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All callers of follow_managed() follow it on success with the same steps - d_backing_inode(path->dentry) is calculated and stored into some struct inode * variable and, in all but one case, an unsigned variable (nd->seq to be) is zeroed. The single exception is lookup_fast() and there zeroing is correct thing to do - not doing it is a pointless microoptimization. Add a wrapper for follow_managed() that would do that combination. It's mostly a vehicle for code massage - it will be changing quite a bit, and the current calling conventions are by no means final. Right now it takes path, nameidata and (as out params) inode and seq, similar to __follow_mount_rcu(). Which will soon get folded into it... Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.