Re: [PATCH 1/5] asm-generic: fix typo "explicity" in comment
From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Fri Sep 04 2026 - 18:05:00 EST
On 9/4/26 4:33 AM, Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 04, 2026 at 04:18:46PM +0530, Hemanth Selam wrote:
>> Correct "explicity" to "Explicitly", reported by scripts/checkpatch.pl
>> using the misspelling list in scripts/spelling.txt. Only touches comments,
>> no code changes.
>>
>> Assisted-by: Cursor:claude-opus-5
>
> Thanks for acking the LLM usage! Appreciated.
I agree, but I find myself wondering what the LLM did here.
checkpatch reported the misspelling.
Does it take an LLM to use the correct spelling?
>> Signed-off-by: Hemanth Selam <hemanth.selam@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Please make sure to cc everybody on every single patch. It makes it a nightmare
> to deal with your series given the volume of mail I get.
>
> I may have to write a bot to auto send this :)
>
> Anyway LGTM so:
>
> Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Thanks.
>
>> ---
>> include/uapi/asm-generic/mman-common.h | 2 +-
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/include/uapi/asm-generic/mman-common.h b/include/uapi/asm-generic/mman-common.h
>> index ef1c27fa3c57..cf1418649b3a 100644
>> --- a/include/uapi/asm-generic/mman-common.h
>> +++ b/include/uapi/asm-generic/mman-common.h
>> @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
>> #define MADV_HUGEPAGE 14 /* Worth backing with hugepages */
>> #define MADV_NOHUGEPAGE 15 /* Not worth backing with hugepages */
>>
>> -#define MADV_DONTDUMP 16 /* Explicity exclude from the core dump,
>> +#define MADV_DONTDUMP 16 /* Explicitly exclude from the core dump,
>> overrides the coredump filter bits */
>> #define MADV_DODUMP 17 /* Clear the MADV_DONTDUMP flag */
>>
>> --
>> 2.48.1
>>
>
> --
> Cheers, Lorenzo
>
--
~Randy