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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>,
	Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>,
	Masanari Iida <standby24x7@gmail.com>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
	linux-doc <linux-doc@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] checkpatch: look for common misspellings
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 15:52:19 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140910155219.3d21aef2df8b1754a736cc1a@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140908181524.GA11839@www.outflux.net>

On Mon, 8 Sep 2014 11:15:24 -0700 Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote:

> Check for misspellings, based on Debian's lintian list. Several false
> positives were removed, and several additional words added that were
> common in the kernel:
> 
> 	backword backwords
> 	invalide valide
> 	recieves
> 	singed unsinged
> 
> While going back and fixing existing spelling mistakes isn't a high
> priority, it'd be nice to try to catch them before they hit the tree.

I have a feeling this is going to be a rat hole and that
scripts/spelling.txt will grow to consume the planet.  Oh well, whatev.

Have a kernel joke:

--- a/scripts/spelling.txt~checkpatch-look-for-common-misspellings-fix
+++ a/scripts/spelling.txt
@@ -553,6 +553,7 @@ jeffies||jiffies
 juse||just
 jus||just
 kown||known
+kubys|linus
 langage||language
 langauage||language
 langauge||language
_


  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-09-10 22:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-09-08 18:15 Kees Cook
2014-09-08 18:48 ` Joe Perches
2014-09-10  4:37   ` Masanari Iida
2014-09-10  7:00     ` Joe Perches
2014-09-10 22:52 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2014-09-11  2:10   ` Joe Perches
2014-09-11  7:19   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2014-09-11 14:12     ` Kees Cook
2014-09-11 14:15     ` Joe Perches
2014-09-12  4:09       ` Masanari Iida
2014-09-12  4:45         ` Joe Perches
2014-09-12 10:30           ` Masanari Iida

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