Re: [PATCH v6 2/7] fs: Move __scm_install_fd() to __receive_fd()

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Tue Jul 07 2020 - 02:49:23 EST


On Mon, Jul 06, 2020 at 01:17:15PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> In preparation for users of the "install a received file" logic outside
> of net/ (pidfd and seccomp), relocate and rename __scm_install_fd() from
> net/core/scm.c to __receive_fd() in fs/file.c, and provide a wrapper
> named receive_fd_user(), as future patches will change the interface
> to __receive_fd().

Why the __ prefix if there is no receive_fd()?