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Message-ID: <ae5f6ddce8e52a3de2ad460aaa3f4a83ee0a866c.camel@perches.com>
Date:   Tue, 03 Jan 2023 10:07:22 -0800
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     SeongJae Park <sj@...nel.org>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:     colin.i.king@...il.com, dfustini@...libre.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scripts/spelling: add a few more typos

On Tue, 2023-01-03 at 17:59 +0000, SeongJae Park wrote:
> Add a few more typos that found from real patches[1,2] to 'spelling'
> file.

Most of these are fine but:

> diff --git a/scripts/spelling.txt b/scripts/spelling.txt
[]
> @@ -411,6 +411,7 @@ contruction||construction
>  contry||country
>  conuntry||country
>  convertion||conversion
> +covert||convert

Covert is a correctly spelled english word that could be used
appropriately for some security issues.

For instance:

security/keys/key.c: * security issues through covert channel problems.

Another possibility would be to fix the existing dozen or so misuses/typos.

$ git grep -i -w covert
Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/timekeeping.rst:4.8. Covert channels and leaks
arch/mips/cavium-octeon/executive/cvmx-pko.c:    * per word count. Multiply by 8 to covert to bits and divide
arch/powerpc/include/asm/vas.h:  * CP_ABORT to clear any pending COPY and prevent a covert
arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c:   * any state and prevent snooping, corruption or a covert
arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/iommu.c: /* covert to number of tces */
arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/iommu.c: /* covert to number of tces */
arch/sparc/kernel/chmc.c:/* Covert syndrome code into the way the bits are positioned
drivers/crypto/cavium/cpt/cptpf_main.c:         /* Covert requested cores to mask */
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_hwrm.c: * directly, taking care to covert such fields to little endian. The request
drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7915/mmio.c:       /* CONN_INFRA: covert to phyiscal addr and use layer 1 remap */
drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mmio.c:       /* CONN_INFRA: covert to phyiscal addr and use layer 1 remap */
drivers/rtc/rtc-mt6397.c:       /* rtc_tm_to_time64 covert Gregorian date to seconds since
drivers/staging/media/ipu3/include/uapi/intel-ipu3.h: * The demosaic fixed function block is responsible to covert Bayer(mosaiced)
drivers/usb/typec/rt1719.c:     /* covert mV/mA to uV/uA */
fs/iomap/buffered-io.c: * beyond EOF in this case as writeback will never write back and covert that
include/linux/spi/ad7877.h:     u8      pen_down_acc_interval;  /* 0 = covert once, 1 = every 0.5 ms,
scripts/Makefile.build:# Make $(LD) covert LLVM IR to ELF here.
security/keys/key.c: * security issues through covert channel problems.