From: Rafael Sadowski <rafael@sizeofvoid.org>
Subject: namei operates on vnode not inode
To: tech@openbsd.org
Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2025 17:34:47 +0200

OK?

diff --git a/sys/kern/vfs_lookup.c b/sys/kern/vfs_lookup.c
index 88b491bc564..76413de2362 100644
--- a/sys/kern/vfs_lookup.c
+++ b/sys/kern/vfs_lookup.c
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ dirloop:
 		/*
 		 * We return with ni_vp NULL to indicate that the entry
 		 * doesn't currently exist, leaving a pointer to the
-		 * (possibly locked) directory inode in ndp->ni_dvp.
+		 * (possibly locked) directory vnode in ndp->ni_dvp.
 		 */
 		if (cnp->cn_flags & SAVESTART) {
 			ndp->ni_startdir = ndp->ni_dvp;
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ vfs_relookup(struct vnode *dvp, struct vnode **vpp, struct componentname *cnp)
 		/*
 		 * We return with ni_vp NULL to indicate that the entry
 		 * doesn't currently exist, leaving a pointer to the
-		 * (possibly locked) directory inode in ndp->ni_dvp.
+		 * (possibly locked) directory vnode in ndp->ni_dvp.
 		 */
 		return (0);
 	}