On Tue, Mar 16 2021, Fox Chen wrote:
> No follow_managed() anymore, handle_mounts(),
> traverse_mounts(), will do the job.
> see commit 9deed3ebca24 ("new helper: traverse_mounts()")
>
> Signed-off-by: Fox Chen <[email protected]>
> ---
> Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst | 10 +++++-----
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst
> b/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst
> index c482e1619e77..d07766375e13 100644
> --- a/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst
> @@ -448,10 +448,11 @@ described. If it finds a ``LAST_NORM`` component it
> first calls
> filesystem to revalidate the result if it is that sort of filesystem.
> If that doesn't get a good result, it calls "``lookup_slow()``" which
> takes ``i_rwsem``, rechecks the cache, and then asks the filesystem
> -to find a definitive answer. Each of these will call
> -``follow_managed()`` (as described below) to handle any mount points.
> +to find a definitive answer.
>
> -In the absence of symbolic links, ``walk_component()`` creates a new
> +As the last step of ``walk_component()``, ``step_into()`` will be called
> either
> +directly from walk_component() or from handle_dots(). It calls
> +``handle_mount()``, to check and handle mount points, in which a newTypo - it is "handle_mounts", not "handle_mount" With that fixed: Reviewed-by: NeilBrown <[email protected]> Thanks, NeilBrown > ``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 > @@ -535,8 +536,7 @@ covered in greater detail in autofs.txt in the Linux > documentation > tree, but a few notes specifically related to path lookup are in order > here. > > -The Linux VFS has a concept of "managed" dentries which is reflected > -in function names such as "``follow_managed()``". There are three > +The Linux VFS has a concept of "managed" dentries. There are three > potentially interesting things about these dentries corresponding > to three different flags that might be set in ``dentry->d_flags``: > > -- > 2.30.2
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