Re: [PATCH v3] fs: introduce is_dot_dotdot helper for cleanup

From: John Stoffel
Date: Sun Dec 08 2019 - 21:09:40 EST


On Sun, Dec 08, 2019 at 04:38:04AM -0800, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 08, 2019 at 03:41:44AM +0000, Al Viro wrote:
> > On Sat, Dec 07, 2019 at 07:35:48PM +0800, Tiezhu Yang wrote:
> > > There exists many similar and duplicate codes to check "." and "..",
> > > so introduce is_dot_dotdot helper to make the code more clean.
> >
> > Umm... No objections, in principle, but... you try to say that name
> > (e.g. in a phone conversation) without stuttering ;-/
> >
> > Any suggestions from native speakers?
>
> I used "is_dot_or_dotdot" when discussing this patch with my wife verbally.

*thumbs up* Both for the wife, and the name. :-)

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