linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs: Fix typo in comment of link_path

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Message-ID: <20250510120835.GY2023217@ZenIV>
Date: Sat, 10 May 2025 13:08:35 +0100
From: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
To: I Hsin Cheng <richard120310@...il.com>
Cc: brauner@...nel.org, jack@...e.cz, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, skhan@...uxfoundation.org,
	linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs: Fix typo in comment of link_path_walk()

On Sat, May 10, 2025 at 06:46:32PM +0800, I Hsin Cheng wrote:
> Fix "NUL" to "NULL".
> 
> Fixes: 200e9ef7ab51 ("vfs: split up name hashing in link_path_walk() into helper function")

Not a typo.  And think for a second about the meaning of
so "fixed" sentence - NUL and '/' are mutually exclusive
alternatives; both are characters.  NULL is a pointer and
makes no sense whatsoever in that context.