Fix some typos found by codespell

Signed-off-by: Stefan Weil <sw@weilnetz.de>
Reviewed-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Michael Tokarev <mjt@tls.msk.ru>

36 files changed, 48 insertions, 48 deletions

diff --git a/audio/mixeng.c b/audio/mixeng.c
index 981b97a964..61ef8691a3 100644
--- a/audio/mixeng.c
+++ b/audio/mixeng.c
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ f_sample *mixeng_clip[2][2][2][3] = {
  * August 21, 1998
  * Copyright 1998 Fabrice Bellard.
  *
- * [Rewrote completly the code of Lance Norskog And Sundry
+ * [Rewrote completely the code of Lance Norskog And Sundry
  * Contributors with a more efficient algorithm.]
  *
  * This source code is freely redistributable and may be used for
diff --git a/audio/ossaudio.c b/audio/ossaudio.c
index 349e9dd53d..a0d9cda1ec 100644
--- a/audio/ossaudio.c
+++ b/audio/ossaudio.c
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ static struct audio_option oss_options[] = {
         .name  = "EXCLUSIVE",
         .tag   = AUD_OPT_BOOL,
         .valp  = &glob_conf.exclusive,
-        .descr = "Open device in exclusive mode (vmix wont work)"
+        .descr = "Open device in exclusive mode (vmix won't work)"
     },
 #ifdef USE_DSP_POLICY
     {
diff --git a/contrib/ivshmem-server/ivshmem-server.h b/contrib/ivshmem-server/ivshmem-server.h
index 3851639618..d37ca85265 100644
--- a/contrib/ivshmem-server/ivshmem-server.h
+++ b/contrib/ivshmem-server/ivshmem-server.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * unix socket. For each client, the server will create some eventfd
  * (see EVENTFD(2)), one per vector. These fd are transmitted to all
  * clients using the SCM_RIGHTS cmsg message. Therefore, each client is
- * able to send a notification to another client without beeing
+ * able to send a notification to another client without being
  * "profixied" by the server.
  *
  * We use this mechanism to send interruptions between guests.
diff --git a/docs/specs/rocker.txt b/docs/specs/rocker.txt
index d2a82624f4..1857b31703 100644
--- a/docs/specs/rocker.txt
+++ b/docs/specs/rocker.txt
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ Endianness
 ----------
 
 Device registers are hard-coded to little-endian (LE).  The driver should
-convert to/from host endianess to LE for device register accesses.
+convert to/from host endianness to LE for device register accesses.
 
 Descriptors are LE.  Descriptor buffer TLVs will have LE type and length
 fields, but the value field can either be LE or network-byte-order, depending
diff --git a/docs/throttle.txt b/docs/throttle.txt
index 28204e46ca..06ed9b3943 100644
--- a/docs/throttle.txt
+++ b/docs/throttle.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Introduction
 ------------
 QEMU includes a throttling module that can be used to set limits to
 I/O operations. The code itself is generic and independent of the I/O
-units, but it is currenly used to limit the number of bytes per second
+units, but it is currently used to limit the number of bytes per second
 and operations per second (IOPS) when performing disk I/O.
 
 This document explains how to use the throttling code in QEMU, and how
diff --git a/hw/i2c/imx_i2c.c b/hw/i2c/imx_i2c.c
index a01e43ebeb..e19d4fa745 100644
--- a/hw/i2c/imx_i2c.c
+++ b/hw/i2c/imx_i2c.c
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ static void imx_i2c_write(void *opaque, hwaddr offset,
             if (s->address == ADDR_RESET) {
                 if (i2c_start_transfer(s->bus, extract32(s->i2dr_write, 1, 7),
                                        extract32(s->i2dr_write, 0, 1))) {
-                    /* if non zero is returned, the adress is not valid */
+                    /* if non zero is returned, the address is not valid */
                     s->i2sr |= I2SR_RXAK;
                 } else {
                     s->address = s->i2dr_write;
diff --git a/hw/net/vmxnet3.c b/hw/net/vmxnet3.c
index 093a71e12e..20f26b7d89 100644
--- a/hw/net/vmxnet3.c
+++ b/hw/net/vmxnet3.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 #define VMXNET3_MSIX_BAR_SIZE 0x2000
 #define MIN_BUF_SIZE 60
 
