netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] proc: revalidate directories created with proc_net

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Date:   Sun, 07 Jul 2019 12:51:49 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     adobriyan@...il.com
Cc:     viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Per.Hallsmark@...driver.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] proc: revalidate directories created with
 proc_net_mkdir()

From: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2019 11:03:51 +0300

> On Sun, Jul 07, 2019 at 02:03:20AM +0100, Al Viro wrote:
>> On Sat, Jul 06, 2019 at 07:52:02PM +0300, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
>> > +struct proc_dir_entry *_proc_mkdir(const char *name, umode_t mode,
>> > +				   struct proc_dir_entry **parent, void *data)
>> 
>> 	Two underscores, please...
> 
> Second underscore is more typing, I never understood it.

Canonicalness is not about understanding, it's about being consistent
with the rest of the tree.

Just do it please...