linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Add test for repeated words

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Message-ID: <51cb45c64431540fa0e98288aba7d7366c41d6e8.camel@perches.com>
Date:   Mon, 27 Jul 2020 18:25:54 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Add test for repeated words

On Mon, 2020-07-27 at 17:03 -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 7/27/20 12:33 AM, Joe Perches wrote:
> > Try to avoid adding repeated words either on the
> > same line or consecutive comment lines in a block
> > 
> > e.g.:
> > 
> > duplicated word in comment block
> > 
> > 	/*
> > 	 * this is a comment block where the last word of the previous
> > 	 * previous line is also the first word of the next line
> > 	 */
> > 
> > and simple duplication
> > 
> > 	/* test this this again */
> > 
> > Inspired-by: Randy Dunlap (rdunlap@...radead.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
> 
> Thanks for adding this check, Joe.

No charge.

It seemed simple enough and you are/were doing
an awful lot of work to fix these.

Thanks for that too.

Joe