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Subject[PATCH 09/12] docs: path-lookup: no get_link()
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no get_link() anymore. we have step_into() and pick_link().

walk_component() will call step_into(), in turn call pick_link,
and return symlink name.

Signed-off-by: Fox Chen <foxhlchen@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst | 10 ++++------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst
index 8572300b5405..915c9ffe22c1 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst
@@ -1106,12 +1106,10 @@ doesn't need to notice. Getting this ``name`` variable on and off the
stack is very straightforward; pushing and popping the references is
a little more complex.

-When a symlink is found, ``walk_component()`` returns the value ``1``
-(``0`` is returned for any other sort of success, and a negative number
-is, as usual, an error indicator). This causes ``get_link()`` to be
-called; it then gets the link from the filesystem. Providing that
-operation is successful, the old path ``name`` is placed on the stack,
-and the new value is used as the ``name`` for a while. When the end of
+When a symlink is found, ``walk_component()`` calls ``pick_link()``,
+it then gets the link from the filesystem returning new path ``name``.
+Providing that operation is successful, the old path ``name`` is placed on the
+stack, and the new value is used as the ``name`` for a while. When the end of
the path is found (i.e. ``*name`` is ``'\0'``) the old ``name`` is restored
off the stack and path walking continues.

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2.30.0
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