linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] fs: introduce is_dot

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Message-ID: <20191208034144.GP4203@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:   Sun, 8 Dec 2019 03:41:44 +0000
From:   Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
To:     Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@...ngson.cn>
Cc:     "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
        Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>, Chao Yu <yuchao0@...wei.com>,
        Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>,
        Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@...onical.com>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, ecryptfs@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fscrypt@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] fs: introduce is_dot_dotdot helper for cleanup

On Sat, Dec 07, 2019 at 07:35:48PM +0800, Tiezhu Yang wrote:
> There exists many similar and duplicate codes to check "." and "..",
> so introduce is_dot_dotdot helper to make the code more clean.

Umm...  No objections, in principle, but... you try to say that name
(e.g. in a phone conversation) without stuttering ;-/

Any suggestions from native speakers?