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@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Path walking overview
42A name string specifies a start (root directory, cwd, fd-relative) and a 42A name string specifies a start (root directory, cwd, fd-relative) and a
43sequence of elements (directory entry names), which together refer to a path in 43sequence of elements (directory entry names), which together refer to a path in
44the namespace. A path is represented as a (dentry, vfsmount) tuple. The name 44the namespace. A path is represented as a (dentry, vfsmount) tuple. The name
45elements are sub-strings, seperated by '/'. 45elements are sub-strings, separated by '/'.
46 46
47Name lookups will want to find a particular path that a name string refers to 47Name 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
355What this shows is that failed rcu-walk lookups, ie. ones that are restarted 355What this shows is that failed rcu-walk lookups, ie. ones that are restarted
356entirely with ref-walk, are quite rare. Even the "vfstest" case which 356entirely with ref-walk, are quite rare. Even the "vfstest" case which
357specifically has concurrent renames/mkdir/rmdir/ creat/unlink/etc to excercise 357specifically has concurrent renames/mkdir/rmdir/ creat/unlink/etc to exercise
358such races is not showing a huge amount of restarts. 358such races is not showing a huge amount of restarts.
359 359
360Dropping from rcu-walk to ref-walk mean that we have encountered a dentry where 360Dropping from rcu-walk to ref-walk mean that we have encountered a dentry where