From: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
To: Joseph Salisbury <joseph.salisbury@oracle.com>
Cc: linux-input@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [External] : [PATCH] Input: sentelic: fix comment typo
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2026 22:43:51 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <abo7FVLq3qUzxkee@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e35b4f27-53c1-41c2-a321-42a34ade9839@oracle.com>
Hi Joseph,
On Mon, Mar 16, 2026 at 07:48:31PM -0400, Joseph Salisbury wrote:
>
>
> On 3/16/26 2:12 PM, Joseph Salisbury wrote:
> > The file contains a spelling error in a source comment (formating).
> >
> > Typos in comments reduce readability and make text searches less reliable
> > for developers and maintainers.
> >
> > Replace 'formating' with 'formatting' in the affected comment. This is a
> > comment-only cleanup and does not change behavior.
> >
> > Fixes: fc69f4a6af49 ("Input: add new driver for Sentelic Finger Sensing Pad")
> > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> > Signed-off-by: Joseph Salisbury <joseph.salisbury@oracle.com>
> > ---
> > drivers/input/mouse/sentelic.h | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/sentelic.h b/drivers/input/mouse/sentelic.h
> > index 02cac0e7ad63..9ba3631e3d0f 100644
> > --- a/drivers/input/mouse/sentelic.h
> > +++ b/drivers/input/mouse/sentelic.h
> > @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
> > #define FSP_REG_SN1 (0x41)
> > #define FSP_REG_SN2 (0x42)
> > -/* Finger-sensing Pad packet formating related definitions */
> > +/* Finger-sensing Pad packet formatting related definitions */
> > /* absolute packet type */
> > #define FSP_PKT_TYPE_NORMAL (0x00)
> I inadvertently added Fixes: and Cc: stable tags. If possible, please
> remove them as they are not appropriate for fixes to misspellings in code
> comments. If it's not possible to remove them, I can send a v2.
>
Sorry I did not receive the original patch but even with the typo fixed
this comment needs more work to improve readability.
Thanks.
--
Dmitry
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-18 5:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-16 18:12 [PATCH] Input: sentelic: fix comment typo Joseph Salisbury
2026-03-16 23:48 ` [External] : " Joseph Salisbury
2026-03-18 5:43 ` Dmitry Torokhov [this message]
2026-03-18 16:34 ` Joseph Salisbury
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