netdev - Re: [PATCH] net/mlx4_en: fix spelling mistake: "quiting" -> "quitting"

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Date:   Mon, 18 Feb 2019 14:54:18 +0000
From:   Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>
To:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>
CC:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
        "kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org" <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/mlx4_en: fix spelling mistake: "quiting" ->
 "quitting"



On 2/18/2019 12:25 PM, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 09:37:22AM +0000, Tariq Toukan wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 2/18/2019 1:03 AM, Colin King wrote:
>>> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
>>>
>>> There is a spelling mistake in a en_err error message. Fix it.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
>>> ---
>>>    drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c | 2 +-
>>>    1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
>>> index 6b88881b8e35..c1438ae52a11 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
>>> @@ -3360,7 +3360,7 @@ int mlx4_en_init_netdev(struct mlx4_en_dev *mdev, int port,
>>>    	dev->addr_len = ETH_ALEN;
>>>    	mlx4_en_u64_to_mac(dev->dev_addr, mdev->dev->caps.def_mac[priv->port]);
>>>    	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr)) {
>>> -		en_err(priv, "Port: %d, invalid mac burned: %pM, quiting\n",
>>> +		en_err(priv, "Port: %d, invalid mac burned: %pM, quitting\n",
>>>    		       priv->port, dev->dev_addr);
>>>    		err = -EINVAL;
>>>    		goto out;
>>>
>>
>> Hi Colin, thanks for your patch.
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>
>>
>> I would suggest adding a Fixes line, but looking into the history of the
>> typo, it went through many patches that modified this line but preserved
>> the typo.
>> Actually, it dates back to the very first commit that introduces mlx4
>> driver:
>>
>> Patches history:
>> 2b3ddf27f48c net/mlx4_core: Replace VF zero mac with random mac in mlx4_core
>> ef96f7d46ad8 net/mlx4_en: Handle unassigned VF MAC address correctly
>> 6bbb6d99f3d2 net/mlx4_en: Optimize Rx fast path filter checks
>> 453a60827735 mlx4_en: Giving interface name in debug messages
>> c27a02cd94d6 mlx4_en: Add driver for Mellanox ConnectX 10GbE NIC
>>
>> I'm not sure what the "Fixes:" policy is in these cases.
> 
> I wouldn't necessarily put a Fixes tag on this, because does fixing the
> spelling really count as a bugfix?  It's borderline whether it's a fix
> or a cleanup.
> 
> regards,
> daan carpenter
> 

Thanks Dan, I'm fine with that.