Re: [PATCH 1/1] scripts/spelling.txt: Adding misspelled word for check.

From: Kees Cook
Date: Thu Jul 09 2015 - 18:47:24 EST


On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 3:38 PM, Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Jun 2015 10:37:26 -0700 Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 9:13 PM, Maninder Singh <maninder1.s@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > misspelled words for check:-
>> > chcek
>> > chck
>> > cehck
>> >
>> > I myself did these spell mistakes in changelog for patches,
>> > Thus suggesting to add in spelling.txt, so that checkpatch.pl
>> > warns it earlier.
>> > References:-
>> >
>> > ./arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64e.S:456: . . . make sure you chcek
>> > https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/6/25/289
>> > ./arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c:1368: * No need to cehck in that case
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Maninder Singh <maninder1.s@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Thanks! These aren't very common, but there aren't any false positives. :)
>>
>> Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Well I'm going to sneak this in there to.
>
>
> From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: scripts-spellingtxt-adding-misspelled-word-for-check-fix
>
> add whcih->which, whcih I always get wrong

Hehe. :) Perfect!

Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

-Kees

>
> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Maninder Singh <maninder1.s@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> scripts/spelling.txt | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff -puN scripts/spelling.txt~scripts-spellingtxt-adding-misspelled-word-for-check-fix scripts/spelling.txt
> --- a/scripts/spelling.txt~scripts-spellingtxt-adding-misspelled-word-for-check-fix
> +++ a/scripts/spelling.txt
> @@ -1031,6 +1031,7 @@ visiters||visitors
> vitual||virtual
> wating||waiting
> whataver||whatever
> +whcih||which
> whenver||whenever
> wheter||whether
> whe||when
> _
>



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Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security
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