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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 1c1ad1e14f21..43186ccfa139 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -188,17 +188,17 @@ extern int no_unaligned_warning;
* enum sysctl_writes_mode - supported sysctl write modes
*
* @SYSCTL_WRITES_LEGACY: each write syscall must fully contain the sysctl value
- * to be written, and multiple writes on the same sysctl file descriptor
- * will rewrite the sysctl value, regardless of file position. No warning
- * is issued when the initial position is not 0.
+ * to be written, and multiple writes on the same sysctl file descriptor
+ * will rewrite the sysctl value, regardless of file position. No warning
+ * is issued when the initial position is not 0.
* @SYSCTL_WRITES_WARN: same as above but warn when the initial file position is
- * not 0.
+ * not 0.
* @SYSCTL_WRITES_STRICT: writes to numeric sysctl entries must always be at
- * file position 0 and the value must be fully contained in the buffer
- * sent to the write syscall. If dealing with strings respect the file
- * position, but restrict this to the max length of the buffer, anything
- * passed the max lenght will be ignored. Multiple writes will append
- * to the buffer.
+ * file position 0 and the value must be fully contained in the buffer
+ * sent to the write syscall. If dealing with strings respect the file
+ * position, but restrict this to the max length of the buffer, anything
+ * passed the max length will be ignored. Multiple writes will append
+ * to the buffer.
*
* These write modes control how current file position affects the behavior of
* updating sysctl values through the proc interface on each write.