diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/removed/devfs b/Documentation/ABI/removed/devfs
index 8195c4e0d0a..8ffd28bf659 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/removed/devfs
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/removed/devfs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Description:
 	races, contains a naming policy within the kernel that is
 	against the LSB, and can be replaced by using udev.
 	The files fs/devfs/*, include/linux/devfs_fs*.h were removed,
-	along with the the assorted devfs function calls throughout the
+	along with the assorted devfs function calls throughout the
 	kernel tree.
 
 Users:
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-model/platform.txt b/Documentation/driver-model/platform.txt
index f7c9262b2dc..c5491c22086 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-model/platform.txt
+++ b/Documentation/driver-model/platform.txt
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ three different ways to find such a match:
       usually register later during booting, or by module loading.
 
     - Registering a driver using platform_driver_probe() works just like
-      using platform_driver_register(), except that the the driver won't
+      using platform_driver_register(), except that the driver won't
       be probed later if another device registers.  (Which is OK, since
       this interface is only for use with non-hotpluggable devices.)
 
diff --git a/Documentation/netlabel/introduction.txt b/Documentation/netlabel/introduction.txt
index a4ffba1694c..5ecd8d1dcf4 100644
--- a/Documentation/netlabel/introduction.txt
+++ b/Documentation/netlabel/introduction.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ The communication layer exists to allow NetLabel configuration and monitoring
 from user space.  The NetLabel communication layer uses a message based
 protocol built on top of the Generic NETLINK transport mechanism.  The exact
 formatting of these NetLabel messages as well as the Generic NETLINK family
-names can be found in the the 'net/netlabel/' directory as comments in the
+names can be found in the 'net/netlabel/' directory as comments in the
 header files as well as in 'include/net/netlabel.h'.
 
  * Security Module API
diff --git a/Documentation/pci.txt b/Documentation/pci.txt
index e2c9d0a0c43..d38261b6790 100644
--- a/Documentation/pci.txt
+++ b/Documentation/pci.txt
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ E.g. clearing pending interrupts.
 
 3.6 Register IRQ handler
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-While calling request_irq() is the the last step described here,
+While calling request_irq() is the last step described here,
 this is often just another intermediate step to initialize a device.
 This step can often be deferred until the device is opened for use.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt
index d4bfae75c94..c141f238847 100644
--- a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt
@@ -1444,7 +1444,7 @@ platforms are moved over to use the flattened-device-tree model.
    Basically, it is a bus of devices, that could act more or less
    as a complete entity (UCC, USB etc ). All of them should be siblings on
    the "root" qe node, using the common properties from there.
-   The description below applies to the the qe of MPC8360 and
+   The description below applies to the qe of MPC8360 and
    more nodes and properties would be extended in the future.
 
    i) Root QE device
diff --git a/arch/mips/Makefile b/arch/mips/Makefile
index f2f742df32c..4892db88a86 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/Makefile
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ cflags-y += -ffreestanding
 # when fed the toolchain default!
 #
 # Certain gcc versions upto gcc 4.1.1 (probably 4.2-subversion as of
-# 2006-10-10 don't properly change the the predefined symbols if -EB / -EL
+# 2006-10-10 don't properly change the predefined symbols if -EB / -EL
 # are used, so we kludge that here.  A bug has been filed at
 # http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29413.
 #
diff --git a/arch/mips/pci/fixup-sb1250.c b/arch/mips/pci/fixup-sb1250.c
index 7a7444874e8..0ad39e53f7b 100644
--- a/arch/mips/pci/fixup-sb1250.c
+++ b/arch/mips/pci/fixup-sb1250.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/pci.h>
 
 /*
- * Set the the BCM1250, etc. PCI host bridge's TRDY timeout
+ * Set the BCM1250, etc. PCI host bridge's TRDY timeout
  * to the finite max.
  */
 static void __init quirk_sb1250_pci(struct pci_dev *dev)
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_EARLY(PCI_VENDOR_ID_SIBYTE, PCI_DEVICE_ID_BCM1250_HT,
 			quirk_sb1250_ht);
 
 /*
- * Set the the SP1011 HT/PCI bridge's TRDY timeout to the finite max.
+ * Set the SP1011 HT/PCI bridge's TRDY timeout to the finite max.
  */
 static void __init quirk_sp1011(struct pci_dev *dev)
 {
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/io-workarounds.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/io-workarounds.c
index d68d920eb2c..7fb92f23f38 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/io-workarounds.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/io-workarounds.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static void spider_io_flush(const volatile void __iomem *addr)
 	/* Fast path if we have a non-0 token, it indicates which bus we
 	 * are on.
 	 *
-	 * If the token is 0, that means either the the ioremap was done
+	 * If the token is 0, that means either that the ioremap was done
 	 * before we initialized this layer, or it's a PIO operation. We
 	 * fallback to a low path in this case. Hopefully, internal devices
 	 * which are ioremap'ed early should use in_XX/out_XX functions
diff --git a/arch/v850/kernel/entry.S b/arch/v850/kernel/entry.S
index 8bc521ca081..e4327a8d6bc 100644
--- a/arch/v850/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/v850/kernel/entry.S
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ END(ret_from_trap)
 
