[PATCH 3/7] vfs: Add a mount-notification facility

[David Howells]

Jann Horn <jannh at google.com> wrote:

> > +                       /* Global root? */
> > +                       if (mnt != parent) {
> > +                               cursor.dentry = READ_ONCE(mnt->mnt_mountpoint);
> > +                               mnt = parent;
> > +                               cursor.mnt = &mnt->mnt;
> > +                               continue;
> > +                       }
> > +                       break;
> 
> (nit: this would look clearer if you inverted the condition and wrote
> it as "if (mnt == parent) break;", then you also wouldn't need that
> "continue" or the braces)

It does look better with the logic inverted, but you *do* still need the
continue.  After the if-statement, there is:

	cursor.dentry = cursor.dentry->d_parent;

which we need to skip.  It might make sense to move that into an
else-statement from an aesthetic point of view.

David