Received: by 2002:a05:6a10:206:0:0:0:0 with SMTP id 6csp1680236pxj; Fri, 18 Jun 2021 12:29:11 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJybf2JjXWCTw0oQcoROpNVY1XQZwkKum0tEW9n/geOMuYcWaP8n/67EOE2a+KHEzN6uWENx X-Received: by 2002:aa7:d34a:: with SMTP id m10mr7209706edr.57.1624044551484; Fri, 18 Jun 2021 12:29:11 -0700 (PDT) ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; t=1624044551; cv=none; d=google.com; s=arc-20160816; b=s5L7TztjUyKO0ol55OJIHhPz7YfaiIL/lSU6Iy1oPq4+yjw0eNQlqTqDX8Rtl1ajiJ 8PaRohno5ncX+4vBuRzSQvAtQD60vMU7Y9mAea6fvOF/6xsJhqHGQyPTYR7RqGlcJmoa ZUxXkxF2QH3CFGW8iHAd6k+3He7aHQOWmALhXRfqYc9bnYrFQyktr0W+fmuQ1Y5mjc6z 9nnGavidsLy5xMgMhsbuoTo8J9nodmZtCZOuJ6TMzSImYoKhMAGH/oiYv/ElD/MUJHgd np5SfdhHeY5tpKjQFLFo1OpKUyThwCcx5aEzyc/F0z4HeUs+2m4VKYqmgpKriVOiYp9C n0Ug== 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=gsnYTTUNPq7lcsD/q70c06KXBhxh/NRTapjcVEE1M1Q=; b=YMdz//BajdX9D1lnvp1/oJUG4RGuicZSbDCvriefNYQtIr5zn226OVsVJ154yVzbNP eB0BR38CJdV+KRcfwpsxHlfqa4Lazn9zwglm1Dch2/0wf9v++sT/29x2WhmiCG5nX964 6N+Oi7iEZAmLMxQPETLNC9QvXag3j49vJQZriU6vIfAPBoX2UfImhzkiMKouGIGdp90n wc39DuxaqkYBmF4G2iFIpgNpKzz3AnvfIoZHQQ1BqCPM4F+Y2pHGg9yTP97JGo45yMEo U+0thuhJw6R9bHnOud1ylCtIaWqvn+ADGYc0zv50PYUmh8HWQw68OdIxgerXgT1302Xv OJ7Q== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx.google.com; dkim=pass header.i=@lwn.net header.s=20201203 header.b=SNRXGDBl; 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 f18si9317193edq.570.2021.06.18.12.28.48; Fri, 18 Jun 2021 12:29:11 -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=SNRXGDBl; 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 S232152AbhFRRlr (ORCPT + 99 others); Fri, 18 Jun 2021 13:41:47 -0400 Received: from ms.lwn.net ([45.79.88.28]:46132 "EHLO ms.lwn.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S231685AbhFRRlq (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Jun 2021 13:41:46 -0400 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 DB69B740; Fri, 18 Jun 2021 17:39:30 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net DB69B740 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1624037971; bh=gsnYTTUNPq7lcsD/q70c06KXBhxh/NRTapjcVEE1M1Q=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=SNRXGDBlEkKhChKV6q+keZ+5aN9HGHyi6ZKJplg7dqjm17XyugB2/4HiJXdrLjqpi BloPIlpoIIFG41flgCdqbZtU0l8SJR/0YvFbsYfNZjsKM2LatBvfJkCiDTuTRRPyjw g5xvXVqiZFWnZUgsa9uek+ydp36gG2HLKIgJUKsZLFzi/Q4Aw6vExB4Y7Z3K6/PDiu 5lkOTfWAd8zGVChD7So1LJFTKvOo1EDMaeRIWWnNriyXbajEJTPpNffECDycsfcjyu FebPIx+P5xv1C769HmNM1luFmlXXV1bZqg8B1dclQBr+ci7NAsJh2d5j+yPAIiQUaf qoFXy2zfUmh/A== 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 v3 00/13] docs: path-lookup: Update pathlookup docs In-Reply-To: <20210527091618.287093-1-foxhlchen@gmail.com> References: <20210527091618.287093-1-foxhlchen@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2021 11:39:30 -0600 Message-ID: <87sg1fqdgt.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. OK, I have applied this set. I took the liberty of making the changes suggested by Neil to patch 10. Thanks for doing this work, and thanks to Neil for reviewing it! jon