Only commit log and patch additions are checked for typos and spelling errors currently. Add a check of the email subject line too.
Suggested-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nik...@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <j...@perches.com> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 421bbb4..c061a63 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -2303,7 +2303,8 @@ sub process { } # Check for various typo / spelling mistakes - if (defined($misspellings) && ($in_commit_log || $line =~ /^\+/)) { + if (defined($misspellings) && + ($in_commit_log || $line =~ /^(?:\+|Subject:)/i)) { while ($rawline =~ /(?:^|[^a-z@])($misspellings)(?:$|[^a-z@])/gi) { my $typo = $1; my $typo_fix = $spelling_fix{lc($typo)}; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/