 
 /* This the initial entry point for a new child thread, with an appropriate
-   stack in place that makes it look the the child is in the middle of an
+   stack in place that makes it look that the child is in the middle of an
    syscall.  This function is actually `returned to' from switch_thread
    (copy_thread makes ret_from_fork the return address in each new thread's
    saved context).  */
diff --git a/block/ll_rw_blk.c b/block/ll_rw_blk.c
index d99d402953a..f294f1538f1 100644
--- a/block/ll_rw_blk.c
+++ b/block/ll_rw_blk.c
@@ -1704,7 +1704,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_stop_queue);
  *     on a queue, such as calling the unplug function after a timeout.
  *     A block device may call blk_sync_queue to ensure that any
  *     such activity is cancelled, thus allowing it to release resources
- *     the the callbacks might use. The caller must already have made sure
+ *     that the callbacks might use. The caller must already have made sure
  *     that its ->make_request_fn will not re-add plugging prior to calling
  *     this function.
  *
diff --git a/drivers/block/rd.c b/drivers/block/rd.c
index 43d4ebcb3b4..a1512da3241 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/rd.c
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ static int ramdisk_commit_write(struct file *file, struct page *page,
 }
 
 /*
- * ->writepage to the the blockdev's mapping has to redirty the page so that the
+ * ->writepage to the blockdev's mapping has to redirty the page so that the
  * VM doesn't go and steal it.  We return AOP_WRITEPAGE_ACTIVATE so that the VM
  * won't try to (pointlessly) write the page again for a while.
  *
diff --git a/drivers/char/drm/drm_dma.c b/drivers/char/drm/drm_dma.c
index 892db709698..32ed19c9ec1 100644
--- a/drivers/char/drm/drm_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/char/drm/drm_dma.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ int drm_dma_setup(drm_device_t * dev)
  * \param dev DRM device.
  *
  * Free all pages associated with DMA buffers, the buffers and pages lists, and
- * finally the the drm_device::dma structure itself.
+ * finally the drm_device::dma structure itself.
  */
 void drm_dma_takedown(drm_device_t * dev)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/char/drm/drm_vm.c b/drivers/char/drm/drm_vm.c
index 35540cfb43d..b5c5b9fa84c 100644
--- a/drivers/char/drm/drm_vm.c
+++ b/drivers/char/drm/drm_vm.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ static __inline__ struct page *drm_do_vm_nopage(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
  * \param address access address.
  * \return pointer to the page structure.
  *
- * Get the the mapping, find the real physical page to map, get the page, and
+ * Get the mapping, find the real physical page to map, get the page, and
  * return it.
  */
 static __inline__ struct page *drm_do_vm_shm_nopage(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
diff --git a/drivers/char/drm/r300_reg.h b/drivers/char/drm/r300_reg.h
index a881f96c983..ecda760ae8c 100644
--- a/drivers/char/drm/r300_reg.h
+++ b/drivers/char/drm/r300_reg.h
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ I am fairly certain that they are correct unless stated otherwise in comments.
 #       define R300_PVS_CNTL_1_PROGRAM_START_SHIFT   0
 #       define R300_PVS_CNTL_1_POS_END_SHIFT         10
 #       define R300_PVS_CNTL_1_PROGRAM_END_SHIFT     20
-/* Addresses are relative the the vertex program parameters area. */
+/* Addresses are relative to the vertex program parameters area. */
 #define R300_VAP_PVS_CNTL_2                 0x22D4
 #       define R300_PVS_CNTL_2_PARAM_OFFSET_SHIFT 0
 #       define R300_PVS_CNTL_2_PARAM_COUNT_SHIFT  16
diff --git a/drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4000_cs.c b/drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4000_cs.c
index e91b43a014b..4ea587983ae 100644
--- a/drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4000_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4000_cs.c
@@ -1114,7 +1114,7 @@ static ssize_t cmm_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf,
 	/*
 	 * wait for atr to become valid.
 	 * note: it is important to lock this code. if we dont, the monitor
-	 * could be run between test_bit and the the call the sleep on the
+	 * could be run between test_bit and the call to sleep on the
 	 * atr-queue.  if *then* the monitor detects atr valid, it will wake up
 	 * any process on the atr-queue, *but* since we have been interrupted,
 	 * we do not yet sleep on this queue. this would result in a missed
diff --git a/drivers/ide/pci/siimage.c b/drivers/ide/pci/siimage.c
index c0188de3cc6..79cec50a242 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/pci/siimage.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/pci/siimage.c
@@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ static void __devinit init_mmio_iops_siimage(ide_hwif_t *hwif)
 
 	/*
 	 *	Now set up the hw. We have to do this ourselves as
-	 *	the MMIO layout isnt the same as the the standard port
+	 *	the MMIO layout isnt the same as the standard port
 	 *	based I/O
 	 */
 
diff --git a/drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c b/drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c
index 6a1a0572275..835937e3852 100644
--- a/drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c
+++ b/drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c
@@ -1702,7 +1702,7 @@ static int nodemgr_host_thread(void *__hi)
 			generation = get_hpsb_generation(host);
 
 			/* If we get a reset before we are done waiting, then
-			 * start the the waiting over again */
+			 * start the waiting over again */
 			if (generation != g)
 				g = generation, i = 0;
 		}
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/hardware/eicon/divasync.h b/drivers/isdn/hardware/eicon/divasync.h
index af3eb9e795b..85784a7ffb2 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/hardware/eicon/divasync.h
+++ b/drivers/isdn/hardware/eicon/divasync.h
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ typedef struct
 #define SERIAL_HOOK_RING 0x85
 #define SERIAL_HOOK_DETACH 0x8f
  unsigned char Flags;           /* function refinements   */
- /* parameters passed by the the ATTACH request      */
+ /* parameters passed by the ATTACH request      */
  SERIAL_INT_CB InterruptHandler; /* called on each interrupt  */
  SERIAL_DPC_CB DeferredHandler; /* called on hook state changes */
  void   *HandlerContext; /* context for both handlers */
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/hisax/hfc_usb.c b/drivers/isdn/hisax/hfc_usb.c
index 99e70d4103b..1f18f199338 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/hisax/hfc_usb.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/hisax/hfc_usb.c
@@ -1217,11 +1217,11 @@ usb_init(hfcusb_data * hfc)
 	/* aux = output, reset off */
 	write_usb(hfc, HFCUSB_CIRM, 0x10);
 
