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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst index 0a125673a8fe..1102252cbc7a 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst @@ -1123,13 +1123,13 @@ 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 three flags: ``WALK_NOFOLLOW`` which +forbids it from following a symlink if it finds one, ``WALK_MORE`` +which indicates that it is yet too early to release the +current symlink, and ``WALK_TRAILING`` which indicates that it is on the final +component of the lookup, so we will check userspace flag ``LOOKUP_FOLLOW`` to +decide whether follow it when it is a symlink and call ``may_follow_link()`` to +check if we have privilege to follow it. Symlinks with no final component ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |