The term is originally intended as a joke that stands for "non-racy". This trips new contributors who mistake it for RCU typo [1]. Replace the term with more-explicit wording. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231030-debatten-nachrangig-f58abcdac530@brauner/ Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/open.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c index 98f6601fbac65e..a89c64629aacf4 100644 --- a/fs/open.c +++ b/fs/open.c @@ -442,7 +442,8 @@ static const struct cred *access_override_creds(void) * 'get_current_cred()' function), that will clear the * non_rcu field, because now that other user may be * expecting RCU freeing. But normal thread-synchronous - * cred accesses will keep things non-RCY. + * cred accesses will keep things non-racy to avoid RCU + * freeing. */ override_cred->non_rcu = 1; base-commit: 7f680e5f256f346a5d3cd83a17c84bb6bc950008 -- An old man doll... just what I always wanted! - Clara
