On 2/18/2019 12:25 PM, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 09:37:22AM +0000, Tariq Toukan wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 2/18/2019 1:03 AM, Colin King wrote:
>>> From: Colin Ian King <colin.k...@canonical.com>
>>>
>>> There is a spelling mistake in a en_err error message. Fix it.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.k...@canonical.com>
>>> ---
>>> drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c | 2 +-
>>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
>>> b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
>>> index 6b88881b8e35..c1438ae52a11 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
>>> @@ -3360,7 +3360,7 @@ int mlx4_en_init_netdev(struct mlx4_en_dev *mdev, int
>>> port,
>>> dev->addr_len = ETH_ALEN;
>>> mlx4_en_u64_to_mac(dev->dev_addr, mdev->dev->caps.def_mac[priv->port]);
>>> if (!is_valid_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr)) {
>>> - en_err(priv, "Port: %d, invalid mac burned: %pM, quiting\n",
>>> + en_err(priv, "Port: %d, invalid mac burned: %pM, quitting\n",
>>> priv->port, dev->dev_addr);
>>> err = -EINVAL;
>>> goto out;
>>>
>>
>> Hi Colin, thanks for your patch.
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Tariq Toukan <tar...@mellanox.com>
>>
>> I would suggest adding a Fixes line, but looking into the history of the
>> typo, it went through many patches that modified this line but preserved
>> the typo.
>> Actually, it dates back to the very first commit that introduces mlx4
>> driver:
>>
>> Patches history:
>> 2b3ddf27f48c net/mlx4_core: Replace VF zero mac with random mac in mlx4_core
>> ef96f7d46ad8 net/mlx4_en: Handle unassigned VF MAC address correctly
>> 6bbb6d99f3d2 net/mlx4_en: Optimize Rx fast path filter checks
>> 453a60827735 mlx4_en: Giving interface name in debug messages
>> c27a02cd94d6 mlx4_en: Add driver for Mellanox ConnectX 10GbE NIC
>>
>> I'm not sure what the "Fixes:" policy is in these cases.
>
> I wouldn't necessarily put a Fixes tag on this, because does fixing the
> spelling really count as a bugfix? It's borderline whether it's a fix
> or a cleanup.
>
> regards,
> daan carpenter
>
Thanks Dan, I'm fine with that.
