Namjae Jeon <linkinj...@gmail.com> writes:

>> I think we don't need this. Because FH and ino is not necessary to have
>> relation.
>>
>> Can we re-introduce ->encode_fh() handler, and export i_pos again?  With
>> this, I think we can get i_pos correctly. Otherwise, ino may not contain
>> all bits of i_pos.
> I already tried to fix this issue using encode_fh without stable ino before.
> But I reached conclusion that we should use stable inode number.
>
> e.g. If we rebuild inode number using i_pos of fh, inode number is
> changed by i_unique.
> And It is not match with inode number of FH on NFS client. So estale
> error will happen.

What is problem if i_ino + i_generation is not match? I think, even if
those didn't match, i_pos in FH should resolve issue, no?
-- 
OGAWA Hirofumi <hirof...@mail.parknet.co.jp>
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