-	/* set USB_SIZE to match the the wMaxPacketSize for INT or BULK transfers */
+	/* set USB_SIZE to match the wMaxPacketSize for INT or BULK transfers */
 	write_usb(hfc, HFCUSB_USB_SIZE,
 		  (hfc->packet_size / 8) | ((hfc->packet_size / 8) << 4));
 
-	/* set USB_SIZE_I to match the the wMaxPacketSize for ISO transfers */
+	/* set USB_SIZE_I to match the wMaxPacketSize for ISO transfers */
 	write_usb(hfc, HFCUSB_USB_SIZE_I, hfc->iso_packet_size);
 
 	/* enable PCM/GCI master mode */
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-remote.c b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-remote.c
index 68ed3a78808..9200a30dd1b 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-remote.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-remote.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * Copyright (C) 2004-6 Patrick Boettcher (patrick.boettcher@desy.de)
  * see dvb-usb-init.c for copyright information.
  *
- * This file contains functions for initializing the the input-device and for handling remote-control-queries.
+ * This file contains functions for initializing the input-device and for handling remote-control-queries.
  */
 #include "dvb-usb-common.h"
 #include <linux/usb/input.h>
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/tda10021.c b/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/tda10021.c
index 110536843e8..e725f612a6b 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/tda10021.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/tda10021.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
     TDA10021  - Single Chip Cable Channel Receiver driver module
-	       used on the the Siemens DVB-C cards
+	       used on the Siemens DVB-C cards
 
     Copyright (C) 1999 Convergence Integrated Media GmbH <ralph@convergence.de>
     Copyright (C) 2004 Markus Schulz <msc@antzsystem.de>
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/ves1x93.c b/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/ves1x93.c
index 54d7b07571b..23fd0303c91 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/ves1x93.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/ves1x93.c
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ static int ves1x93_read_status(struct dvb_frontend* fe, fe_status_t* status)
 	 * The ves1893 sometimes returns sync values that make no sense,
 	 * because, e.g., the SIGNAL bit is 0, while some of the higher
 	 * bits are 1 (and how can there be a CARRIER w/o a SIGNAL?).
-	 * Tests showed that the the VITERBI and SYNC bits are returned
+	 * Tests showed that the VITERBI and SYNC bits are returned
 	 * reliably, while the SIGNAL and CARRIER bits ar sometimes wrong.
 	 * If such a case occurs, we read the value again, until we get a
 	 * valid value.
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-video.c b/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-video.c
index bec67609500..2c7b158ce7e 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-video.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-video.c
@@ -1729,7 +1729,7 @@ static int em28xx_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
 
 	endpoint = &interface->cur_altsetting->endpoint[1].desc;
 
-	/* check if the the device has the iso in endpoint at the correct place */
+	/* check if the device has the iso in endpoint at the correct place */
 	if ((endpoint->bmAttributes & USB_ENDPOINT_XFERTYPE_MASK) !=
 	    USB_ENDPOINT_XFER_ISOC) {
 		em28xx_err(DRIVER_NAME " probing error: endpoint is non-ISO endpoint!\n");
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/usbvideo/vicam.c b/drivers/media/video/usbvideo/vicam.c
index 876fd276824..982b115193f 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/usbvideo/vicam.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/usbvideo/vicam.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
  *
  * Portions of this code were also copied from usbvideo.c
  *
- * Special thanks to the the whole team at Sourceforge for help making
+ * Special thanks to the whole team at Sourceforge for help making
  * this driver become a reality.  Notably:
  * Andy Armstrong who reverse engineered the color encoding and
  * Pavel Machek and Chris Cheney who worked on reverse engineering the
diff --git a/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c b/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c
index 97471af4309..5021d1a2a1d 100644
--- a/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c
+++ b/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c
@@ -3585,7 +3585,7 @@ initChainBuffers(MPT_ADAPTER *ioc)
 	 * index = chain_idx
 	 *
 	 * Calculate the number of chain buffers needed(plus 1) per I/O
-	 * then multiply the the maximum number of simultaneous cmds
+	 * then multiply the maximum number of simultaneous cmds
 	 *
 	 * num_sge = num sge in request frame + last chain buffer
 	 * scale = num sge per chain buffer if no chain element
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/maps/nettel.c b/drivers/mtd/maps/nettel.c
index 9f53c655af3..7b96cd02f82 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/maps/nettel.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/maps/nettel.c
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ int __init nettel_init(void)
 	/* Turn other PAR off so the first probe doesn't find it */
 	*intel1par = 0;
 
