Re: [patch 4/8] fs, exportfs: Add export_encode_inode_fh helper

From: Cyrill Gorcunov
Date: Mon Aug 20 2012 - 12:33:37 EST


On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 07:49:23PM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
> Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > To provide fsnotify object inodes being watched without
> > binding to alphabetical path we need to encode them with
> > exportfs help. This patch adds a helper which operates
> > with plain inodes directly.
>
> doesn't name_to_handle_at() work for you ? It also allows to get a file
> handle using file descriptor.

Hi, sorry for dealy. Well, the last idea is to get rid of this helper,
I've sent out an updated version where ino+dev is only printed.

Cyrill
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