Re: [PATCH 10/10] ovl: follow decoded origin file handle of merge dir

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On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 10:51 AM, Miklos Szeredi <miklos@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 10:47 AM, Miklos Szeredi <miklos@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Aren't we allowed to update the stale index?
>
> The answer is no, of course (otherwise client would get success for
> something it should get error for).  Eeturning ESTALE is the right
> thing to do.

Can encode an overlay-generation in the handle.  That would allow us
to have a stale index as well as a new one for the same underlying
origin.

Thanks,
Miklos
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