docs: improve pathname-lookup document structure

Get rid of some unneeded structural elements around the new (to RST)
pathname-lookup document.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com>
[ jc: grabbed from email and changelog added ]
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/index.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/index.rst
index ba921bdd5b063bef1448c79c9fc18aa3ed02f952..605befab300b2065159424b307d02828af1e4937 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/index.rst
@@ -363,8 +363,18 @@ encryption of files and directories.
 Pathname lookup
 ===============
 
-Pathname lookup in Linux is a complex beast; the document linked below
-provides a comprehensive summary for those looking for the details.
+
+This write-up is based on three articles published at lwn.net:
+
+- <https://lwn.net/Articles/649115/> Pathname lookup in Linux
+- <https://lwn.net/Articles/649729/> RCU-walk: faster pathname lookup in Linux
+- <https://lwn.net/Articles/650786/> A walk among the symlinks
+
+Written by Neil Brown with help from Al Viro and Jon Corbet.
+It has subsequently been updated to reflect changes in the kernel
+including:
+
+- per-directory parallel name lookup.
 
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst
index 30a155736afe2d022324e2ec99fe52cdf062270d..9d6b68853f5b39b50152e3bf6748aec729728529 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.rst
@@ -1,18 +1,3 @@
-========================
-Pathname lookup in Linux
-========================
-
-This write-up is based on three articles published at lwn.net:
-
-- <https://lwn.net/Articles/649115/> Pathname lookup in Linux
-- <https://lwn.net/Articles/649729/> RCU-walk: faster pathname lookup in Linux
-- <https://lwn.net/Articles/650786/> A walk among the symlinks
-
-Written by Neil Brown with help from Al Viro and Jon Corbet.
-It has subsequently been updated to reflect changes in the kernel
-including:
-
-- per-directory parallel name lookup.
 
 Introduction to pathname lookup
 ===============================