linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: look for common misspellings

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Date:	Fri, 22 Aug 2014 16:31:03 -0700
From:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	"Elliott, Robert (Server Storage)" <Elliott@...com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <m.chehab@...sung.com>,
	Antti Palosaari <crope@....fi>,
	Masanari Iida <standby24x7@...il.com>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	linux-doc <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: look for common misspellings

On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 4:22 PM, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2014-08-22 at 23:00 +0000, Elliott, Robert (Server Storage)
> wrote:
>> > From: linux-kernel-owner@...r.kernel.org [mailto:linux-kernel-
>> > owner@...r.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Joe Perches
>> ...
>> > +chang||change
>>
>> Although there are at least 2 misuses in the current kernel,
>> that's also a fairly common name.
>
> True.  Thanks.
>
> That one should likely be removed.
> There are dozens of Chang name uses in the kernel.

Right, I removed a bunch similar things like this.

> I'm not attached at all to any of these btw.
>
> Any others you think should not be used or
> should be added?
>
> One I thought kind of iffy was
>
>         contant||contact
>
> Maybe that should be content instead.

Or "constant". I'll go through the list and see if anything stands out.

> Another thing the script might do is to check
> if the $typo match is all upper case and then
> substitute an all upper case $typo_fix.

That might be a good idea.

> It's also kind of noisy when run using -f,
> so maybe this test should be --strict check with
> files and a warning with patches.

Sure, seems reasonable. I'll get a v2 spun up.

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security
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