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mm tracing: cleanup Documentation/trace/events-kmem.txt

Clean up typos/grammos/spellos in events-kmem.txt.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Documentation/trace/events-kmem.txt

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 			Subsystem Trace Points: kmem
 			Subsystem Trace Points: kmem
 
 
-The tracing system kmem captures events related to object and page allocation
-within the kernel. Broadly speaking there are four major subheadings.
+The kmem tracing system captures events related to object and page allocation
+within the kernel. Broadly speaking there are five major subheadings.
 
 
   o Slab allocation of small objects of unknown type (kmalloc)
   o Slab allocation of small objects of unknown type (kmalloc)
   o Slab allocation of small objects of known type
   o Slab allocation of small objects of known type
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ within the kernel. Broadly speaking there are four major subheadings.
   o Per-CPU Allocator Activity
   o Per-CPU Allocator Activity
   o External Fragmentation
   o External Fragmentation
 
 
-This document will describe what each of the tracepoints are and why they
+This document describes what each of the tracepoints is and why they
 might be useful.
 might be useful.
 
 
 1. Slab allocation of small objects of unknown type
 1. Slab allocation of small objects of unknown type
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ kmem_cache_free		call_site=%lx ptr=%p
 These events are similar in usage to the kmalloc-related events except that
 These events are similar in usage to the kmalloc-related events except that
 it is likely easier to pin the event down to a specific cache. At the time
 it is likely easier to pin the event down to a specific cache. At the time
 of writing, no information is available on what slab is being allocated from,
 of writing, no information is available on what slab is being allocated from,
-but the call_site can usually be used to extrapolate that information
+but the call_site can usually be used to extrapolate that information.
 
 
 3. Page allocation
 3. Page allocation
 ==================
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@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ event indicating whether it is for a percpu_refill or not.
 When the per-CPU list is too full, a number of pages are freed, each one
 When the per-CPU list is too full, a number of pages are freed, each one
 which triggers a mm_page_pcpu_drain event.
 which triggers a mm_page_pcpu_drain event.
 
 
-The individual nature of the events are so that pages can be tracked
+The individual nature of the events is so that pages can be tracked
 between allocation and freeing. A number of drain or refill pages that occur
 between allocation and freeing. A number of drain or refill pages that occur
-consecutively imply the zone->lock being taken once. Large amounts of PCP
+consecutively imply the zone->lock being taken once. Large amounts of per-CPU
 refills and drains could imply an imbalance between CPUs where too much work
 refills and drains could imply an imbalance between CPUs where too much work
 is being concentrated in one place. It could also indicate that the per-CPU
 is being concentrated in one place. It could also indicate that the per-CPU
 lists should be a larger size. Finally, large amounts of refills on one CPU
 lists should be a larger size. Finally, large amounts of refills on one CPU
@@ -102,6 +102,6 @@ is important.
 
 
 Large numbers of this event implies that memory is fragmenting and
 Large numbers of this event implies that memory is fragmenting and
 high-order allocations will start failing at some time in the future. One
 high-order allocations will start failing at some time in the future. One
-means of reducing the occurange of this event is to increase the size of
+means of reducing the occurrence of this event is to increase the size of
 min_free_kbytes in increments of 3*pageblock_size*nr_online_nodes where
 min_free_kbytes in increments of 3*pageblock_size*nr_online_nodes where
 pageblock_size is usually the size of the default hugepage size.
 pageblock_size is usually the size of the default hugepage size.