fs: Clarify "non-RCY" in access_override_creds() comment
authorBagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>
Tue, 31 Oct 2023 11:47:28 +0000 (18:47 +0700)
committerChristian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Sat, 18 Nov 2023 14:00:01 +0000 (15:00 +0100)
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 <bagasdotme@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231031114728.41485-1-bagasdotme@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
fs/open.c

index 02dc608d40d81f90c9427695763c85d0fd111e93..0bd7fce21cbfc39694946bb00518a67b81ba48c8 100644 (file)
--- 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;