-	/* Probe for the the size of the first Intel flash */
+	/* Probe for the size of the first Intel flash */
 	nettel_intel_map.size = maxsize;
 	nettel_intel_map.phys = intel0addr;
 	nettel_intel_map.virt = ioremap_nocache(intel0addr, maxsize);
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/onenand/onenand_base.c b/drivers/mtd/onenand/onenand_base.c
index 000794c6caf..0537fac8de7 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/onenand/onenand_base.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/onenand/onenand_base.c
@@ -2192,7 +2192,7 @@ static int onenand_check_maf(int manuf)
  * @param mtd		MTD device structure
  *
  * OneNAND detection method:
- *   Compare the the values from command with ones from register
+ *   Compare the values from command with ones from register
  */
 static int onenand_probe(struct mtd_info *mtd)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 724bce51f93..223517dcbcf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -3461,7 +3461,7 @@ void bond_unregister_arp(struct bonding *bond)
 /*---------------------------- Hashing Policies -----------------------------*/
 
 /*
- * Hash for the the output device based upon layer 3 and layer 4 data. If
+ * Hash for the output device based upon layer 3 and layer 4 data. If
  * the packet is a frag or not TCP or UDP, just use layer 3 data.  If it is
  * altogether not IP, mimic bond_xmit_hash_policy_l2()
  */
diff --git a/drivers/net/eepro.c b/drivers/net/eepro.c
index 39654e1e2be..47680237f78 100644
--- a/drivers/net/eepro.c
+++ b/drivers/net/eepro.c
@@ -1126,7 +1126,7 @@ static void eepro_tx_timeout (struct net_device *dev)
 	printk (KERN_ERR "%s: transmit timed out, %s?\n", dev->name,
 		"network cable problem");
 	/* This is not a duplicate. One message for the console,
-	   one for the the log file  */
+	   one for the log file  */
 	printk (KERN_DEBUG "%s: transmit timed out, %s?\n", dev->name,
 		"network cable problem");
 	eepro_complete_selreset(ioaddr);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_ee.c b/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_ee.c
index f15aebde7b9..52c99d01d56 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_ee.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_ee.c
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ ixgb_wait_eeprom_command(struct ixgb_hw *hw)
  * hw - Struct containing variables accessed by shared code
  *
  * Reads the first 64 16 bit words of the EEPROM and sums the values read.
- * If the the sum of the 64 16 bit words is 0xBABA, the EEPROM's checksum is
+ * If the sum of the 64 16 bit words is 0xBABA, the EEPROM's checksum is
  * valid.
  *
  * Returns:
diff --git a/drivers/net/meth.h b/drivers/net/meth.h
index 84960dae2a2..ea3b8fc86d1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/meth.h
+++ b/drivers/net/meth.h
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ typedef struct rx_packet {
 				       /*   Note: when loopback is set this bit becomes collision control.  Setting this bit will */
 				       /*         cause a collision to be reported. */
 
-				       /* Bits 5 and 6 are used to determine the the Destination address filter mode */
+				       /* Bits 5 and 6 are used to determine the Destination address filter mode */
 #define METH_ACCEPT_MY 0			/* 00: Accept PHY address only */
 #define METH_ACCEPT_MCAST 0x20	/* 01: Accept physical, broadcast, and multicast filter matches only */
 #define METH_ACCEPT_AMCAST 0x40	/* 10: Accept physical, broadcast, and all multicast packets */
diff --git a/drivers/net/tulip/interrupt.c b/drivers/net/tulip/interrupt.c
index 9b08afbd1f6..ea896777bca 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tulip/interrupt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tulip/interrupt.c
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ done:
             This would turn on IM for devices that is not contributing
             to backlog congestion with unnecessary latency.
 
-             We monitor the the device RX-ring and have:
+             We monitor the device RX-ring and have:
 
              HW Interrupt Mitigation either ON or OFF.
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/tulip/winbond-840.c b/drivers/net/tulip/winbond-840.c
index fa440706fb4..38f3b99716b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tulip/winbond-840.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tulip/winbond-840.c
@@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@ static int start_tx(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 		np->tx_ring[entry].length |= DescEndRing;
 
 	/* Now acquire the irq spinlock.
-	 * The difficult race is the the ordering between
+	 * The difficult race is the ordering between
 	 * increasing np->cur_tx and setting DescOwned:
 	 * - if np->cur_tx is increased first the interrupt
 	 *   handler could consider the packet as transmitted
diff --git a/drivers/net/tulip/xircom_cb.c b/drivers/net/tulip/xircom_cb.c
index 985a1810ca5..2470b1ee33c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tulip/xircom_cb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tulip/xircom_cb.c
@@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@ static int enable_promisc(struct xircom_private *card)
 
 
 /*
-link_status() checks the the links status and will return 0 for no link, 10 for 10mbit link and 100 for.. guess what.
+link_status() checks the links status and will return 0 for no link, 10 for 10mbit link and 100 for.. guess what.
 
 Must be called in locked state with interrupts disabled
 */
diff --git a/drivers/net/typhoon.c b/drivers/net/typhoon.c
index f2dd7763cd0..f7257359412 100644
--- a/drivers/net/typhoon.c
+++ b/drivers/net/typhoon.c
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ typhoon_issue_command(struct typhoon *tp, int num_cmd, struct cmd_desc *cmd,
 
 	typhoon_inc_cmd_index(&ring->lastWrite, num_cmd);
 
