Re: [PATCH v2] docs: path-lookup: fix unrenamed WALK_GET
From: Jonathan Corbet
Date: Mon Mar 09 2026 - 12:23:56 EST
Daniel Tang <danielzgtg.opensource@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Fixes: de9414adafe4 ("docs: path-lookup: update WALK_GET, WALK_PUT desc")
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Tang <danielzgtg.opensource@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst
> index 9ced1135608e..6957c70f18db 100644
> --- a/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst
> @@ -1364,7 +1364,7 @@ it sets ``LOOKUP_AUTOMOUNT``, as does "``quotactl()``" and the handling of
> symlinks. Some system calls set or clear it implicitly, while
> others have API flags such as ``AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW`` and
> ``UMOUNT_NOFOLLOW`` to control it. Its effect is similar to
> -``WALK_GET`` that we already met, but it is used in a different way.
> +``WALK_TRAILING`` that we already met, but it is used in a different way.
I'm sorry, but this change really needs a changelog text. The reader
can make a guess as to what is going on, but why make them guess?
Thanks,
jon