Re: [PATCH] vfs: fix typo in link_path_walk()

[Omar Sandoval]

On Mon, Jul 04, 2016 at 05:48:53PM +0100, Luis de Bethencourt wrote:
> Comment documenting the path parsing in link_path_walk() has a typo, fixing
> it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Luis de Bethencourt <luisbg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Noticed this typo while studying the code paths when sys_open is called.
> 
> Thanks,
> Luis
> 
>  fs/namei.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
> index 32f9fe9..ade7667 100644
> --- a/fs/namei.c
> +++ b/fs/namei.c
> @@ -2064,7 +2064,7 @@ static int link_path_walk(const char *name, struct nameidata *nd)
>  		if (!*name)
>  			goto OK;
>  		/*
> -		 * If it wasn't NUL, we know it was '/'. Skip that
> +		 * If it wasn't NULL, we know it was '/'. Skip that
>  		 * slash, and continue until no more slashes.
>  		 */
>  		do {
> -- 
> 2.6.4

NUL is the ASCII '\0' character. NULL is a pointer. So NUL is correct.

-- 
Omar