-	/* "I feel a presence... another warrior is on the the mesa."
+	/* "I feel a presence... another warrior is on the mesa."
 	 */
 	wmb();
 	iowrite32(ring->lastWrite, tp->ioaddr + TYPHOON_REG_CMD_READY);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/airport.c b/drivers/net/wireless/airport.c
index 38fac3bbcd8..7d5b8c2cc61 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/airport.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/airport.c
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ static int airport_hard_reset(struct orinoco_private *priv)
 	/* Vitally important.  If we don't do this it seems we get an
 	 * interrupt somewhere during the power cycle, since
 	 * hw_unavailable is already set it doesn't get ACKed, we get
-	 * into an interrupt loop and the the PMU decides to turn us
+	 * into an interrupt loop and the PMU decides to turn us
 	 * off. */
 	disable_irq(dev->irq);
 
diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/sclp_rw.c b/drivers/s390/char/sclp_rw.c
index bbd5b8b66f4..d6b06ab8118 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/sclp_rw.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/sclp_rw.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 /*
  * The room for the SCCB (only for writing) is not equal to a pages size
- * (as it is specified as the maximum size in the the SCLP documentation)
+ * (as it is specified as the maximum size in the SCLP documentation)
  * because of the additional data structure described above.
  */
 #define MAX_SCCB_ROOM (PAGE_SIZE - sizeof(struct sclp_buffer))
diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_main.c
index 29d176036e5..0b96d49dd63 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_main.c
@@ -2860,7 +2860,7 @@ qeth_flush_buffers(struct qeth_qdio_out_q *queue, int under_int,
 			if (!atomic_read(&queue->set_pci_flags_count)){
 				/*
 				 * there's no outstanding PCI any more, so we
-				 * have to request a PCI to be sure the the PCI
+				 * have to request a PCI to be sure that the PCI
 				 * will wake at some time in the future then we
 				 * can flush packed buffers that might still be
 				 * hanging around, which can happen if no
diff --git a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_qdio.c b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_qdio.c
index cb08ca3cc0f..bdf5782b8a7 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_qdio.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_qdio.c
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ zfcp_qdio_handler_error_check(struct zfcp_adapter *adapter, unsigned int status,
                 * Since we have been using this adapter, it is save to assume
                 * that it is not failed but recoverable. The card seems to
                 * report link-up events by self-initiated queue shutdown.
-                * That is why we need to clear the the link-down flag
+                * That is why we need to clear the link-down flag
                 * which is set again in case we have missed by a mile.
                 */
                zfcp_erp_adapter_reopen(
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx_pci.c b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx_pci.c
index 8d72bbae96a..0bada0028aa 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx_pci.c
@@ -966,7 +966,7 @@ ahd_aic790X_setup(struct ahd_softc *ahd)
 			      |  AHD_BUSFREEREV_BUG;
 		ahd->bugs |= AHD_LQOOVERRUN_BUG|AHD_EARLY_REQ_BUG;
 
-		/* If the user requested the the SLOWCRC bit to be set. */
+		/* If the user requested that the SLOWCRC bit to be set. */
 		if (aic79xx_slowcrc)
 			ahd->features |= AHD_AIC79XXB_SLOWCRC;
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/Makefile b/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/Makefile
index e6b70123940..e78ce0fa44d 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #
 # This file is licensed under GPLv2.
 #
-# This file is part of the the aic94xx driver.
+# This file is part of the aic94xx driver.
 #
 # The aic94xx driver is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 # modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/dc395x.c b/drivers/scsi/dc395x.c
index a965ed3548d..564ea90ed3a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/dc395x.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/dc395x.c
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ static struct ParameterData __devinitdata cfg_data[] = {
 
 
 /*
- * Safe settings. If set to zero the the BIOS/default values with
+ * Safe settings. If set to zero the BIOS/default values with
  * command line overrides will be used. If set to 1 then safe and
  * slow settings will be used.
  */
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ static void __devinit fix_settings(void)
 
 /*
  * Mapping from the eeprom delay index value (index into this array)
- * to the the number of actual seconds that the delay should be for.
+ * to the number of actual seconds that the delay should be for.
  */
 static char __devinitdata eeprom_index_to_delay_map[] = 
 	{ 1, 3, 5, 10, 16, 30, 60, 120 };
@@ -4136,7 +4136,7 @@ static void __devinit trms1040_write_all(struct NvRamType *eeprom, unsigned long
  * @io_port:	base I/O address
  * @addr:	offset into SEEPROM
  *
- * Returns the the byte read.
+ * Returns the byte read.
  **/
 static u8 __devinit trms1040_get_data(unsigned long io_port, u8 addr)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
index 61fbcdcbb00..1f5a07bf2a7 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ int scsi_queue_insert(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, int reason)
  * @retries:	number of times to retry request
  * @flags:	or into request flags;
  *
- * returns the req->errors value which is the the scsi_cmnd result
+ * returns the req->errors value which is the scsi_cmnd result
  * field.
  **/
 int scsi_execute(struct scsi_device *sdev, const unsigned char *cmd,
diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/auerswald.c b/drivers/usb/misc/auerswald.c
index b5332e679c4..88fb56d5db8 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/misc/auerswald.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/misc/auerswald.c
@@ -1307,7 +1307,7 @@ static int auerswald_addservice (pauerswald_t cp, pauerscon_t scp)
 }
 
 
-/* remove a service from the the device
+/* remove a service from the device
    scp->id must be set! */
 static void auerswald_removeservice (pauerswald_t cp, pauerscon_t scp)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/usb/net/usbnet.h b/drivers/usb/net/usbnet.h
index cbb53e065d6..82db5a8e528 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/net/usbnet.h
+++ b/drivers/usb/net/usbnet.h
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ extern void usbnet_disconnect(struct usb_interface *);
 