-/* Compatability flags for migration */
+/* Compatibility flags for migration */
 #define VMXNET3_COMPAT_FLAG_OLD_MSI_OFFSETS_BIT 0
 #define VMXNET3_COMPAT_FLAG_OLD_MSI_OFFSETS \
     (1 << VMXNET3_COMPAT_FLAG_OLD_MSI_OFFSETS_BIT)
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ typedef struct {
         uint32_t mcast_list_len;
         uint32_t mcast_list_buff_size; /* needed for live migration. */
 
-        /* Compatability flags for migration */
+        /* Compatibility flags for migration */
         uint32_t compat_flags;
 } VMXNET3State;
 
diff --git a/hw/pci/msi.c b/hw/pci/msi.c
index e0e64c2d9e..a87ef4d752 100644
--- a/hw/pci/msi.c
+++ b/hw/pci/msi.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
  *
  * Setting this flag to false will remove MSI/MSI-X capability from all devices.
  *
- * It is preferrable for controllers to set this to true (non-broken) even if
+ * It is preferable for controllers to set this to true (non-broken) even if
  * they do not actually support MSI/MSI-X: guests normally probe the controller
  * type and do not attempt to enable MSI/MSI-X with interrupt controllers not
  * supporting such, so removing the capability is not required, and
diff --git a/hw/pci/pci_bridge.c b/hw/pci/pci_bridge.c
index 3cf30bd334..5118ef404f 100644
--- a/hw/pci/pci_bridge.c
+++ b/hw/pci/pci_bridge.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ pcibus_t pci_bridge_get_base(const PCIDevice *bridge, uint8_t type)
     return base;
 }
 
-/* accessor funciton to get bridge filtering limit */
+/* accessor function to get bridge filtering limit */
 pcibus_t pci_bridge_get_limit(const PCIDevice *bridge, uint8_t type)
 {
     pcibus_t limit;
diff --git a/hw/scsi/spapr_vscsi.c b/hw/scsi/spapr_vscsi.c
index b00edf7fd4..8fbd50f660 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/spapr_vscsi.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/spapr_vscsi.c
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ static void vscsi_inquiry_no_target(VSCSIState *s, vscsi_req *req)
     uint8_t resp_data[36];
     int rc, len, alen;
 
-    /* We dont do EVPD. Also check that page_code is 0 */
+    /* We don't do EVPD. Also check that page_code is 0 */
     if ((cdb[1] & 0x01) || cdb[2] != 0) {
         /* Send INVALID FIELD IN CDB */
         vscsi_makeup_sense(s, req, ILLEGAL_REQUEST, 0x24, 0);
diff --git a/hw/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c b/hw/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c
index e690b4ec08..f67b5bf7d3 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ typedef struct PVSCSIClass {
 #define PVSCSI_DEVICE_GET_CLASS(obj) \
     OBJECT_GET_CLASS(PVSCSIClass, (obj), TYPE_PVSCSI)
 
-/* Compatability flags for migration */
+/* Compatibility flags for migration */
 #define PVSCSI_COMPAT_OLD_PCI_CONFIGURATION_BIT 0
 #define PVSCSI_COMPAT_OLD_PCI_CONFIGURATION \
     (1 << PVSCSI_COMPAT_OLD_PCI_CONFIGURATION_BIT)
diff --git a/hw/timer/a9gtimer.c b/hw/timer/a9gtimer.c
index afe577c76a..772f85f5fd 100644
--- a/hw/timer/a9gtimer.c
+++ b/hw/timer/a9gtimer.c
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ static void a9_gtimer_write(void *opaque, hwaddr addr, uint64_t value,
     case R_COUNTER_LO:
         /*
          * Keep it simple - ARM docco explicitly says to disable timer before
-         * modding it, so dont bother trying to do all the difficult on the fly
+         * modding it, so don't bother trying to do all the difficult on the fly
          * timer modifications - (if they even work in real hardware??).
          */
         if (s->control & R_CONTROL_TIMER_ENABLE) {
diff --git a/hw/timer/aspeed_timer.c b/hw/timer/aspeed_timer.c
index 51e8303cda..ebec35935d 100644
--- a/hw/timer/aspeed_timer.c
+++ b/hw/timer/aspeed_timer.c
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ static void aspeed_timer_set_value(AspeedTimerCtrlState *s, int timer, int reg,
 }
 
