Re: [PATCH RESEND v2 5/6] proc: drop the _buf suffix from the new methods

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Wed, 4 Nov 2026 at 22:16, Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The _buf suffix told them apart from ->proc_write(), ->proc_read() and
> ->proc_ioctl(), which copied to and from userspace themselves. Those
> are gone now. So drop the suffix. ->proc_write(), ->proc_read() and
> ->proc_ioctl() are the methods that work on procfs' buffers from now
> on, which is what kernfs calls its read and write as well.
>
> Done with sed. The flags and helpers in fs/proc that go with them are
> renamed to match.
>
> No functional changes.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>

>  arch/m68k/kernel/bootinfo_proc.c                   |  2 +-
>  drivers/zorro/proc.c                               |  2 +-

Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # m68k/zorro

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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