--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/mutex.hpp Tue Jan 14 16:40:33 2014 +0100
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/mutex.hpp Thu Jan 23 14:47:23 2014 +0100
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
// A special lock: Is a lock where you are guaranteed not to block while you are
// holding it, i.e., no vm operation can happen, taking other locks, etc.
// NOTE: It is critical that the rank 'special' be the lowest (earliest)
- // (except for "event"?) for the deadlock dection to work correctly.
+ // (except for "event"?) for the deadlock detection to work correctly.
// The rank native is only for use in Mutex's created by JVM_RawMonitorCreate,
// which being external to the VM are not subject to deadlock detection.
// The rank safepoint is used only for synchronization in reaching a
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@
//
// Currently, however, the base object is a monitor. Monitor contains all the
// logic for wait(), notify(), etc. Mutex extends monitor and restricts the
-// visiblity of wait(), notify(), and notify_all().
+// visibility of wait(), notify(), and notify_all().
//
// Another viable alternative would have been to have Monitor extend Mutex and
// implement all the normal mutex and wait()-notify() logic in Mutex base class.