From: Bagas Sanjaya Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2023 11:47:28 +0000 (+0700) Subject: fs: Clarify "non-RCY" in access_override_creds() comment X-Git-Tag: v6.8-rc1~215^2~27 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d218569004b6f8242d176aad250ed66becc80cae;p=thirdparty%2Fkernel%2Flinux.git fs: Clarify "non-RCY" in access_override_creds() comment The term is originally intended as a joke that stands for "non-racy". This trips new contributors who mistake it for RCU typo [1]. Replace the term with more-explicit wording. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231030-debatten-nachrangig-f58abcdac530@brauner/ Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231031114728.41485-1-bagasdotme@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner --- diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c index 02dc608d40d81..0bd7fce21cbfc 100644 --- a/fs/open.c +++ b/fs/open.c @@ -442,7 +442,8 @@ static const struct cred *access_override_creds(void) * 'get_current_cred()' function), that will clear the * non_rcu field, because now that other user may be * expecting RCU freeing. But normal thread-synchronous - * cred accesses will keep things non-RCY. + * cred accesses will keep things non-racy to avoid RCU + * freeing. */ override_cred->non_rcu = 1;