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@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ lock, releasing or downgrading the mmap write lock also releases the VMA write
lock so there is no :c:func:`!vma_end_write` function.
Note that when write-locking a VMA lock, the :c:member:`!vma.vm_refcnt` is temporarily
-modified so that readers can detect the presense of a writer. The reference counter is
+modified so that readers can detect the presence of a writer. The reference counter is
restored once the vma sequence number used for serialisation is updated.
This ensures the semantics we require - VMA write locks provide exclusive write