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| author | NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com> | 2018-12-09 23:58:37 +0100 |
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| committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2018-12-20 16:47:18 +0100 |
| commit | 942104a21ce4951420ddf6c6b3179a0627301f7e (patch) | |
| tree | 729b26938d239796e9670ae990f64d6de1715b15 /Documentation/filesystems/index.rst | |
| parent | configfs: fix wrong name of struct in documentation (diff) | |
| download | linux-942104a21ce4951420ddf6c6b3179a0627301f7e.tar.xz linux-942104a21ce4951420ddf6c6b3179a0627301f7e.zip | |
docs: improve pathname-lookup document structure
Get rid of some unneeded structural elements around the new (to RST)
pathname-lookup document.
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com>
[ jc: grabbed from email and changelog added ]
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/filesystems/index.rst')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/index.rst | 14 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/index.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/index.rst index ba921bdd5b06..605befab300b 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/index.rst @@ -363,8 +363,18 @@ encryption of files and directories. Pathname lookup =============== -Pathname lookup in Linux is a complex beast; the document linked below -provides a comprehensive summary for those looking for the details. + +This write-up is based on three articles published at lwn.net: + +- <https://lwn.net/Articles/649115/> Pathname lookup in Linux +- <https://lwn.net/Articles/649729/> RCU-walk: faster pathname lookup in Linux +- <https://lwn.net/Articles/650786/> A walk among the symlinks + +Written by Neil Brown with help from Al Viro and Jon Corbet. +It has subsequently been updated to reflect changes in the kernel +including: + +- per-directory parallel name lookup. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 |