Re: [PATCH v1] fs: fix two spelling mistakes in comments
From: Jan Kara
Date: Wed Jul 08 2026 - 12:20:22 EST
On Tue 07-07-26 14:49:34, Qingshuang Fu wrote:
>
> At 2026-05-28 19:52:19, "Jan Kara" <jack@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >On Wed 27-05-26 11:31:02, fffsqian@xxxxxxx wrote:
> >> From: Qingshuang Fu <fuqingshuang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>
> >> Fix two spelling errors in fs/:
> >> - childen → children
> >> - postion → position
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Qingshuang Fu <fuqingshuang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >Looks good. Feel free to add:
> >
> >Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
> >
> > Honza
> >
> >> ---
> >> fs/coredump.c | 4 ++--
> >> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/fs/coredump.c b/fs/coredump.c
> >> index bb6fdb1f458e..f82f6dc4f773 100644
> >> --- a/fs/coredump.c
> >> +++ b/fs/coredump.c
> >> @@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ static int umh_coredump_setup(struct subprocess_info *info, struct cred *new)
> >> pidfs_coredump(cp);
> >>
> >> /*
> >> - * Usermode helpers are childen of either
> >> + * Usermode helpers are children of either
> >> * system_dfl_wq or of kthreadd. So we know that
> >> * we're starting off with a clean file descriptor
> >> * table. So we should always be able to use
> >> @@ -1053,7 +1053,7 @@ static bool coredump_write(struct core_name *cn,
> >> cn->core_dumped = binfmt->core_dump(cprm);
> >> /*
> >> * Ensures that file size is big enough to contain the current
> >> - * file postion. This prevents gdb from complaining about
> >> + * file position. This prevents gdb from complaining about
> >> * a truncated file if the last "write" to the file was
> >> * dump_skip.
> >> */
> >>
> >> base-commit: eb3f4b7426cfd2b79d65b7d37155480b32259a11
> >> --
> >> 2.25.1
> >>
> >--
> >Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
> >SUSE Labs, CR
>
> Hi Jan, Al, Christian,
>
> Thanks Jan for providing the Reviewed-by tag on my original patch.
> I sent out v2 one month ago which carries your reviewed-by tag, but there has been no further feedback.
>
> This patch only fixes two trivial spelling typos in coredump comment, no functional logic changes.
> Could you help review/merge it when you have spare time?
>
> Reference v2 patch:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260529040701.1825238-1-fffsqian@xxxxxxx/
Yeah, I believe it has fallen through the cracks in Christian's mailbox. I
guess he'll pick it up after this ping.
Honza
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Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR