On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 03:52:41PM -0600, shirishpargaonkar@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > +static struct dentry * > +cifs_fh_to_dentry(struct super_block *sb, struct fid *fh, > + int fh_len, int fh_type) > +{ > + struct cifs_fid *cfid = (struct cifs_fid *)fh; > + struct inode *inode = NULL; > + struct cifs_fattr fattr; > + > > -#endif /* CIFS_NFSD_EXPORT */ > + if (fh_type != FILEID_INO32_GEN && fh_type != FILEID_INO32_GEN_PARENT) { > + cERROR(1, "%s: Can't handle fh type: %d", __func__, fh_type); > + return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL); > + } > > + if (!cfid->cino) > + return ERR_PTR(-ESTALE); > + > + fattr.cf_uniqueid = cfid->cino; > + inode = iget5_locked(sb, cfid->cino, cifs_find_inode_id, > + cifs_init_inode, &fattr); > + if (IS_ERR(inode)) > + return ERR_CAST(inode); > + > + return d_obtain_alias(inode); Does the cifs protocol give the client a way to look up a file by inode number (or filehandle or equivalent?). --b. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-cifs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html