Merge tag 'pull-work.namei' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs
Pull vfs namei updates from Al Viro: "RCU pathwalk cleanups. Storing sampled ->d_seq of the next dentry in nameidata simplifies life considerably, especially if we delay fetching ->d_inode until step_into()" * tag 'pull-work.namei' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs: step_into(): move fetching ->d_inode past handle_mounts() lookup_fast(): don't bother with inode follow_dotdot{,_rcu}(): don't bother with inode step_into(): lose inode argument namei: stash the sampled ->d_seq into nameidata namei: move clearing LOOKUP_RCU towards rcu_read_unlock() switch try_to_unlazy_next() to __legitimize_mnt() follow_dotdot{,_rcu}(): change calling conventions namei: get rid of pointless unlikely(read_seqcount_retry(...)) __follow_mount_rcu(): verify that mount_lock remains unchanged
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