Subject: Re: linux-next: build warning after merge of the vfs tree

From: Al Viro <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 14:57:54 +0000

On Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at 09:28:34AM +0100, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:

> 1) Split it (and similar cases) into: 
> 
> 	"filename_link() and filename_renameat2()" 
> 
>    which would give sphinx automarkup the opportunity to create
>    cross references
> 
>    (my preference)

The final state right now is (admittedly sloppy)

  do_{mkdir,mknod,link,symlink,renameat2,rmdir,unlink}() are gone; filename_...()
  counterparts replace those.  The difference is that the former used to consume
  filename references; the latter do not.

Sure, the entire note can be split in 7 notes differing only in the names
of removed function and its replacement, but it feels wrong ;-/