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authorMateusz Guzik <mjguzik@gmail.com>2026-03-28 18:58:40 +0100
committerChristian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>2026-03-31 11:43:01 +0200
commit18f2e0ea200cdacf59a1c19a3ac4790d2ebe59af (patch)
tree51d532e6bd6d724f9aeccc37bc5f6daa24c1b729
parent3c1fc671d3968e847a20d7c2a4f9997f57e147c7 (diff)
fs: write a better comment in step_into() concerning .mnt assignment
Signed-off-by: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@gmail.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260328175841.3390950-1-mjguzik@gmail.com Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
-rw-r--r--fs/namei.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 5fe6cac48df8..d77f14f8d67c 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2141,7 +2141,7 @@ static __always_inline const char *step_into(struct nameidata *nd, int flags,
if (unlikely(!inode))
return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
nd->path.dentry = dentry;
- /* nd->path.mnt is retained on purpose */
+ /* nd->path.mnt remains unchanged as no mount point was crossed */
nd->inode = inode;
nd->seq = nd->next_seq;
return NULL;