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From: Fox Chen <foxhlchen@gmail.com>
To: neilb@suse.de
Cc: Fox Chen <foxhlchen@gmail.com>,
	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: [PATCH v3 02/13] docs: path-lookup: update path_to_nameidata() part
Date: Thu, 27 May 2021 17:16:07 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210527091618.287093-3-foxhlchen@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210527091618.287093-1-foxhlchen@gmail.com>

No path_to_namei() anymore, step_into() will be called.
Related commit: commit c99687a03a78 ("fold path_to_nameidata()
into its only remaining caller")

Signed-off-by: Fox Chen <foxhlchen@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst | 11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst
index 751082d469e8..6ea0880fb982 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst
@@ -453,11 +453,12 @@ to find a definitive answer.
 As the last step of ``walk_component()``, ``step_into()`` will be called either
 directly from walk_component() or from handle_dots().  It calls
 ``handle_mounts()``, to check and handle mount points, in which a new
-``struct path`` containing a counted reference to the new dentry and a
-reference to the new ``vfsmount`` which is only counted if it is
-different from the previous ``vfsmount``.  It then calls
-``path_to_nameidata()`` to install the new ``struct path`` in the
-``struct nameidata`` and drop the unneeded references.
+``struct path`` is created containing a counted reference to the new dentry and
+a reference to the new ``vfsmount`` which is only counted if it is
+different from the previous ``vfsmount``. Then if there is
+a symbolic link, ``step_into()`` calls ``pick_link()`` to deal with it,
+otherwise it installs the new ``struct path`` in the ``struct nameidata``, and
+drops the unneeded references.
 
 This "hand-over-hand" sequencing of getting a reference to the new
 dentry before dropping the reference to the previous dentry may
-- 
2.31.1


  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-05-27  9:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-05-27  9:16 [PATCH v3 00/13] docs: path-lookup: Update pathlookup docs Fox Chen
2021-05-27  9:16 ` [PATCH v3 01/13] docs: path-lookup: update follow_managed() part Fox Chen
2021-05-27  9:16 ` Fox Chen [this message]
2021-05-27  9:16 ` [PATCH v3 03/13] docs: path-lookup: update path_mountpoint() part Fox Chen
2021-05-27  9:16 ` [PATCH v3 04/13] docs: path-lookup: update do_last() part Fox Chen
2021-05-27  9:16 ` [PATCH v3 05/13] docs: path-lookup: remove filename_mountpoint Fox Chen
2021-05-27  9:16 ` [PATCH v3 06/13] docs: path-lookup: Add macro name to symlink limit description Fox Chen
2021-05-27  9:16 ` [PATCH v3 07/13] docs: path-lookup: i_op->follow_link replaced with i_op->get_link Fox Chen
2021-05-27  9:16 ` [PATCH v3 08/13] docs: path-lookup: update i_op->put_link and cookie description Fox Chen
2021-05-27  9:16 ` [PATCH v3 09/13] docs: path-lookup: no get_link() Fox Chen
2021-05-27  9:16 ` [PATCH v3 10/13] docs: path-lookup: update WALK_GET, WALK_PUT desc Fox Chen
2021-06-17 22:31   ` NeilBrown
2021-05-27  9:16 ` [PATCH v3 11/13] docs: path-lookup: update get_link() ->follow_link description Fox Chen
2021-05-27  9:16 ` [PATCH v3 12/13] docs: path-lookup: update symlink description Fox Chen
2021-05-27  9:16 ` [PATCH v3 13/13] docs: path-lookup: use bare function() rather than literals Fox Chen
2021-06-17 22:35 ` [PATCH v3 00/13] docs: path-lookup: Update pathlookup docs NeilBrown
2021-06-18  1:00   ` Fox Chen
2021-06-18 17:39 ` Jonathan Corbet

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