[PATCH bpf-next v3] bpf: Fix a few typos in BPF helpers documentation

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Address a few typos in the documentation for the BPF helper functions.
They were reported by Jakub [0], who ran spell checkers on the generated
man page [1].

[0] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-man/d22dcd47-023c-8f52-d369-7b5308e6c842@xxxxxxxxx/T/#mb02e7d4b7fb61d98fa914c77b581184e9a9537af
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-man/eb6a1e41-c48e-ac45-5154-ac57a2c76108@xxxxxxxxx/T/#m4a8d1b003616928013ffcd1450437309ab652f9f

v3: Do not copy unrelated (and breaking) elements to tools/ header
v2: Turn a ',' into a ';'

Cc: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-man@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reported-by: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Quentin Monnet <quentin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 include/uapi/linux/bpf.h       | 16 ++++++++--------
 tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h | 16 ++++++++--------
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
index 0f61f09f467a..01c54a462352 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
@@ -4456,7 +4456,7 @@ union bpf_attr {
  *
  *		**-EEXIST** if the option already exists.
  *
- *		**-EFAULT** on failrue to parse the existing header options.
+ *		**-EFAULT** on failure to parse the existing header options.
  *
  *		**-EPERM** if the helper cannot be used under the current
  *		*skops*\ **->op**.
@@ -4665,7 +4665,7 @@ union bpf_attr {
  *		a *map* with *task* as the **key**.  From this
  *		perspective,  the usage is not much different from
  *		**bpf_map_lookup_elem**\ (*map*, **&**\ *task*) except this
- *		helper enforces the key must be an task_struct and the map must also
+ *		helper enforces the key must be a task_struct and the map must also
  *		be a **BPF_MAP_TYPE_TASK_STORAGE**.
  *
  *		Underneath, the value is stored locally at *task* instead of
@@ -4723,7 +4723,7 @@ union bpf_attr {
  *
  * long bpf_ima_inode_hash(struct inode *inode, void *dst, u32 size)
  *	Description
- *		Returns the stored IMA hash of the *inode* (if it's avaialable).
+ *		Returns the stored IMA hash of the *inode* (if it's available).
  *		If the hash is larger than *size*, then only *size*
  *		bytes will be copied to *dst*
  *	Return
@@ -4747,12 +4747,12 @@ union bpf_attr {
  *
  *		The argument *len_diff* can be used for querying with a planned
  *		size change. This allows to check MTU prior to changing packet
- *		ctx. Providing an *len_diff* adjustment that is larger than the
+ *		ctx. Providing a *len_diff* adjustment that is larger than the
  *		actual packet size (resulting in negative packet size) will in
- *		principle not exceed the MTU, why it is not considered a
- *		failure.  Other BPF-helpers are needed for performing the
- *		planned size change, why the responsability for catch a negative
- *		packet size belong in those helpers.
+ *		principle not exceed the MTU, which is why it is not considered
+ *		a failure.  Other BPF helpers are needed for performing the
+ *		planned size change; therefore the responsibility for catching
+ *		a negative packet size belongs in those helpers.
  *
  *		Specifying *ifindex* zero means the MTU check is performed
  *		against the current net device.  This is practical if this isn't
diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
index 5056cef2112f..d45dda46aa42 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
@@ -4456,7 +4456,7 @@ union bpf_attr {
  *
  *		**-EEXIST** if the option already exists.
  *
- *		**-EFAULT** on failrue to parse the existing header options.
+ *		**-EFAULT** on failure to parse the existing header options.
  *
  *		**-EPERM** if the helper cannot be used under the current
  *		*skops*\ **->op**.
@@ -4665,7 +4665,7 @@ union bpf_attr {
  *		a *map* with *task* as the **key**.  From this
  *		perspective,  the usage is not much different from
  *		**bpf_map_lookup_elem**\ (*map*, **&**\ *task*) except this
- *		helper enforces the key must be an task_struct and the map must also
+ *		helper enforces the key must be a task_struct and the map must also
  *		be a **BPF_MAP_TYPE_TASK_STORAGE**.
  *
  *		Underneath, the value is stored locally at *task* instead of
@@ -4723,7 +4723,7 @@ union bpf_attr {
  *
  * long bpf_ima_inode_hash(struct inode *inode, void *dst, u32 size)
  *	Description
- *		Returns the stored IMA hash of the *inode* (if it's avaialable).
+ *		Returns the stored IMA hash of the *inode* (if it's available).
  *		If the hash is larger than *size*, then only *size*
  *		bytes will be copied to *dst*
  *	Return
@@ -4747,12 +4747,12 @@ union bpf_attr {
  *
  *		The argument *len_diff* can be used for querying with a planned
  *		size change. This allows to check MTU prior to changing packet
- *		ctx. Providing an *len_diff* adjustment that is larger than the
+ *		ctx. Providing a *len_diff* adjustment that is larger than the
  *		actual packet size (resulting in negative packet size) will in
- *		principle not exceed the MTU, why it is not considered a
- *		failure.  Other BPF-helpers are needed for performing the
- *		planned size change, why the responsability for catch a negative
- *		packet size belong in those helpers.
+ *		principle not exceed the MTU, which is why it is not considered
+ *		a failure.  Other BPF helpers are needed for performing the
+ *		planned size change; therefore the responsibility for catching
+ *		a negative packet size belongs in those helpers.
  *
  *		Specifying *ifindex* zero means the MTU check is performed
  *		against the current net device.  This is practical if this isn't
-- 
2.34.1




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