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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.txt index eb59c8b44be9..3571667c7105 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.txt | |||
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Path walking overview | |||
42 | A name string specifies a start (root directory, cwd, fd-relative) and a | 42 | A name string specifies a start (root directory, cwd, fd-relative) and a |
43 | sequence of elements (directory entry names), which together refer to a path in | 43 | sequence of elements (directory entry names), which together refer to a path in |
44 | the namespace. A path is represented as a (dentry, vfsmount) tuple. The name | 44 | the namespace. A path is represented as a (dentry, vfsmount) tuple. The name |
45 | elements are sub-strings, seperated by '/'. | 45 | elements are sub-strings, separated by '/'. |
46 | 46 | ||
47 | Name lookups will want to find a particular path that a name string refers to | 47 | Name lookups will want to find a particular path that a name string refers to |
48 | (usually the final element, or parent of final element). This is done by taking | 48 | (usually the final element, or parent of final element). This is done by taking |
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ vfstest 24185492 4945 708725(2.9%) 1076136(4.4%) 0 2651 | |||
354 | 354 | ||
355 | What this shows is that failed rcu-walk lookups, ie. ones that are restarted | 355 | What this shows is that failed rcu-walk lookups, ie. ones that are restarted |
356 | entirely with ref-walk, are quite rare. Even the "vfstest" case which | 356 | entirely with ref-walk, are quite rare. Even the "vfstest" case which |
357 | specifically has concurrent renames/mkdir/rmdir/ creat/unlink/etc to excercise | 357 | specifically has concurrent renames/mkdir/rmdir/ creat/unlink/etc to exercise |
358 | such races is not showing a huge amount of restarts. | 358 | such races is not showing a huge amount of restarts. |
359 | 359 | ||
360 | Dropping from rcu-walk to ref-walk mean that we have encountered a dentry where | 360 | Dropping from rcu-walk to ref-walk mean that we have encountered a dentry where |