linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] DOCUMENTATION: Correct inline docs to match parm name.

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Message-Id: <20101130083908.0af69035.rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Date:	Tue, 30 Nov 2010 08:39:08 -0800
From:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
To:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...shcourse.ca>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] DOCUMENTATION: Correct inline docs to match parm name.

On Tue, 30 Nov 2010 06:31:07 -0500 (EST) Robert P. J. Day wrote:

> 
> Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@...shcourse.ca>
> 
> ---
> 
>   the actual parameter name is "parent", not "dparent".
> 
> 
> diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
> index 23702a9..eaebae4 100644
> --- a/fs/dcache.c
> +++ b/fs/dcache.c
> @@ -1485,7 +1485,7 @@ out:
>  /**
>   * d_validate - verify dentry provided from insecure source
>   * @dentry: The dentry alleged to be valid child of @dparent
> - * @dparent: The parent dentry (known to be valid)
> + * @parent: The parent dentry (known to be valid)
>   *
>   * An insecure source has sent us a dentry, here we verify it and dget() it.
>   * This is used by ncpfs in its readdir implementation.

I've already sent this patch to Al Viro (VFS maintainer).

---
~Randy
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