Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Fox Chen <> | Subject | [PATCH 10/12] docs: path-lookup: update WALK_GET, WALK_PUT desc | Date | Tue, 26 Jan 2021 15:24:41 +0800 |
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WALK_GET is changed to WALK_TRAILING with a different meaning. Here it should be WALK_NOFOLLOW. WALK_PUT dosn't exist, we have WALK_MORE.
WALK_PUT == !WALK_MORE
And there is not should_follow_link().
related commits: 8c4efe22e7c4de1d44f624120a979e31e3a584b8 1c4ff1a87e46a06fc00a83da2fbbc3ac0298f221
Signed-off-by: Fox Chen <foxhlchen@gmail.com> --- Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst | 12 +++++------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst index 915c9ffe22c1..921779a4636f 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst @@ -1126,13 +1126,11 @@ stack in ``walk_component()`` immediately when the symlink is found; old symlink as it walks that last component. So it is quite convenient for ``walk_component()`` to release the old symlink and pop the references just before pushing the reference information for the -new symlink. It is guided in this by two flags; ``WALK_GET``, which -gives it permission to follow a symlink if it finds one, and -``WALK_PUT``, which tells it to release the current symlink after it has been -followed. ``WALK_PUT`` is tested first, leading to a call to -``put_link()``. ``WALK_GET`` is tested subsequently (by -``should_follow_link()``) leading to a call to ``pick_link()`` which sets -up the stack frame. +new symlink. It is guided in this by two flags; ``WALK_NOFOLLOW``, which +suggests whether to follow a symlink if it finds one, and +``WALK_MORE``, which tells whether to release the current symlink after it has +been followed. ``WALK_MORE`` is tested first, leading to a call to +``put_link()``. Symlinks with no final component ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- 2.30.0
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