 
 /* Drivers that reuse some of the standard USB CDC infrastructure
- * (notably, using multiple interfaces according to the the CDC
+ * (notably, using multiple interfaces according to the CDC
  * union descriptor) get some helper code.
  */
 struct cdc_state {
diff --git a/drivers/video/i810/i810_main.c b/drivers/video/i810/i810_main.c
index 7e760197cf2..1a7d7789d87 100644
--- a/drivers/video/i810/i810_main.c
+++ b/drivers/video/i810/i810_main.c
@@ -1717,7 +1717,7 @@ static int __devinit i810_alloc_agp_mem(struct fb_info *info)
  * @info: pointer to device specific info structure
  *
  * DESCRIPTION:
- * Sets the the user monitor's horizontal and vertical
+ * Sets the user monitor's horizontal and vertical
  * frequency limits
  */
 static void __devinit i810_init_monspecs(struct fb_info *info)
diff --git a/drivers/video/skeletonfb.c b/drivers/video/skeletonfb.c
index 842b5cd054c..836a612af97 100644
--- a/drivers/video/skeletonfb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/skeletonfb.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  *  of it. 
  *
  *  First the roles of struct fb_info and struct display have changed. Struct
- *  display will go away. The way the the new framebuffer console code will
+ *  display will go away. The way the new framebuffer console code will
  *  work is that it will act to translate data about the tty/console in 
  *  struct vc_data to data in a device independent way in struct fb_info. Then
  *  various functions in struct fb_ops will be called to store the device 
diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c b/fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c
index 82b0544bd76..f3b1ebb2228 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c
@@ -1507,7 +1507,7 @@ dbAllocAG(struct bmap * bmp, int agno, s64 nblocks, int l2nb, s64 * results)
 		if (l2nb < budmin) {
 
 			/* search the lower level dmap control pages to get
-			 * the starting block number of the the dmap that
+			 * the starting block number of the dmap that
 			 * contains or starts off the free space.
 			 */
 			if ((rc =
diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_imap.c b/fs/jfs/jfs_imap.c
index c465607be99..c6530227cda 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_imap.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_imap.c
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ int diRead(struct inode *ip)
 		return -EIO;
 	}
 
-	/* locate the the disk inode requested */
+	/* locate the disk inode requested */
 	dp = (struct dinode *) mp->data;
 	dp += rel_inode;
 
@@ -1407,7 +1407,7 @@ int diAlloc(struct inode *pip, bool dir, struct inode *ip)
 	inum = pip->i_ino + 1;
 	ino = inum & (INOSPERIAG - 1);
 
-	/* back off the the hint if it is outside of the iag */
+	/* back off the hint if it is outside of the iag */
 	if (ino == 0)
 		inum = pip->i_ino;
 
diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.c b/fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.c
index 6a3f00dc8c8..44a2f33cb98 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.c
@@ -1960,7 +1960,7 @@ static void lbmfree(struct lbuf * bp)
 /*
  * NAME:	lbmRedrive
  *
- * FUNCTION:	add a log buffer to the the log redrive list
+ * FUNCTION:	add a log buffer to the log redrive list
  *
  * PARAMETER:
  *     bp	- log buffer
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_itable.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_itable.c
index 7775ddc0b3c..e725ddd3de5 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_itable.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_itable.c
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ xfs_inumbers(
 				xfs_buf_relse(agbp);
 				agbp = NULL;
 				/*
-				 * Move up the the last inode in the current
+				 * Move up the last inode in the current
 				 * chunk.  The lookup_ge will always get
 				 * us the first inode in the next chunk.
 				 */
diff --git a/include/asm-arm/dma-mapping.h b/include/asm-arm/dma-mapping.h
index abfb75b654c..c8b5d0db0cf 100644
--- a/include/asm-arm/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/include/asm-arm/dma-mapping.h
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ extern void dmabounce_unregister_dev(struct device *);
  *
  * The dmabounce routines call this function whenever a dma-mapping
  * is requested to determine whether a given buffer needs to be bounced
- * or not. The function must return 0 if the the buffer is OK for
+ * or not. The function must return 0 if the buffer is OK for
  * DMA access and 1 if the buffer needs to be bounced.
  *
  */
diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/ppc-pci.h b/include/asm-powerpc/ppc-pci.h
index d74b2965bb8..6dcd7a811fe 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/ppc-pci.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/ppc-pci.h
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ struct pci_dev *pci_get_device_by_addr(unsigned long addr);
  * eeh_slot_error_detail -- record and EEH error condition to the log
  * @severity: 1 if temporary, 2 if permanent failure.
  *
- * Obtains the the EEH error details from the RTAS subsystem,
+ * Obtains the EEH error details from the RTAS subsystem,
  * and then logs these details with the RTAS error log system.
  */
 void eeh_slot_error_detail (struct pci_dn *pdn, int severity);
diff --git a/include/linux/ext3_fs_i.h b/include/linux/ext3_fs_i.h
index 4395e520674..7894dd0f3b7 100644
--- a/include/linux/ext3_fs_i.h
+++ b/include/linux/ext3_fs_i.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ struct ext3_block_alloc_info {
 	/*
 	 * Was i_next_alloc_goal in ext3_inode_info
 	 * is the *physical* companion to i_next_alloc_block.
-	 * it the the physical block number of the block which was most-recentl
+	 * it the physical block number of the block which was most-recentl
 	 * allocated to this file.  This give us the goal (target) for the next
 	 * allocation when we detect linearly ascending requests.
 	 */
diff --git a/include/linux/ext4_fs_i.h b/include/linux/ext4_fs_i.h
index bb42379cb7f..d5b177e5b39 100644
--- a/include/linux/ext4_fs_i.h
+++ b/include/linux/ext4_fs_i.h
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ struct ext4_block_alloc_info {
 	/*
 	 * Was i_next_alloc_goal in ext4_inode_info
 	 * is the *physical* companion to i_next_alloc_block.
-	 * it the the physical block number of the block which was most-recentl
+	 * it the physical block number of the block which was most-recentl
 	 * allocated to this file.  This give us the goal (target) for the next
 	 * allocation when we detect linearly ascending requests.
 	 */
diff --git a/include/linux/radix-tree.h b/include/linux/radix-tree.h
index 0deb842541a..f9e77d2ee32 100644
--- a/include/linux/radix-tree.h
+++ b/include/linux/radix-tree.h
@@ -87,10 +87,10 @@ do {									\
  * management of their lifetimes must be completely managed by API users.
  *
  * For API usage, in general,
- * - any function _modifying_ the the tree or tags (inserting or deleting
+ * - any function _modifying_ the tree or tags (inserting or deleting
  *   items, setting or clearing tags must exclude other modifications, and
  *   exclude any functions reading the tree.
- * - any function _reading_ the the tree or tags (looking up items or tags,
+ * - any function _reading_ the tree or tags (looking up items or tags,
  *   gang lookups) must exclude modifications to the tree, but may occur
  *   concurrently with other readers.
  *
diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
index 47e82c120f9..9eb9e0fe033 100644
--- a/include/linux/security.h
+++ b/include/linux/security.h
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ struct request_sock;
  *	@dir contains the inode structure of parent of the new file.
  *	@dentry contains the dentry structure of the new file.
  *	@mode contains the mode of the new file.
- *	@dev contains the the device number.
+ *	@dev contains the device number.
  *	Return 0 if permission is granted.
  * @inode_rename:
  *	Check for permission to rename a file or directory.
diff --git a/include/linux/usb.h b/include/linux/usb.h
index cfbd2bb8fa2..94bd38a6d94 100644
--- a/include/linux/usb.h
+++ b/include/linux/usb.h
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ enum usb_interface_condition {
  * Each interface may have alternate settings.  The initial configuration
  * of a device sets altsetting 0, but the device driver can change
  * that setting using usb_set_interface().  Alternate settings are often
- * used to control the the use of periodic endpoints, such as by having
+ * used to control the use of periodic endpoints, such as by having
  * different endpoints use different amounts of reserved USB bandwidth.
  * All standards-conformant USB devices that use isochronous endpoints
  * will use them in non-default settings.
diff --git a/kernel/relay.c b/kernel/relay.c
index 577f251c7e2..d24395e8b6e 100644
--- a/kernel/relay.c
+++ b/kernel/relay.c
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ static struct rchan_callbacks default_channel_callbacks = {
 
 /**
  *	wakeup_readers - wake up readers waiting on a channel
- *	@work: work struct that contains the the channel buffer
+ *	@work: work struct that contains the channel buffer
  *
  *	This is the work function used to defer reader waking.  The
  *	reason waking is deferred is that calling directly from write
diff --git a/kernel/wait.c b/kernel/wait.c
index 59a82f63275..444ddbfaefc 100644
--- a/kernel/wait.c
+++ b/kernel/wait.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(remove_wait_queue);
  * The spin_unlock() itself is semi-permeable and only protects
  * one way (it only protects stuff inside the critical region and
  * stops them from bleeding out - it would still allow subsequent
- * loads to move into the the critical region).
+ * loads to move into the critical region).
  */
 void fastcall
 prepare_to_wait(wait_queue_head_t *q, wait_queue_t *wait, int state)
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index cc1f543eb1b..68b9ad2ef1d 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -1720,7 +1720,7 @@ detach_vmas_to_be_unmapped(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 
 /*
  * Split a vma into two pieces at address 'addr', a new vma is allocated
- * either for the first part or the the tail.
+ * either for the first part or the tail.
  */
 int split_vma(struct mm_struct * mm, struct vm_area_struct * vma,
 	      unsigned long addr, int new_below)
diff --git a/net/decnet/af_decnet.c b/net/decnet/af_decnet.c
index 9fbe87c9380..bfa910b6ad2 100644
--- a/net/decnet/af_decnet.c
+++ b/net/decnet/af_decnet.c
@@ -1839,7 +1839,7 @@ static inline int dn_queue_too_long(struct dn_scp *scp, struct sk_buff_head *que
 }
 
 /*
- * The DECnet spec requires the the "routing layer" accepts packets which
+ * The DECnet spec requires that the "routing layer" accepts packets which
  * are at least 230 bytes in size. This excludes any headers which the NSP
  * layer might add, so we always assume that we'll be using the maximal
  * length header on data packets. The variation in length is due to the
diff --git a/net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c
index e1f18489db1..86a2b52aad3 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ doi_walk_return:
  * @domain: the domain to add
  *
  * Description:
- * Adds the @domain to the the DOI specified by @doi_def, this function
+ * Adds the @domain to the DOI specified by @doi_def, this function
  * should only be called by external functions (i.e. NetLabel).  This function
  * does allocate memory.  Returns zero on success, negative values on failure.
  *
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_sed.c b/net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_sed.c
index ff366f7390d..dd7c128f9db 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_sed.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_sed.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  * The SED algorithm attempts to minimize each job's expected delay until
  * completion. The expected delay that the job will experience is
  * (Ci + 1) / Ui if sent to the ith server, in which Ci is the number of
- * jobs on the the ith server and Ui is the fixed service rate (weight) of
+ * jobs on the ith server and Ui is the fixed service rate (weight) of
  * the ith server. The SED algorithm adopts a greedy policy that each does
  * what is in its own best interest, i.e. to join the queue which would
  * minimize its expected delay of completion.
diff --git a/net/ipv4/udp.c b/net/ipv4/udp.c
index 113e0c4c8a9..66026df1cc7 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/udp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/udp.c
@@ -983,7 +983,7 @@ int udp_disconnect(struct sock *sk, int flags)
 }
 
