From: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2026 17:58:40 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: fs: write a better comment in step_into() concerning .mnt assignment
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fs: write a better comment in step_into() concerning .mnt assignment

Signed-off-by: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260328175841.3390950-1-mjguzik@gmail.com
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
---

diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 5fe6cac48df86..d77f14f8d67c9 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2141,7 +2141,7 @@ static __always_inline const char *step_into(struct nameidata *nd, int flags,
 		if (unlikely(!inode))
 			return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 		nd->path.dentry = dentry;
-		/* nd->path.mnt is retained on purpose */
+		/* nd->path.mnt remains unchanged as no mount point was crossed */
 		nd->inode = inode;
 		nd->seq = nd->next_seq;
 		return NULL;