 /* Control register operations are broken out into helpers that can be
- * explictly called on aspeed_timer_reset(), but also from
+ * explicitly called on aspeed_timer_reset(), but also from
  * aspeed_timer_ctrl_op().
  */
 
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ static void aspeed_timer_reset(DeviceState *dev)
 
     for (i = 0; i < ASPEED_TIMER_NR_TIMERS; i++) {
         AspeedTimer *t = &s->timers[i];
-        /* Explictly call helpers to avoid any conditional behaviour through
+        /* Explicitly call helpers to avoid any conditional behaviour through
          * aspeed_timer_set_ctrl().
          */
         aspeed_timer_ctrl_enable(t, false);
diff --git a/include/crypto/random.h b/include/crypto/random.h
index b3021c4ce6..f9308f4647 100644
--- a/include/crypto/random.h
+++ b/include/crypto/random.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
  * Fill @buf with @buflen bytes of cryptographically strong
  * random data
  *
- * Returns 0 on sucess, -1 on error
+ * Returns 0 on success, -1 on error
  */
 int qcrypto_random_bytes(uint8_t *buf,
                          size_t buflen,
diff --git a/include/hw/xen/xen_common.h b/include/hw/xen/xen_common.h
index bd65e67054..7b52e8ffc1 100644
--- a/include/hw/xen/xen_common.h
+++ b/include/hw/xen/xen_common.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
  * We don't support Xen prior to 4.2.0.
  */
 
-/* Xen 4.2 thru 4.6 */
+/* Xen 4.2 through 4.6 */
 #if CONFIG_XEN_CTRL_INTERFACE_VERSION < 471
 
 typedef xc_interface xenforeignmemory_handle;
diff --git a/include/io/task.h b/include/io/task.h
index 2e69d8a47f..a993212ad9 100644
--- a/include/io/task.h
+++ b/include/io/task.h
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ void qio_task_run_in_thread(QIOTask *task,
  * qio_task_complete:
  * @task: the task struct
  *
- * Mark the operation as succesfully completed
+ * Mark the operation as successfully completed
  * and free the memory for @task.
  */
 void qio_task_complete(QIOTask *task);
diff --git a/include/qemu/osdep.h b/include/qemu/osdep.h
index 1e3221cbec..2e930a92ce 100644
--- a/include/qemu/osdep.h
+++ b/include/qemu/osdep.h
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ static inline void qemu_timersub(const struct timeval *val1,
 void qemu_set_cloexec(int fd);
 
 /* QEMU "hardware version" setting. Used to replace code that exposed
- * QEMU_VERSION to guests in the past and need to keep compatibilty.
+ * QEMU_VERSION to guests in the past and need to keep compatibility.
  * Do not use qemu_hw_version() in new code.
  */
 void qemu_set_hw_version(const char *);
diff --git a/kvm-all.c b/kvm-all.c
index e7b66df197..f9ae8f9bf8 100644
--- a/kvm-all.c
+++ b/kvm-all.c
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ static int kvm_physical_sync_dirty_bitmap(KVMMemoryListener *kml,
          * userspace memory corruption (which is not detectable by valgrind
          * too, in most cases).
          * So for now, let's align to 64 instead of HOST_LONG_BITS here, in
-         * a hope that sizeof(long) wont become >8 any time soon.
+         * a hope that sizeof(long) won't become >8 any time soon.
          */
         size = ALIGN(((mem->memory_size) >> TARGET_PAGE_BITS),
                      /*HOST_LONG_BITS*/ 64) / 8;
diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index 991313a862..c08d9a69b0 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ static void deferred_incoming_migration(Error **errp)
 void migrate_send_rp_req_pages(MigrationIncomingState *mis, const char *rbname,
                                ram_addr_t start, size_t len)
 {
-    uint8_t bufc[12 + 1 + 255]; /* start (8), len (4), rbname upto 256 */
+    uint8_t bufc[12 + 1 + 255]; /* start (8), len (4), rbname up to 256 */
     size_t msglen = 12; /* start + len */
 
     *(uint64_t *)bufc = cpu_to_be64((uint64_t)start);
diff --git a/migration/ram.c b/migration/ram.c
index 3f057388cb..88fbffcce4 100644
--- a/migration/ram.c
+++ b/migration/ram.c
@@ -1272,7 +1272,7 @@ static int ram_save_target_page(MigrationState *ms, QEMUFile *f,
 }
 
