Re: [PATCH v3 01/14] fs/namei.c: use trailing_slashes()

[NeilBrown]

On Sun, 05 Jul 2026, Jori Koolstra wrote:
> There are several places in fs/namei.c that can use the
> trailing_slashes() function to improve intent.

I think it would help to state here that trailing_slashes() is changed
to take a qstr instead of a nameidata as that is useful in more places.

Reviewed-by: NeilBrown <neil@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
NeilBrown


> 
> Signed-off-by: Jori Koolstra <jkoolstra@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  fs/namei.c | 26 +++++++++++++-------------
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
> index 19ce43c9a6e6..a8890bc0ae21 100644
> --- a/fs/namei.c
> +++ b/fs/namei.c
> @@ -2781,9 +2781,14 @@ static const char *path_init(struct nameidata *nd, unsigned flags)
>  	return s;
>  }
>  
> +static inline bool trailing_slashes(const struct qstr last)
> +{
> +	return (bool)last.name[last.len];
> +}
> +
>  static inline const char *lookup_last(struct nameidata *nd)
>  {
> -	if (nd->last_type == LAST_NORM && nd->last.name[nd->last.len])
> +	if (nd->last_type == LAST_NORM && trailing_slashes(nd->last))
>  		nd->flags |= LOOKUP_FOLLOW | LOOKUP_DIRECTORY;
>  
>  	return walk_component(nd, WALK_TRAILING);
> @@ -4521,17 +4526,12 @@ static struct dentry *lookup_open(struct nameidata *nd, struct file *file,
>  	return ERR_PTR(error);
>  }
>  
> -static inline bool trailing_slashes(struct nameidata *nd)
> -{
> -	return (bool)nd->last.name[nd->last.len];
> -}
> -
>  static struct dentry *lookup_fast_for_open(struct nameidata *nd, int open_flag)
>  {
>  	struct dentry *dentry;
>  
>  	if (open_flag & O_CREAT) {
> -		if (trailing_slashes(nd))
> +		if (trailing_slashes(nd->last))
>  			return ERR_PTR(-EISDIR);
>  
>  		/* Don't bother on an O_EXCL create */
> @@ -4539,7 +4539,7 @@ static struct dentry *lookup_fast_for_open(struct nameidata *nd, int open_flag)
>  			return NULL;
>  	}
>  
> -	if (trailing_slashes(nd))
> +	if (trailing_slashes(nd->last))
>  		nd->flags |= LOOKUP_FOLLOW | LOOKUP_DIRECTORY;
>  
>  	dentry = lookup_fast(nd);
> @@ -4950,7 +4950,7 @@ static struct dentry *filename_create(int dfd, struct filename *name,
>  	 * Do the final lookup.  Suppress 'create' if there is a trailing
>  	 * '/', and a directory wasn't requested.
>  	 */
> -	if (last.name[last.len] && !want_dir)
> +	if (trailing_slashes(last) && !want_dir)
>  		create_flags &= ~LOOKUP_CREATE;
>  	dentry = start_dirop(path->dentry, &last, reval_flag | create_flags);
>  	if (IS_ERR(dentry))
> @@ -5569,7 +5569,7 @@ int filename_unlinkat(int dfd, struct filename *name)
>  		goto exit_drop_write;
>  
>  	/* Why not before? Because we want correct error value */
> -	if (unlikely(last.name[last.len])) {
> +	if (unlikely(trailing_slashes(last))) {
>  		if (d_is_dir(dentry))
>  			error = -EISDIR;
>  		else
> @@ -6171,16 +6171,16 @@ int filename_renameat2(int olddfd, struct filename *from,
>  	if (flags & RENAME_EXCHANGE) {
>  		if (!d_is_dir(rd.new_dentry)) {
>  			error = -ENOTDIR;
> -			if (new_last.name[new_last.len])
> +			if (trailing_slashes(new_last))
>  				goto exit_unlock;
>  		}
>  	}
>  	/* unless the source is a directory trailing slashes give -ENOTDIR */
>  	if (!d_is_dir(rd.old_dentry)) {
>  		error = -ENOTDIR;
> -		if (old_last.name[old_last.len])
> +		if (trailing_slashes(old_last))
>  			goto exit_unlock;
> -		if (!(flags & RENAME_EXCHANGE) && new_last.name[new_last.len])
> +		if (!(flags & RENAME_EXCHANGE) && trailing_slashes(new_last))
>  			goto exit_unlock;
>  	}
>  
> -- 
> 2.55.0
> 
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