Received: by 2002:a05:6a10:17d3:0:0:0:0 with SMTP id hz19csp3277686pxb; Wed, 14 Apr 2021 01:18:49 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJx0Q3nutjjGGaFwD8Z0P089Yjf6cbGS/n2fEhm//lny9yTp6J1EDLFFsGx/hYY/1QI14c/k X-Received: by 2002:a17:906:4756:: with SMTP id j22mr9270332ejs.506.1618388329663; Wed, 14 Apr 2021 01:18:49 -0700 (PDT) ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; t=1618388329; cv=none; d=google.com; s=arc-20160816; b=J1kzoe7zvjY1bzqp/8mMODKIiGI/wFmXuYKdAT9Pxz/mylCFJ6uBxlODJcq3ezQljp ccLZFszed4+TBKLUQSei1iNA4Ew+4L4lsRdfHJHprZOxTSYvaHEfZ7Z5SsEbD+G7b4In THm1s6b8iwNcxqurbkt3nU94bYppru53eztcHMZF2ynuSQ/KYiYzZFyzK11ZcE2lCva0 Q1hZOrkdQwO49OxllW5Ij1gVF8cO7BAbgnHpybMtOoKTNTP+W6RbOy50VPeHP+LZreB1 Kqq91HQy0yr2aV5f3xzc1G46jacMJOUf5wtC3w6qC1YIkZXG5xuyyvCiZZf3PLES/KEC bt5A== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=arc-20160816; h=list-id:precedence:mime-version:message-id:date:references :in-reply-to:subject:cc:to:from:dkim-signature:dkim-filter; bh=z35Gr30/0cJsmDEniTTwF782cakMcAN/LvWAlDM+tfk=; b=lZlv5SP3fb7jzqgsWctwkbEqJr1bfXe24+aLHzEGAwOLY2u0Bt+HDCuoXhouZ3GLm7 jAKDODwN7mDj3jRPy/ek7AvGaw0GZzC1P4egPxAr8VUszXTo7V6qO2fD3CEAkI9J21XY AHadtkPiunGOWCAru30h+QRZj2tXTgrbMAiB6WLQWG8idGOwoTDZ2nu/J7oVqaGVmgOr RoGQjA3j7eEM7r+/EuOhlA2skFYUpL7H7mLGtxTTYIpU7O2zpQzVYNZ4gqan0kRc6wX6 Jer8S6PaKXHGP+Ha/wz0DZMFmKM539L81VUDnTtoBGoJ942joLrW5qjI1I1ifZmiJUjU wI+g== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx.google.com; dkim=pass header.i=@lwn.net header.s=20201203 header.b=RFn44QlS; spf=pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 23.128.96.18 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Return-Path: Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org. [23.128.96.18]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id ba26si13093948edb.40.2021.04.14.01.18.26; Wed, 14 Apr 2021 01:18:49 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 23.128.96.18 as permitted sender) client-ip=23.128.96.18; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; dkim=pass header.i=@lwn.net header.s=20201203 header.b=RFn44QlS; spf=pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 23.128.96.18 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1348285AbhDMVSv (ORCPT + 99 others); Tue, 13 Apr 2021 17:18:51 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:35590 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S231719AbhDMVSu (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Apr 2021 17:18:50 -0400 Received: from ms.lwn.net (ms.lwn.net [IPv6:2600:3c01:e000:3a1::42]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0997AC061574; Tue, 13 Apr 2021 14:18:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:281:8300:104d::5f6]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A7A8C2CD; Tue, 13 Apr 2021 21:18:29 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net A7A8C2CD DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1618348709; bh=z35Gr30/0cJsmDEniTTwF782cakMcAN/LvWAlDM+tfk=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=RFn44QlSTH2lzQyLZGDXoz9oqxDu/dtwN9OFrQ8HmEeZ49fDcjI4Aa7sGLL9k/FTm zCsN7CnDQMgwh32IQ6YeFtqc5ex3ZnqLK/U0x6hyiCdG2+vGdcxYTRGd1U3X7YCRMe /WStDatbKNp5l8WFOSTIUeiJUtUWkZJetBB2plSwuhEJ0GrY0Ib27ZGBZgNpLDKZdg e8pIAS5mVrRyYhaS5JxjBw9LfoeJJIdLAs9Z6g0uxPknUt4HvhBiKbE7vlyeAi7pqR /94/cqBVRffQZxPGd7U/j6kjmijAsWnCrbC7TnCle4mDCqB3SZHCgm+Vs4aFfMXmE7 g+1cN52oc9SGg== From: Jonathan Corbet To: Fox Chen , neilb@suse.de Cc: Fox Chen , vegard.nossum@oracle.com, viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, rdunlap@infradead.org, grandmaster@al2klimov.de, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 00/12] docs: path-lookup: Update pathlookup docs In-Reply-To: <20210316054727.25655-1-foxhlchen@gmail.com> References: <20210316054727.25655-1-foxhlchen@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2021 15:18:29 -0600 Message-ID: <87zgy1rihm.fsf@meer.lwn.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Fox Chen writes: > The Path lookup is a very complex subject in VFS. The path-lookup > document provides a very detailed guidance to help people understand > how path lookup works in the kernel. This document was originally > written based on three lwn articles five years ago. As times goes by, > some of the content is outdated. This patchset is intended to update > the document to make it more relevant to current codebase. Neil, have you had a chance to take a look at these? I'm reluctant to apply them without your ack... Thanks, jon