 /**
- * ram_save_host_page: Starting at *offset send pages upto the end
+ * ram_save_host_page: Starting at *offset send pages up to the end
  *                     of the current host page.  It's valid for the initial
  *                     offset to point into the middle of a host page
  *                     in which case the remainder of the hostpage is sent.
diff --git a/nbd/client.c b/nbd/client.c
index 48f2a21f33..31b88f3a31 100644
--- a/nbd/client.c
+++ b/nbd/client.c
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ static QIOChannel *nbd_receive_starttls(QIOChannel *ioc,
     }
     length = be32_to_cpu(length);
     if (length != 0) {
-        error_setg(errp, "Start TLS reponse was not zero %x",
+        error_setg(errp, "Start TLS response was not zero %x",
                    length);
         return NULL;
     }
diff --git a/qga/channel-win32.c b/qga/channel-win32.c
index bb59661240..68168d14a5 100644
--- a/qga/channel-win32.c
+++ b/qga/channel-win32.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static gboolean ga_channel_prepare(GSource *source, gint *timeout_ms)
     }
 
 out:
-    /* dont block forever, iterate the main loop every once and a while */
+    /* don't block forever, iterate the main loop every once in a while */
     *timeout_ms = 500;
     /* if there's data in the read buffer, or another event is pending,
      * skip polling and issue user cb.
diff --git a/qga/commands.c b/qga/commands.c
index b653a460b9..31444643e2 100644
--- a/qga/commands.c
+++ b/qga/commands.c
@@ -182,8 +182,8 @@ GuestExecStatus *qmp_guest_exec_status(int64_t pid, Error **err)
          */
 #ifdef G_OS_WIN32
         /* Additionally WIN32 does not provide any additional information
-         * on whetherthe child exited or terminated via signal.
-         * We use this simple range check to distingish application exit code
+         * on whether the child exited or terminated via signal.
+         * We use this simple range check to distinguish application exit code
          * (usually value less then 256) and unhandled exception code with
          * ntstatus (always value greater then 0xC0000005). */
         if ((uint32_t)gei->status < 0xC0000000U) {
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index c9554ba644..c939a325bc 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ sub sanitise_line {
 	for ($off = 1; $off < length($line); $off++) {
 		$c = substr($line, $off, 1);
 
-		# Comments we are wacking completly including the begin
+		# Comments we are wacking completely including the begin
 		# and end, all to $;.
 		if ($sanitise_quote eq '' && substr($line, $off, 2) eq '/*') {
 			$sanitise_quote = '*/';
diff --git a/slirp/socket.c b/slirp/socket.c
index a10eff18cb..b336586c7b 100644
--- a/slirp/socket.c
+++ b/slirp/socket.c
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ soread(struct socket *so)
 	 * We don't test for <= 0 this time, because there legitimately
 	 * might not be any more data (since the socket is non-blocking),
 	 * a close will be detected on next iteration.
-	 * A return of -1 wont (shouldn't) happen, since it didn't happen above
+	 * A return of -1 won't (shouldn't) happen, since it didn't happen above
 	 */
 	if (n == 2 && nn == iov[0].iov_len) {
             int ret;
diff --git a/target-cris/translate.c b/target-cris/translate.c
index f28b1999a7..420051e940 100644
--- a/target-cris/translate.c
+++ b/target-cris/translate.c
@@ -3057,7 +3057,7 @@ static unsigned int crisv32_decoder(CPUCRISState *env, DisasContext *dc)
  *
  * When the software returns from an exception, the branch will re-execute.
  * On QEMU care needs to be taken when a branch+delayslot sequence is broken
- * and the branch and delayslot dont share pages.
+ * and the branch and delayslot don't share pages.
  *
  * The TB contaning the branch insn will set up env->btarget and evaluate 
  * env->btaken. When the translation loop exits we will note that the branch 
@@ -3246,7 +3246,7 @@ void gen_intermediate_code(CPUCRISState *env, struct TranslationBlock *tb)
         }
 
         /* If we are rexecuting a branch due to exceptions on
-           delay slots dont break.  */
+           delay slots don't break.  */
         if (!(tb->pc & 1) && cs->singlestep_enabled) {
             break;
         }
diff --git a/target-cris/translate_v10.c b/target-cris/translate_v10.c
index 7607eadfb7..06ba1ef86a 100644
--- a/target-cris/translate_v10.c
+++ b/target-cris/translate_v10.c
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ static void cris_set_prefix(DisasContext *dc)
     dc->tb_flags |= PFIX_FLAG;
     tcg_gen_ori_tl(cpu_PR[PR_CCS], cpu_PR[PR_CCS], PFIX_FLAG);
 
