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authorAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>2019-07-14 21:00:23 +0300
committerAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>2019-08-31 04:30:12 +0300
commit6b61aed06a3b0eb8e8d49142ddd1e101a064444d (patch)
tree89b8830d80ed94497898ec3fc07903f899431a20 /include/linux/namei.h
parentfbb7d9d56d167247f2eb7261038385cab1073c37 (diff)
downloadlinux-6b61aed06a3b0eb8e8d49142ddd1e101a064444d.tar.xz
namei.h: get the comments on LOOKUP_... in sync with reality
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/namei.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/namei.h44
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/namei.h b/include/linux/namei.h
index ac665cbc659f..1a504fc7994f 100644
--- a/include/linux/namei.h
+++ b/include/linux/namei.h
@@ -16,37 +16,27 @@ enum { MAX_NESTED_LINKS = 8 };
*/
enum {LAST_NORM, LAST_ROOT, LAST_DOT, LAST_DOTDOT, LAST_BIND};
-/*
- * The bitmask for a lookup event:
- * - follow links at the end
- * - require a directory
- * - ending slashes ok even for nonexistent files
- * - internal "there are more path components" flag
- * - dentry cache is untrusted; force a real lookup
- * - suppress terminal automount
- * - skip revalidation
- */
-#define LOOKUP_FOLLOW 0x0001
-#define LOOKUP_DIRECTORY 0x0002
-#define LOOKUP_AUTOMOUNT 0x0004
-
+/* pathwalk mode */
+#define LOOKUP_FOLLOW 0x0001 /* follow links at the end */
+#define LOOKUP_DIRECTORY 0x0002 /* require a directory */
+#define LOOKUP_AUTOMOUNT 0x0004 /* force terminal automount */
+#define LOOKUP_EMPTY 0x4000 /* accept empty path [user_... only] */
+#define LOOKUP_DOWN 0x8000 /* follow mounts in the starting point */
+
+#define LOOKUP_REVAL 0x0020 /* tell ->d_revalidate() to trust no cache */
+#define LOOKUP_RCU 0x0040 /* RCU pathwalk mode; semi-internal */
+
+/* These tell filesystem methods that we are dealing with the final component... */
+#define LOOKUP_OPEN 0x0100 /* ... in open */
+#define LOOKUP_CREATE 0x0200 /* ... in object creation */
+#define LOOKUP_EXCL 0x0400 /* ... in exclusive creation */
+#define LOOKUP_RENAME_TARGET 0x0800 /* ... in destination of rename() */
+
+/* internal use only */
#define LOOKUP_PARENT 0x0010
-#define LOOKUP_REVAL 0x0020
-#define LOOKUP_RCU 0x0040
#define LOOKUP_NO_REVAL 0x0080
-
-/*
- * Intent data
- */
-#define LOOKUP_OPEN 0x0100
-#define LOOKUP_CREATE 0x0200
-#define LOOKUP_EXCL 0x0400
-#define LOOKUP_RENAME_TARGET 0x0800
-
#define LOOKUP_JUMPED 0x1000
#define LOOKUP_ROOT 0x2000
-#define LOOKUP_EMPTY 0x4000
-#define LOOKUP_DOWN 0x8000
extern int path_pts(struct path *path);