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Date:   Tue, 3 Jan 2023 10:04:43 -0800
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] scripts/spelling: add a few more typos
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To:     SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>, akpm@linux-foundation.org
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From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
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Hi--

On 1/3/23 09:59, SeongJae Park wrote:
> Add a few more typos that found from real patches[1,2] to 'spelling'
> file.
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/4bc4ab74-3ccd-f892-b387-d48451463d3c@huawei.com/
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/damon/20221228174621.34868-1-sj@kernel.org/
> 
> Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
> ---
>  scripts/spelling.txt | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/spelling.txt b/scripts/spelling.txt
> index ded8bcfc0247..64bddbf7425b 100644
> --- a/scripts/spelling.txt
> +++ b/scripts/spelling.txt
> @@ -411,6 +411,7 @@ contruction||construction
>  contry||country
>  conuntry||country
>  convertion||conversion
> +covert||convert

"covert" is a real, valid word. Is it always incorrect when used in kernel
source or documentation?

thanks.

-- 
~Randy