--- a/src/share/vm/adlc/filebuff.cpp	Fri Feb 27 08:34:19 2009 -0800
+++ b/src/share/vm/adlc/filebuff.cpp	Fri Feb 27 13:27:09 2009 -0800
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@
     file_error(SEMERR, 0, "Buffer allocation failed\n");
     exit(1);                    // Exit on allocation failure
   }
-  *_bigbuf = '\n';               // Lead with a sentinal newline
-  _buf = _bigbuf+1;                     // Skip sentinal
+  *_bigbuf = '\n';               // Lead with a sentinel newline
+  _buf = _bigbuf+1;                     // Skip sentinel
   _bufmax = _buf;               // Buffer is empty
-  _bufeol = _bigbuf;              // _bufeol points at sentinal
+  _bufeol = _bigbuf;              // _bufeol points at sentinel
   _filepos = -1;                 // filepos is in sync with _bufeol
   _bufoff = _offset = 0L;       // Offset at file start
 
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@
     file_error(SEMERR, 0, "File read error, no input read\n");
     exit(1);                     // Exit on read error
   }
-  *_bufmax = '\n';               // End with a sentinal new-line
-  *(_bufmax+1) = '\0';           // Then end with a sentinal NULL
+  *_bufmax = '\n';               // End with a sentinel new-line
+  *(_bufmax+1) = '\0';           // Then end with a sentinel NULL
 }
 
 //------------------------------~FileBuff--------------------------------------
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 
   _linenum++;
   retval = ++_bufeol;      // return character following end of previous line
-  if (*retval == '\0') return NULL; // Check for EOF sentinal
+  if (*retval == '\0') return NULL; // Check for EOF sentinel
   // Search for newline character which must end each line
   for(_filepos++; *_bufeol != '\n'; _bufeol++)
     _filepos++;                    // keep filepos in sync with _bufeol