Re: [PATCH 6/6] staging: bcm2835-v4l2: Apply spelling fixes from checkpatch.

[Joe Perches]

On Tue, 2017-01-31 at 10:30 -0800, Eric Anholt wrote:
> Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > On Mon, 2017-01-30 at 12:05 -0800, Eric Anholt wrote:
> > > Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > > 
> > > > On Fri, 2017-01-27 at 13:55 -0800, Eric Anholt wrote:
> > > > > Generated with checkpatch.pl --fix-inplace and git add -p out of the
> > > > > results.
> > > > 
> > > > Maybe another.
> > > > 
> > > > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/platform/bcm2835/mmal-vchiq.c b/drivers/staging/media/platform/bcm2835/mmal-vchiq.c
> > > > 
> > > > []
> > > > > @@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ static int bulk_receive(struct vchiq_mmal_instance *instance,
> > > > >  		pr_err("buffer list empty trying to submit bulk receive\n");
> > > > >  
> > > > >  		/* todo: this is a serious error, we should never have
> > > > > -		 * commited a buffer_to_host operation to the mmal
> > > > > +		 * committed a buffer_to_host operation to the mmal
> > > > >  		 * port without the buffer to back it up (underflow
> > > > >  		 * handling) and there is no obvious way to deal with
> > > > >  		 * this - how is the mmal servie going to react when
> > > > 
> > > > Perhaps s/servie/service/ ?
> > > 
> > > I was trying to restrict this patch to just the fixes from checkpatch.
> > 
> > That's the wrong thing to do if you're fixing
> > spelling defects.  checkpatch is just one mechanism
> > to identify some, and definitely not all, typos and
> > spelling defects.
> > 
> > If you fixing, fix.  Don't just rely on the brainless
> > tools, use your decidedly non-mechanical brain.
> 
> "if you touch anything, you must fix everything."  If that's how things
> work, I would just retract the patch.

I didn't say that,and I don't mean that.

If you notice a similar defect when you are fixing
any arbitrary defect, please try to fix all of similar
defects.

As is, a patch that fixes just servie would cause a
patch conflict with your patch.