From: Fox Chen Date: Thu, 27 May 2021 09:16:07 +0000 (+0800) Subject: docs: path-lookup: update path_to_nameidata() part X-Git-Url: http://git.maquefel.me/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=084c86837a3583c7cf56d74f91fb8e6191f99a8a;p=linux.git docs: path-lookup: update path_to_nameidata() part 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 Reviewed-by: NeilBrown Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210527091618.287093-3-foxhlchen@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet --- diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst index 751082d469e80..6ea0880fb982d 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