[PATCH 10/12] docs: path-lookup: update WALK_GET, WALK_PUT desc

Fox Chen
2021-01-26T17:37:38Z

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
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