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=-10.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_CR_TRAILER, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=unavailable 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 D192BC48BE5 for ; Thu, 17 Jun 2021 22:36:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC1F161351 for ; Thu, 17 Jun 2021 22:36:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S232605AbhFQWiO (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Jun 2021 18:38:14 -0400 Received: from smtp-out2.suse.de ([195.135.220.29]:46770 "EHLO smtp-out2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S232203AbhFQWiN (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Jun 2021 18:38:13 -0400 Received: from imap.suse.de (imap-alt.suse-dmz.suse.de [192.168.254.47]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp-out2.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3B3251FD68; Thu, 17 Jun 2021 22:36:04 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=suse.de; s=susede2_rsa; t=1623969364; h=from:from:reply-to:date:date:message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc: mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=cV2NE8rEWBmZDfrtXKLfyFZ8c/X4r6DiAAuSsUO6DA8=; b=rDXJnATdWYSr69kKXMTVE9dP5gncBYGdgr3GUIjHRui/3n2j10pItkszIea/OUzY3+hrpz m5Y03yZ0RBddw/KkZEyglzsNQP/XqQYFnNAhXXSyhHvyQACoBXSzQ1DbLE9B6+o27ZlvFu m18WdJkng41VCTi1FoOKTBUgW5kZ/Iw= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=ed25519-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=suse.de; s=susede2_ed25519; t=1623969364; h=from:from:reply-to:date:date:message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc: mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=cV2NE8rEWBmZDfrtXKLfyFZ8c/X4r6DiAAuSsUO6DA8=; b=v9wQxqIe7asZmS+7Z8rjrVZh0dD8nVrpqwgngUo6epZLjj0ZWFfIVtDrDdmmqOXa08n4nJ AlEq+lsufIbSeRCg== Received: from imap3-int (imap-alt.suse-dmz.suse.de [192.168.254.47]) by imap.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20F13118DD; Thu, 17 Jun 2021 22:36:00 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=suse.de; s=susede2_rsa; t=1623969364; h=from:from:reply-to:date:date:message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc: mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=cV2NE8rEWBmZDfrtXKLfyFZ8c/X4r6DiAAuSsUO6DA8=; b=rDXJnATdWYSr69kKXMTVE9dP5gncBYGdgr3GUIjHRui/3n2j10pItkszIea/OUzY3+hrpz m5Y03yZ0RBddw/KkZEyglzsNQP/XqQYFnNAhXXSyhHvyQACoBXSzQ1DbLE9B6+o27ZlvFu m18WdJkng41VCTi1FoOKTBUgW5kZ/Iw= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=ed25519-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=suse.de; s=susede2_ed25519; t=1623969364; h=from:from:reply-to:date:date:message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc: mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=cV2NE8rEWBmZDfrtXKLfyFZ8c/X4r6DiAAuSsUO6DA8=; b=v9wQxqIe7asZmS+7Z8rjrVZh0dD8nVrpqwgngUo6epZLjj0ZWFfIVtDrDdmmqOXa08n4nJ AlEq+lsufIbSeRCg== Received: from director2.suse.de ([192.168.254.72]) by imap3-int with ESMTPSA id Wtj0MFDOy2AXOwAALh3uQQ (envelope-from ); Thu, 17 Jun 2021 22:36:00 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit MIME-Version: 1.0 From: "NeilBrown" To: "Fox Chen" Cc: "Fox Chen" , corbet@lwn.net, 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 v3 00/13] docs: path-lookup: Update pathlookup docs In-reply-to: <20210527091618.287093-1-foxhlchen@gmail.com> References: <20210527091618.287093-1-foxhlchen@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2021 08:35:57 +1000 Message-id: <162396935764.29912.16256561662425331146@noble.neil.brown.name> Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 27 May 2021, Fox Chen wrote: > 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. > Thanks for persisting. Sorry for the delay. All: Reviewed-by: NeilBrown I've noted a couple of little issues with one patch. Hopefully Jon can simply fix those up rather than requiring a resubmission of the whole series. To be honest, I haven't examined patch 4 in as much detail as I'd like, and it required the biggest change since last time. But I think it is good enough. It might even be excellent. NeilBrown