Re: [PATCH] fix similar typos to successfull

["Américo Wang" <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>]

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@suse.de>
>>> ---
>>>  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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