linux-kernel - [PATCH] fat: Expand a slightly out-of-date comment

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Date:   Fri, 28 Sep 2018 14:49:47 -0500
From:   Mihir Mehta <mihir@...utexas.edu>
To:     hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Mihir Mehta <mihir@...utexas.edu>
Subject: [PATCH] fat: Expand a slightly out-of-date comment

The file namei.c seems to have been renamed to namei_msdos.c, so I
decided to update the comment with the correct name, and expand it a bit
to tell the reader what to look for.
---
 fs/fat/dir.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/fat/dir.c b/fs/fat/dir.c
index 7f5f369..f4db13f 100644
--- a/fs/fat/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fat/dir.c
@@ -369,7 +369,9 @@ static int fat_parse_short(struct super_block *sb,
 	}
 
 	memcpy(work, de->name, sizeof(work));
-	/* see namei.c, msdos_format_name */
+	/* For an explanation of the special treatment of 0x05 in
+	 * filenames, see msdos_format_name in namei_msdos.c 
+	 */
 	if (work[0] == 0x05)
 		work[0] = 0xE5;
 
-- 
2.7.4