 /* return:
- * 	1  if the the UDP system should process it
+ * 	1  if the UDP system should process it
  *	0  if we should drop this packet
  * 	-1 if it should get processed by xfrm4_rcv_encap
  */
diff --git a/net/llc/af_llc.c b/net/llc/af_llc.c
index 7d9fa38b6a7..6b8a103cf9e 100644
--- a/net/llc/af_llc.c
+++ b/net/llc/af_llc.c
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ static int llc_ui_bind(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *uaddr, int addrlen)
 		memset(&laddr, 0, sizeof(laddr));
 		memset(&daddr, 0, sizeof(daddr));
 		/*
-		 * FIXME: check if the the address is multicast,
+		 * FIXME: check if the address is multicast,
 		 * 	  only SOCK_DGRAM can do this.
 		 */
 		memcpy(laddr.mac, addr->sllc_mac, IFHWADDRLEN);
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.c
index c31af29a443..117cbfdb910 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.c
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ void nf_conntrack_unexpect_related(struct nf_conntrack_expect *exp)
 	struct nf_conntrack_expect *i;
 
 	write_lock_bh(&nf_conntrack_lock);
-	/* choose the the oldest expectation to evict */
+	/* choose the oldest expectation to evict */
 	list_for_each_entry_reverse(i, &nf_conntrack_expect_list, list) {
 		if (expect_matches(i, exp) && del_timer(&i->timeout)) {
 			nf_ct_unlink_expect(i);
diff --git a/net/sctp/chunk.c b/net/sctp/chunk.c
index 83ef411772f..77fb7b06a9c 100644
--- a/net/sctp/chunk.c
+++ b/net/sctp/chunk.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * This file is part of the SCTP kernel reference Implementation
  *
- * This file contains the code relating the the chunk abstraction.
+ * This file contains the code relating the chunk abstraction.
  *
  * The SCTP reference implementation is free software;
  * you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
diff --git a/net/sctp/socket.c b/net/sctp/socket.c
index 9f1a908776d..83a76ba9d7b 100644
--- a/net/sctp/socket.c
+++ b/net/sctp/socket.c
@@ -2586,7 +2586,7 @@ static int sctp_setsockopt_rtoinfo(struct sock *sk, char __user *optval, int opt
  *
  * 7.1.2 SCTP_ASSOCINFO
  *
- * This option is used to tune the the maximum retransmission attempts
+ * This option is used to tune the maximum retransmission attempts
  * of the association.
  * Returns an error if the new association retransmission value is
  * greater than the sum of the retransmission value  of the peer.
@@ -4547,7 +4547,7 @@ static int sctp_getsockopt_rtoinfo(struct sock *sk, int len,
  *
  * 7.1.2 SCTP_ASSOCINFO
  *
- * This option is used to tune the the maximum retransmission attempts
+ * This option is used to tune the maximum retransmission attempts
  * of the association.
  * Returns an error if the new association retransmission value is
  * greater than the sum of the retransmission value  of the peer.
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svcauth.c b/net/sunrpc/svcauth.c
index f5c3808bf85..af7c5f05c6e 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svcauth.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svcauth.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ int svc_set_client(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 }
 
 /* A request, which was authenticated, has now executed.
- * Time to finalise the the credentials and verifier
+ * Time to finalise the credentials and verifier
  * and release and resources
  */
 int svc_authorise(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
diff --git a/scripts/basic/docproc.c b/scripts/basic/docproc.c
index d6071cbf13d..f4d2f68452b 100644
--- a/scripts/basic/docproc.c
+++ b/scripts/basic/docproc.c
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ void find_export_symbols(char * filename)
  * Document all external or internal functions in a file.
  * Call kernel-doc with following parameters:
  * kernel-doc -docbook -nofunction function_name1 filename
- * function names are obtained from all the the src files
+ * function names are obtained from all the src files
  * by find_export_symbols.
  * intfunc uses -nofunction
  * extfunc uses -function
diff --git a/sound/pci/ac97/ac97_codec.c b/sound/pci/ac97/ac97_codec.c
index a9eec2a2357..3bfb2102fc5 100644
--- a/sound/pci/ac97/ac97_codec.c
+++ b/sound/pci/ac97/ac97_codec.c
@@ -1083,7 +1083,7 @@ static void check_volume_resolution(struct snd_ac97 *ac97, int reg, unsigned cha
 		unsigned short val;
 		snd_ac97_write(ac97, reg, 0x8080 | cbit[i] | (cbit[i] << 8));
 		/* Do the read twice due to buffers on some ac97 codecs.
-		 * e.g. The STAC9704 returns exactly what you wrote the the register
+		 * e.g. The STAC9704 returns exactly what you wrote to the register
 		 * if you read it immediately. This causes the detect routine to fail.
 		 */
 		val = snd_ac97_read(ac97, reg);