Re: [PATCH v2] checkpatch: look for common misspellings

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 12:52 AM, Andrew Morton
<akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Sep 2014 11:15:24 -0700 Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Check for misspellings, based on Debian's lintian list. Several false
>> positives were removed, and several additional words added that were
>> common in the kernel:
>>
>>       backword backwords
>>       invalide valide
>>       recieves
>>       singed unsinged
>>
>> While going back and fixing existing spelling mistakes isn't a high
>> priority, it'd be nice to try to catch them before they hit the tree.
>
> I have a feeling this is going to be a rat hole and that
> scripts/spelling.txt will grow to consume the planet.  Oh well, whatev.

What about making checkpatch use the codespell dictionay if codespell
is installed?

Codespell is in Ubuntu 14.04LTS (but not in 12.04LTS).

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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