sample.
+ * Each sampling-data entry in the auxiliary trace data generates a perf sample.
  * This sample is filled
  * with data from the auxtrace such as PID/TID, instruction address, CPU state,
  * etc. This sample is processed with perf_session__deliver_synth_event() to
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ static unsigned long long get_trailer_time(const unsigned char *buf)
  * pointer to the queue, the second parameter is the time stamp. This
  * is the time stamp:
  * - of the event that triggered this processing.
- * - or the time stamp when the last proccesing of this queue stopped.
+ * - or the time stamp when the last processing of this queue stopped.
  *   In this case it stopped at a 4KB page boundary and record the
  *   position on where to continue processing on the next invocation
  *   (see buffer->use_data and buffer->use_size).
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ static int s390_cpumsf_samples(struct s390_cpumsf_queue *sfq, u64 *ts)
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		pos += dsdes;	/* Skip diagnositic entry */
+		pos += dsdes;	/* Skip diagnostic entry */
 
 		/* Check for trailer entry */
 		if (!s390_cpumsf_reached_trailer(bsdes + dsdes, pos)) {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
index c83c2c6564e0..4e4aa4c97ac5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
@@ -1531,7 +1531,7 @@ static void set_table_handlers(struct tables *tables)
 		 * Attempt to use the call path root from the call return
 		 * processor, if the call return processor is in use. Otherwise,
 		 * we allocate a new call path root. This prevents exporting
-		 * duplicate call path ids when both are in use simultaniously.
+		 * duplicate call path ids when both are in use simultaneously.
 		 */
 		if (tables->dbe.crp)
 			tables->dbe.cpr = tables->dbe.crp->cpr;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index 859832a82496..9a8808507bd9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -1069,7 +1069,7 @@ static void callchain__lbr_callstack_printf(struct perf_sample *sample)
 		 * in "to" register.
 		 * For example, there is a call stack
 		 * "A"->"B"->"C"->"D".
-		 * The LBR registers will recorde like
+		 * The LBR registers will be recorded like
 		 * "C"->"D", "B"->"C", "A"->"B".
 		 * So only the first "to" register and all "from"
 		 * registers are needed to construct the whole stack.
@@ -1584,7 +1584,7 @@ static s64 perf_session__process_user_event(struct perf_session *session,
 		return tool->event_update(tool, event, &session->evlist);
 	case PERF_RECORD_HEADER_EVENT_TYPE:
 		/*
-		 * Depreceated, but we need to handle it for sake
+		 * Deprecated, but we need to handle it for sake
 		 * of old data files create in pipe mode.
 		 */
 		return 0;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/strbuf.h b/tools/perf/util/strbuf.h
index ea94d8628980..be94d7046fa0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/strbuf.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/strbuf.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  *    build complex strings/buffers whose final size isn't easily known.
  *
  *    It is NOT legal to copy the ->buf pointer away.
- *    `strbuf_detach' is the operation that detachs a buffer from its shell
+ *    `strbuf_detach' is the operation that detaches a buffer from its shell
  *    while keeping the shell valid wrt its invariants.
  *
  * 2. the ->buf member is a byte array that has at least ->len + 1 bytes
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/strfilter.h b/tools/perf/util/strfilter.h
index e0c25a40f796..c05aca9ca582 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/strfilter.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/strfilter.h
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 
 /* A node of string filter */
 struct strfilter_node {
-	struct strfilter_node *l;	/* Tree left branche (for &,|) */
-	struct strfilter_node *r;	/* Tree right branche (for !,&,|) */
+	struct strfilter_node *l;	/* Tree left branch (for &,|) */
+	struct strfilter_node *r;	/* Tree right branch (for !,&,|) */
 	const char *p;		/* Operator or rule */
 };
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
index 6dff843fd883..4c56aa837434 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
@@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@ static int dso__process_kernel_symbol(struct dso *dso, struct map *map,
 		curr_dso->symtab_type = dso->symtab_type;
 		maps__insert(kmaps, curr_map);
 		/*
-		 * Add it before we drop the referece to curr_map, i.e. while
+		 * Add it before we drop the reference to curr_map, i.e. while
 		 * we still are sure to have a reference to this DSO via
 		 * *curr_map->dso.
 		 */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/synthetic-events.c b/tools/perf/util/synthetic-events.c
index b698046ec2db..49c9353ff9fc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/synthetic-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/synthetic-events.c
@@ -1210,7 +1210,7 @@ static size_t mask_size(struct perf_cpu_map *map, int *max)
 	*max = 0;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < map->nr; i++) {
-		/* bit possition of the cpu is + 1 */
+		/* bit position of the cpu is + 1 */
 		int bit = map->map[i] + 1;
 
 		if (bit > *max)
@@ -1236,7 +1236,7 @@ void *cpu_map_data__alloc(struct perf_cpu_map *map, size_t *size, u16 *type, int
 	 *   mask  = size of 'struct perf_record_record_cpu_map' +
 	 *           maximum cpu bit converted to size of longs
 	 *
-	 * and finaly + the size of 'struct perf_record_cpu_map_data'.
+	 * and finally + the size of 'struct perf_record_cpu_map_data'.
 	 */
 	size_cpus = cpus_size(map);
 	size_mask = mask_size(map, max);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind-local.c b/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind-local.c
index 9aededc0bc06..71a353349181 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind-local.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind-local.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ UNW_OBJ(dwarf_find_debug_frame) (int found, unw_dyn_info_t *di_debug,
 #define DW_EH_PE_funcrel	0x40	/* start-of-procedure-relative */
 #define DW_EH_PE_aligned	0x50	/* aligned pointer */
 
-/* Flags intentionaly not handled, since they're not needed:
+/* Flags intentionally not handled, since they're not needed:
  * #define DW_EH_PE_indirect      0x80
  * #define DW_EH_PE_uleb128       0x01
  * #define DW_EH_PE_udata2        0x02