-    /* prefix insns dont clear the x flag.  */
+    /* prefix insns don't clear the x flag.  */
     dc->clear_x = 0;
     cris_lock_irq(dc);
 }
diff --git a/target-i386/cpu.c b/target-i386/cpu.c
index d0b5b69156..da5d081c0c 100644
--- a/target-i386/cpu.c
+++ b/target-i386/cpu.c
@@ -2523,7 +2523,7 @@ void cpu_x86_cpuid(CPUX86State *env, uint32_t index, uint32_t count,
 
         /* The Linux kernel checks for the CMPLegacy bit and
          * discards multiple thread information if it is set.
-         * So dont set it here for Intel to make Linux guests happy.
+         * So don't set it here for Intel to make Linux guests happy.
          */
         if (cs->nr_cores * cs->nr_threads > 1) {
             if (env->cpuid_vendor1 != CPUID_VENDOR_INTEL_1 ||
diff --git a/target-i386/cpu.h b/target-i386/cpu.h
index 444fda9ce6..0e113245e6 100644
--- a/target-i386/cpu.h
+++ b/target-i386/cpu.h
@@ -1366,7 +1366,7 @@ void cpu_report_tpr_access(CPUX86State *env, TPRAccess access);
  * If value is NULL, no default will be set and the original
  * value from the CPU model table will be kept.
  *
- * It is valid to call this funciton only for properties that
+ * It is valid to call this function only for properties that
  * are already present in the kvm_default_props table.
  */
 void x86_cpu_change_kvm_default(const char *prop, const char *value);
diff --git a/target-mips/op_helper.c b/target-mips/op_helper.c
index 4417e6ba22..ba847ab3a0 100644
--- a/target-mips/op_helper.c
+++ b/target-mips/op_helper.c
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ static bool mips_vp_is_wfi(MIPSCPU *c)
 
 static inline void mips_vpe_wake(MIPSCPU *c)
 {
-    /* Dont set ->halted = 0 directly, let it be done via cpu_has_work
+    /* Don't set ->halted = 0 directly, let it be done via cpu_has_work
        because there might be other conditions that state that c should
        be sleeping.  */
     cpu_interrupt(CPU(c), CPU_INTERRUPT_WAKE);
diff --git a/target-tricore/translate.c b/target-tricore/translate.c
index 0237e7bea8..2d17aebaa3 100644
--- a/target-tricore/translate.c
+++ b/target-tricore/translate.c
@@ -2858,7 +2858,7 @@ static void gen_shaci(TCGv ret, TCGv r1, int32_t shift_count)
     } else if (shift_count == -32) {
         /* set PSW.C */
         tcg_gen_mov_tl(cpu_PSW_C, r1);
-        /* fill ret completly with sign bit */
+        /* fill ret completely with sign bit */
         tcg_gen_sari_tl(ret, r1, 31);
         /* clear PSW.V */
         tcg_gen_movi_tl(cpu_PSW_V, 0);
diff --git a/tcg/README b/tcg/README
index f4a8ac170b..ce8bebab37 100644
--- a/tcg/README
+++ b/tcg/README
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ On a 32 bit target, all 64 bit operations are converted to 32 bits. A
 few specific operations must be implemented to allow it (see add2_i32,
 sub2_i32, brcond2_i32).
 
-On a 64 bit target, the values are transfered between 32 and 64-bit
+On a 64 bit target, the values are transferred between 32 and 64-bit
 registers using the following ops:
 - trunc_shr_i64_i32
 - ext_i32_i64
diff --git a/tests/tcg/cris/check_addo.c b/tests/tcg/cris/check_addo.c
index 3d8e789f5a..4235e5fc65 100644
--- a/tests/tcg/cris/check_addo.c
+++ b/tests/tcg/cris/check_addo.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ int main(void)
 	t = (unsigned char *)x;
 	t -= 32768;
 	p = (unsigned char *) &y.v1;
-	mb(); /* dont reorder anything beyond here.  */
+	mb(); /* don't reorder anything beyond here.  */
 	cris_tst_cc_init();
 	asm volatile ("setf\tzvnc\n");
 	cris_addo_pi_d(p, t);
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ int main(void)
 
 
 	t += 32770;
-	mb(); /* dont reorder anything beyond here.  */
+	mb(); /* don't reorder anything beyond here.  */
 	cris_tst_cc_init();
 	asm volatile ("setf\tzvnc\n");
 	cris_addo_pi_w(p, t);
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ int main(void)
 	if (*r != 0x4455aa77)
 		err();
 
