If we check for '.' and '..' before checking the name filters one or both of them may match if IncludeDotAndDotDot is set, but should be rejected based on the name filters. This matches the existing behavior of QDir/QDirIterator: - With QDir::Filters, '.' and '..' are listed by default unless QDir::NoDot and QDir::NoDotDot are set; so checking NoDot and NoDotDot before chekcing the name filters, still means the name filters are applied if '.' and '..' are listed. See matchesLegacyFilters(). - With QDirListing '.' and '..' aren't listed unless InlcudeDotAndDotDot is set. So the name filters have to be checked before checking for the special entrie '.' and '..'. This should ease the porting to QDirListing. This is slightly less efficient when using QDirListing directly (not via QDir::entryList()); but if you want efficiency, you shouldn't be using name filters which use regex matching, to begin with. [ChangeLog][QtCore][QDirListing] Now listing '.' and '..' special entries respects any set name filters. Previously if IncludeDotAndDotDot was set, '.' and '..' would always be listed. Pick-to: 6.10 6.9 6.8 Change-Id: I026e1e44431515ab2cc3545f993580dbf010ac9b Reviewed-by: Thiago Macieira <thiago.macieira@intel.com>