Commit 942104a2 authored by NeilBrown's avatar NeilBrown Committed by Jonathan Corbet

docs: improve pathname-lookup document structure

Get rid of some unneeded structural elements around the new (to RST)
pathname-lookup document.
Signed-off-by: default avatarNeilBrown <neilb@suse.com>
[ jc: grabbed from email and changelog added ]
Signed-off-by: default avatarJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
parent 6b5a49b4
...@@ -363,8 +363,18 @@ encryption of files and directories. ...@@ -363,8 +363,18 @@ encryption of files and directories.
Pathname lookup 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:: .. toctree::
:maxdepth: 2 :maxdepth: 2
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Pathname lookup in Linux
========================
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.
Introduction to pathname lookup Introduction to pathname lookup
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