From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C741C433ED for ; Tue, 13 Apr 2021 21:18:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7872F611AD for ; Tue, 13 Apr 2021 21:18:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S230322AbhDMVSu (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Apr 2021 17:18:50 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:35590 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S231719AbhDMVSu (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Apr 2021 17:18:50 -0400 Received: from ms.lwn.net (ms.lwn.net [IPv6:2600:3c01:e000:3a1::42]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0997AC061574; Tue, 13 Apr 2021 14:18:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:281:8300:104d::5f6]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A7A8C2CD; Tue, 13 Apr 2021 21:18:29 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net A7A8C2CD DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1618348709; bh=z35Gr30/0cJsmDEniTTwF782cakMcAN/LvWAlDM+tfk=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=RFn44QlSTH2lzQyLZGDXoz9oqxDu/dtwN9OFrQ8HmEeZ49fDcjI4Aa7sGLL9k/FTm zCsN7CnDQMgwh32IQ6YeFtqc5ex3ZnqLK/U0x6hyiCdG2+vGdcxYTRGd1U3X7YCRMe /WStDatbKNp5l8WFOSTIUeiJUtUWkZJetBB2plSwuhEJ0GrY0Ib27ZGBZgNpLDKZdg e8pIAS5mVrRyYhaS5JxjBw9LfoeJJIdLAs9Z6g0uxPknUt4HvhBiKbE7vlyeAi7pqR /94/cqBVRffQZxPGd7U/j6kjmijAsWnCrbC7TnCle4mDCqB3SZHCgm+Vs4aFfMXmE7 g+1cN52oc9SGg== From: Jonathan Corbet To: Fox Chen , neilb@suse.de Cc: Fox Chen , vegard.nossum@oracle.com, viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, rdunlap@infradead.org, grandmaster@al2klimov.de, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 00/12] docs: path-lookup: Update pathlookup docs In-Reply-To: <20210316054727.25655-1-foxhlchen@gmail.com> References: <20210316054727.25655-1-foxhlchen@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2021 15:18:29 -0600 Message-ID: <87zgy1rihm.fsf@meer.lwn.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Fox Chen writes: > The Path lookup is a very complex subject in VFS. The path-lookup > document provides a very detailed guidance to help people understand > how path lookup works in the kernel. This document was originally > written based on three lwn articles five years ago. As times goes by, > some of the content is outdated. This patchset is intended to update > the document to make it more relevant to current codebase. Neil, have you had a chance to take a look at these? I'm reluctant to apply them without your ack... Thanks, jon