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authorNeilBrown <neilb@suse.com>2018-12-10 01:58:37 +0300
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2018-12-20 18:47:18 +0300
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docs: improve pathname-lookup document structure
Get rid of some unneeded structural elements around the new (to RST) pathname-lookup document. Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com> [ jc: grabbed from email and changelog added ] Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/index.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/index.rst
index ba921bdd5b06..605befab300b 100644
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@@ -363,8 +363,18 @@ encryption of files and directories.
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::
:maxdepth: 2
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst
index 30a155736afe..9d6b68853f5b 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst
@@ -1,18 +1,3 @@
-========================
-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
===============================