vfs: Update lookup_dcache() comment (f4fdace9) · Commits · 戴 / test

commit ("lookup_dcache(): lift d_alloc() into callers") removed the need_lookup argument from lookup_dcache(), but the comment was forgotten. Also it no longer allocates a new dentry if nothing was found. Signed-off-by:

Oleg Drokin <green@linuxhacker.ru> Signed-off-by:

Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

fs/namei.c

+2 −3

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		@@ -1449,9 +1449,8 @@ static int follow_dotdot(struct nameidata *nd)
		}

		/*
		* This looks up the name in dcache, possibly revalidates the old dentry and
		* allocates a new one if not found or not valid. In the need_lookup argument
		* returns whether i_op->lookup is necessary.
		* This looks up the name in dcache and possibly revalidates the found dentry.
		* NULL is returned if the dentry does not exist in the cache.
		*/
		static struct dentry lookup_dcache(const struct qstr name,
		struct dentry *dir,

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