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

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Date:   Sun, 8 Dec 2019 04:38:04 -0800
From:   Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To:     Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:     Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@...ngson.cn>,
        "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 Sun, Dec 08, 2019 at 03:41:44AM +0000, Al Viro wrote:
> 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?

I used "is_dot_or_dotdot" when discussing this patch with my wife verbally.