-	mb(); /* dont reorder anything beyond here.  */
+	mb(); /* don't reorder anything beyond here.  */
 	cris_tst_cc_init();
 	asm volatile ("setf\tzvnc\n");
 	cris_addo_d(p, r);
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ int main(void)
 	if (*r != 0xee19ccff)
 		err();
 
-	mb(); /* dont reorder anything beyond here.  */
+	mb(); /* don't reorder anything beyond here.  */
 	cris_tst_cc_init();
 	asm volatile ("setf\tzvnc\n");
 	cris_addo_pi_b(p, t);
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ int main(void)
 	if (*(uint16_t*)r != 0xff22)
 		err();
 
-	mb(); /* dont reorder anything beyond here.  */
+	mb(); /* don't reorder anything beyond here.  */
 	cris_tst_cc_init();
 	asm volatile ("setf\tzvnc\n");
 	cris_addo_b(p, r);
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ int main(void)
 	if (*r != 0x4455aa77)
 		err();
 
-	mb(); /* dont reorder anything beyond here.  */
+	mb(); /* don't reorder anything beyond here.  */
 	cris_tst_cc_init();
 	asm volatile ("setf\tzvnc\n");
 	cris_addo_w(p, r);
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ int main(void)
 	if (*r != 0xff224455)
 		err();
 
-	mb(); /* dont reorder anything beyond here.  */
+	mb(); /* don't reorder anything beyond here.  */
 	cris_tst_cc_init();
 	asm volatile ("setf\tzvnc\n");
 	cris_addo_pi_d(p, t);
diff --git a/trace/simple.c b/trace/simple.c
index 3fdcc82263..2f09dafcbc 100644
--- a/trace/simple.c
+++ b/trace/simple.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ static bool get_trace_record(unsigned int idx, TraceRecord **recordptr)
     smp_rmb(); /* read memory barrier before accessing record */
     /* read the record header to know record length */
     read_from_buffer(idx, &record, sizeof(TraceRecord));
-    *recordptr = malloc(record.length); /* dont use g_malloc, can deadlock when traced */
+    *recordptr = malloc(record.length); /* don't use g_malloc, can deadlock when traced */
     /* make a copy of record to avoid being overwritten */
     read_from_buffer(idx, *recordptr, record.length);
     smp_rmb(); /* memory barrier before clearing valid flag */
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ static gpointer writeout_thread(gpointer opaque)
         while (get_trace_record(idx, &recordptr)) {
             unused = fwrite(recordptr, recordptr->length, 1, trace_fp);
             writeout_idx += recordptr->length;
-            free(recordptr); /* dont use g_free, can deadlock when traced */
+            free(recordptr); /* don't use g_free, can deadlock when traced */
             idx = writeout_idx % TRACE_BUF_LEN;
         }
 
diff --git a/ui/cocoa.m b/ui/cocoa.m
index 60a7c07eca..36c6bf0cb0 100644
--- a/ui/cocoa.m
+++ b/ui/cocoa.m
@@ -1394,7 +1394,7 @@ static void addRemovableDevicesMenuItems(void)
     [menuItem setEnabled: NO];
     [menu addItem: menuItem];
 
-    /* Loop thru all the block devices in the emulator */
+    /* Loop through all the block devices in the emulator */
     while (currentDevice) {
         deviceName = [[NSString stringWithFormat: @"%s", currentDevice->value->device] retain];
 
diff --git a/util/timed-average.c b/util/timed-average.c
index 2eef9cbb19..2b49d532ce 100644
--- a/util/timed-average.c
+++ b/util/timed-average.c
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
  *   Benoît Canet <benoit.canet@nodalink.com>
  *   Alberto Garcia <berto@igalia.com>
  *
- * This program is free sofware: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Sofware Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
  * (at your option) version 3 or any later version.
  *
  * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,