[PATCH v2 1/6] fs/readdir: Fix filldir() and filldir64() use of user_access_begin()

[Linus Torvalds]

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On Wed, Jan 22, 2020, 09:52 Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy at c-s.fr>
wrote:

>
> -       struct linux_dirent __user * dirent;
> +       struct linux_dirent __user * dirent, *dirent0;


Patch looks better, but those names are horrid.

Please just use "prev" for the previous dirent, and leave the current one
as "dirent".

I think that's going to be a lot more legible. But no numbering.

      Linus
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