Re: [PATCH] net: liquidio: fix typo

[Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>]

On Tue, Mar 04, 2025 at 07:16:52PM +0100, Janik Haag wrote:
> Dear Linux maintainers, this is my first patch, hope everything is
> correct.
> 
> While reading through some pcie realted code I notice this small
> spelling mistake of doorbell registers.
> I added Dave in the TO field since they signed-off on by far the most
> commits touching this file.
> 
> With kind regards,
> Janik Haag
> 
> Signed-off-by: Janik Haag <janik@aq0.de>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/cn23xx_pf_device.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Hi Jainik,

Thanks for your patch.
It looks good, but I think we can make it better.


Firstly, it's normal practice to describe your patch in the patch
description, which is the bit above the scissors ("---") and add any notes
below. Something like this.

  Subject: net: liquidio: fix typo

  Correct spelling of doorbells.

  Found by inspection

  Signed-of-by: ...
  ---

  Dear Linux Maintainers,

  ...

Secondly, as this is a non-bug-fix for Networking code it is for the
net-next tree. It is preferable to note that net-next is the target
tree in the subject, like this:

  Subject: [PATCH net-next] net: liquidio: fix typo

Last, I do see that codespell flags some other spelling errors in
this file: "corressponding", "cant", and "Fomat".
Perhaps they can be fixed at the same time?


Could you consider posting a v2 patch, as a new thread, which
addresses the above? The subject should be something like this:

  Subject: [PATCH net-next v2] net: liquidio: fix typo

As an aside, the b4 tool can be helpful for managing patch revisions.

More information on Netdev process can be found here;
https://docs.kernel.org/process/maintainer-netdev.html

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