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Subject: [PATCH v2 12/12] docs: path-lookup: update symlink description
Date:   Tue, 16 Mar 2021 13:47:27 +0800
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instead of lookup_real()/vfs_create(), i_op->lookup() and
i_op->create() will be called directly.

update vfs_open() logic

should_follow_link is merged into lookup_last() or open_last_lookup()
which returns symlink name instead of an integer.

Signed-off-by: Fox Chen <foxhlchen@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst | 13 ++++++-------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst
index eef6e9f68fba..adbc714740c2 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst
@@ -1202,16 +1202,15 @@ the code.
    it.  If the file was found in the dcache, then ``vfs_open()`` is used for
    this.  If not, then ``lookup_open()`` will either call ``atomic_open()`` (if
    the filesystem provides it) to combine the final lookup with the open, or
-   will perform the separate ``lookup_real()`` and ``vfs_create()`` steps
+   will perform the separate ``i_op->lookup()`` and ``i_op->create()`` steps
    directly.  In the later case the actual "open" of this newly found or
    created file will be performed by ``vfs_open()``, just as if the name
    were found in the dcache.
 
 2. ``vfs_open()`` can fail with ``-EOPENSTALE`` if the cached information
-   wasn't quite current enough.  Rather than restarting the lookup from
-   the top with ``LOOKUP_REVAL`` set, ``lookup_open()`` is called instead,
-   giving the filesystem a chance to resolve small inconsistencies.
-   If that doesn't work, only then is the lookup restarted from the top.
+   wasn't quite current enough.  If it's in RCU-walk -ECHILD will be returned
+   otherwise will return -ESTALE.  When -ESTALE is returned, the caller may
+   retry with LOOKUP_REVAL flag set.
 
 3. An open with O_CREAT **does** follow a symlink in the final component,
    unlike other creation system calls (like ``mkdir``).  So the sequence::
@@ -1221,8 +1220,8 @@ the code.
 
    will create a file called ``/tmp/bar``.  This is not permitted if
    ``O_EXCL`` is set but otherwise is handled for an O_CREAT open much
-   like for a non-creating open: ``should_follow_link()`` returns ``1``, and
-   so does ``do_last()`` so that ``trailing_symlink()`` gets called and the
+   like for a non-creating open: ``lookup_last()`` or ``open_last_lookup()``
+   returns a non ``Null`` value, and ``link_path_walk()`` gets called and the
    open process continues on the symlink that was found.
 
 Updating the access time
-- 
2.30.2