From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DDE8C4338F for ; Wed, 18 Aug 2021 16:40:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E97E0610CB for ; Wed, 18 Aug 2021 16:40:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S232165AbhHRQkz (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Aug 2021 12:40:55 -0400 Received: from smtp-out1.suse.de ([195.135.220.28]:41442 "EHLO smtp-out1.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S232547AbhHRQky (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Aug 2021 12:40:54 -0400 Received: from imap1.suse-dmz.suse.de (imap1.suse-dmz.suse.de [192.168.254.73]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature ECDSA (P-521) server-digest SHA512) (No client certificate requested) by smtp-out1.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7C7DA2206D; Wed, 18 Aug 2021 16:40:18 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=suse.de; s=susede2_rsa; t=1629304818; h=from:from:reply-to:date:date:message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc: mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=fs+nmWMlPFAnBSmFFC7SBLxg9kEBC0nXvEG9WVq/PXI=; b=H2j8At3ZIM1+6tU9Zkp6M3MZUJjHgvoObBDvJqmhjTWBWQUoen2y+Jv8wKA8LXaFTdtWcU 9KAZj+bWG1UJ+/c2lBeDICQP3E7neGmwbpUfjc8/a+jHdEMe/YoSJgmtCIULpkZdZWk6zw 0+ZJFlsbqLWgfNq94I0GuiVpRt6S7os= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=ed25519-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=suse.de; s=susede2_ed25519; t=1629304818; h=from:from:reply-to:date:date:message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc: mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=fs+nmWMlPFAnBSmFFC7SBLxg9kEBC0nXvEG9WVq/PXI=; b=vPtDoXX8Hy/80BmOoIU0aTbh0qLF0wpfSi7Di6hze0LEo4dlPXsjYTBY47Kwcg4r1Dm/c7 0KSuwOsQJuRrAjCA== Received: from imap1.suse-dmz.suse.de (imap1.suse-dmz.suse.de [192.168.254.73]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature ECDSA (P-521) server-digest SHA512) (No client certificate requested) by imap1.suse-dmz.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 55FBD137C0; Wed, 18 Aug 2021 16:40:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from dovecot-director2.suse.de ([192.168.254.65]) by imap1.suse-dmz.suse.de with ESMTPSA id xeyCE/I3HWGSEgAAGKfGzw (envelope-from ); Wed, 18 Aug 2021 16:40:18 +0000 Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2021 18:40:16 +0200 From: David Disseldorp To: Christian Brauner Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] exfat: allow access to paths with trailing dots Message-ID: <20210818184016.2631aeae@suse.de> In-Reply-To: <20210818124835.pdlq25wf7wdn2x57@wittgenstein> References: <20210818111123.19818-1-ddiss@suse.de> <20210818124835.pdlq25wf7wdn2x57@wittgenstein> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 18 Aug 2021 14:48:35 +0200, Christian Brauner wrote: > On Wed, Aug 18, 2021 at 01:11:21PM +0200, David Disseldorp wrote: > > This patchset adds a new exfat "keeptail" mount option, which allows > > users to resolve paths carrying trailing period '.' characters. > > I'm not a huge fan of "keeptail" as an option name, but couldn't think > > of anything better. > > I wouldn't use "period". The vfs uses "dot" and "dotdot" as seen in e.g. > LAST_DOT or LAST_DOTOT. Maybe "keep_last_dot"? Works for me, although I was under the impression that underscores were avoided for mount options. Also, I think it'd be clearer as the plural "keep_last_dots". Cheers, David