[Linux-kernel-mentees] [PATCH V3] checkpatch: Fix spelling errors and remove repeated word

Dwaipayan Ray dwaipayanray1 at gmail.com
Fri Nov 13 15:23:16 UTC 2020


Delete repeated word in scripts/checkpatch.pl:
"are are" -> "are"

Fix typos:
"commments" -> "comments"
"falsly" -> "falsely"

Signed-off-by: Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1 at gmail.com>
---
Changes in V3:
- Change subject line
Changes in V2:
- Add correction for falsly

 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 2749f32dffe9..041b82f6669e 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2841,7 +2841,7 @@ sub process {
 
 
 				# stable at vger.kernel.org or stable at kernel.org shouldn't
-				# have an email name. In addition commments should strictly
+				# have an email name. In addition comments should strictly
 				# begin with a #
 				if ($email =~ /^.*stable\@(?:vger\.)?kernel\.org/i) {
 					if (($comment ne "" && $comment !~ /^#.+/) ||
@@ -5000,7 +5000,7 @@ sub process {
 ## 		    $line !~ /^.\s*$Type\s+$Ident(?:\s*=[^,{]*)?\s*,\s*$Type\s*$Ident.*/) {
 ##
 ## 			# Remove any bracketed sections to ensure we do not
-## 			# falsly report the parameters of functions.
+## 			# falsely report the parameters of functions.
 ## 			my $ln = $line;
 ## 			while ($ln =~ s/\([^\(\)]*\)//g) {
 ## 			}
@@ -7109,7 +7109,7 @@ sub process {
 		exit(0);
 	}
 
-	# This is not a patch, and we are are in 'no-patch' mode so
+	# This is not a patch, and we are in 'no-patch' mode so
 	# just keep quiet.
 	if (!$chk_patch && !$is_patch) {
 		exit(0);
-- 
2.27.0



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