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The rules for nd->root are messy: * if we have LOOKUP_ROOT, it doesn't contribute to refcounts * if we have LOOKUP_RCU, it doesn't contribute to refcounts * if nd->root.mnt is NULL, it doesn't contribute to refcounts * otherwise it does contribute terminate_walk() needs to drop the references if they are contributing. So everything else should be careful not to confuse it, leading to rather convoluted code. It's easier to keep track of whether we'd grabbed the reference(s) explicitly. Use a new flag for that. Don't bother with zeroing nd->root.mnt on unlazy failures and in terminate_walk - it's not needed anymore (terminate_walk() won't care and the next path_init() will zero nd->root in !LOOKUP_ROOT case anyway). Resulting rules for nd->root refcounts are much simpler: they are contributing iff LOOKUP_ROOT_GRABBED is set in nd->flags. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.