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fs: Clarify "non-RCY" in access_override_creds() comment

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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@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231031114728.41485-1-bagasdotme@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
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Bagas Sanjaya 2023-10-31 18:47:28 +07:00 committed by Christian Brauner
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@ -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;