Re: [RFC][PATCH v2 24/34] finally fold get_link() into pick_link()

From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Sat Feb 22 2020 - 21:31:59 EST


On Sat, Feb 22, 2020 at 5:23 PM Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> kill nd->link_inode, while we are at it

I like that part, but that pick_link() function is now the function from hell.

It's now something like a hundred lines of fairly dense code, isn't it?

Oh well. Maybe it's easier to follow since it's straight-line. So this
is more of an observation than a complaint.

Linus