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The logics in both of them is the same: while true if in process' root // uncommon break if *not* in mount root // normal case find the parent return if at absolute root // very uncommon break move to underlying mountpoint report that we are in root Pull the common path out of the loop: if in process' root // uncommon goto in_root if unlikely(in mount root) while true if at absolute root goto in_root move to underlying mountpoint if in process' root goto in_root if in mount root break; find the parent // we are not in mount root return in_root: report that we are in root The reason for that transformation is that we get to keep the common path straight *and* get a separate block for "move through underlying mountpoints", which will allow to sanitize NO_XDEV handling there. What's more, the pared-down loops will be easier to deal with - in particular, non-RCU case has no need to grab mount_lock and rewriting it to the form that wouldn't do that is a non-trivial change. Better do that with less stuff getting in the way... 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.