On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 03:17:24PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> + encode_fh (optinonal)
^^^^^^^^^
> + Takes a dentry and creates a filehandle fragment which can later be used
> + to find/create a dentry for the same object. The default implementation
> + creates a filehandle fragment that encodes a 32bit inode and generation
> + number for the inode encoded, and if nessecary the same information for
^^^^^^^^^
> + the parent.
> +
> + fh_to_dentry (mandatory)
> + Given a filehandle fragment, this should find the implied object and
> + create a dentry for it (possibly with d_alloc_anon).
> +
> + fh_to_parent (optional but strongly recommended)
> + Given a filehandle fragment, this should find the parent of the
> + implied object and create a dentry for it (possibly with d_alloc_anon).
> + May simplify fail if the filehandle fragment is too small.
^^^^^^^^
Greg.
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