Re: [PATCH] fix similar typos to successfull

From: AmÃrico Wang
Date: Mon Nov 24 2008 - 12:16:53 EST


On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 01:12:58AM +0800, Coly Li wrote:
>
>
>Randy Dunlap Wrote:
>> Coly Li wrote:
>>> When I review ocfs2 code, find there are 2 typos to "successfull". After doing grep "successfull "
>>> in kernel tree, 22 typos found totally -- great minds always think alike :)
>>>
>>> This patch fixes all the similar typos.
>>>
>>> Singed-off-by: Coly Li <coyli@xxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>> Documentation/hwmon/abituguru-datasheet | 4 ++--
>>> Documentation/scsi/scsi_fc_transport.txt | 4 ++--
>>> arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/spufs.h | 2 +-
>>> drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_cm.c | 2 +-
>>> drivers/isdn/hardware/eicon/debuglib.h | 2 +-
>>> drivers/isdn/hardware/eicon/os_4bri.c | 2 +-
>>> drivers/isdn/hardware/eicon/os_bri.c | 2 +-
>>> drivers/isdn/hardware/eicon/os_pri.c | 2 +-
>>> drivers/mtd/ubi/kapi.c | 2 +-
>>> drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/dma.c | 2 +-
>>> drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd_mac.c | 2 +-
>>> drivers/s390/block/dasd_3990_erp.c | 2 +-
>>> drivers/s390/block/dasd_int.h | 2 +-
>>> drivers/s390/char/tape_3590.c | 2 +-
>>> drivers/s390/cio/cio.c | 2 +-
>>> drivers/s390/cio/qdio_main.c | 2 +-
>>> fs/ext4/extents.c | 2 +-
>>> fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c | 4 ++--
>>> net/sctp/auth.c | 2 +-
>>> 19 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
>>
>> Ack all <deleted> patches. However, I don't think that the
>> one below needs to use -ly. Just change to "successful" IMO,
>> as in: Log this successful return from ocfs2_dlm_lock
>>
>So "return" here is noun, not verb ?


Here, yes. Becuase if it's a verb, it will be "returns successfully
from ... ". See the order? :)


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