fs: properly document __lookup_mnt()
The comment on top of __lookup_mnt() states that it finds the first
mount implying that there could be multiple mounts mounted at the same
dentry with the same parent.
On older kernels "shadow mounts" could be created during mount
propagation. So if a mount @m in the destination propagation tree
already had a child mount @p mounted at @mp then any mount @n we
propagated to @m at the same @mp would be appended after the preexisting
mount @p in @mount_hashtable. This was a completely direct way of
creating shadow mounts.
That direct way is gone but there are still subtle ways to create shadow
mounts. For example, when attaching a source mnt @mnt to a shared mount.
The root of the source mnt @mnt might be overmounted by a mount @o after
we finished path lookup but before we acquired the namespace semaphore
to copy the source mount tree @mnt.
After we acquired the namespace lock @mnt is copied including @o
covering it. After we attach @mnt to a shared mount @dest_mnt we end up
propagation it to all it's peer and slaves @d. If @d already has a mount
@n mounted on top of it we tuck @mnt beneath @n. This means, we mount
@mnt at @d and mount @n on @mnt. Now we have both @o and @n mounted on
the same mountpoint at @mnt.
Explain this in the documentation as this is pretty subtle.
Reviewed-by: Seth Forshee (DigitalOcean) <sforshee@kernel.org>
Message-Id: <
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Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>