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To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Keys: Add possessor permissions to keys 
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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> wrote:

> Ok, maybe I'm just strange, but when I see code like
> 
> 	if (is_key_possessed(keyref)) {
> 
> I'm inevitably mentally going "Linda Blair! It is spewing pea-soup and
> rotating its head!"
> 
> Maybe not the best of naming practices..

Or maybe not the best of mental or film watching practices? :-)

How about if I call it is_key_retained() instead?

Of course, I now prefer the name is_key_possessed() if only to frighten other
kernel developers...

David