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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] fix similar typos to successfull, v2


    Andrew Morton Wrote:
    > On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:44:13 +0800
    > Coly Li <coyli@suse.de> wrote:
    >
    >> When I review ocfs2 code, find there are 2 typos to "successfull". After doing grep "successfull "
    >> in kernel tree, 22 typos found totally -- great minds always think alike :)
    >
    > Mutter. I have a super-strict (lol) policy of "I don't take patches
    > which fix typos/spellos in comments", because we have so many such
    > errors, and I'd get buried in silly patches. But I do take patches
    > which fix documentation and user-visible printks, etc.
    >
    The first time I know this policy, remember it now ;)

    >> Documentation/hwmon/abituguru-datasheet | 4 ++--
    >> Documentation/scsi/scsi_fc_transport.txt | 4 ++--
    >> arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/spufs.h | 2 +-
    >> drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_cm.c | 2 +-
    >> drivers/isdn/hardware/eicon/debuglib.h | 2 +-
    >> drivers/isdn/hardware/eicon/os_4bri.c | 2 +-
    >> drivers/isdn/hardware/eicon/os_bri.c | 2 +-
    >> drivers/isdn/hardware/eicon/os_pri.c | 2 +-
    >> drivers/mtd/ubi/kapi.c | 2 +-
    >> drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/dma.c | 2 +-
    >> drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd_mac.c | 2 +-
    >> drivers/s390/block/dasd_3990_erp.c | 2 +-
    >> drivers/s390/block/dasd_int.h | 2 +-
    >> drivers/s390/char/tape_3590.c | 2 +-
    >> drivers/s390/cio/cio.c | 2 +-
    >> drivers/s390/cio/qdio_main.c | 2 +-
    >> fs/ext4/extents.c | 2 +-
    >> fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c | 4 ++--
    >> net/sctp/auth.c | 2 +-
    >
    > This patch sneakily mixed the two up, so I merged it ;)
    grep does not understand difference between code and comments ;)
    I am not 100% agreed that leaving typos/spellos in comments is a proper policy. Anyway, thanks for
    the effort to merge this patch, it's impossible for me to put so many maintainers into Cc list :)

    --
    Coly Li
    SuSE PRC Labs


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