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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/exportfs.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/exportfs.h | 13 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/exportfs.h b/include/linux/exportfs.h index b03c0625fa6e..5ab958cdc50b 100644 --- a/include/linux/exportfs.h +++ b/include/linux/exportfs.h @@ -157,12 +157,13 @@ struct fid { * @fh_to_dentry is given a &struct super_block (@sb) and a file handle * fragment (@fh, @fh_len). It should return a &struct dentry which refers * to the same file that the file handle fragment refers to. If it cannot, - * it should return a %NULL pointer if the file was found but no acceptable - * &dentries were available, or an %ERR_PTR error code indicating why it - * couldn't be found (e.g. %ENOENT or %ENOMEM). Any suitable dentry can be - * returned including, if necessary, a new dentry created with d_alloc_root. - * The caller can then find any other extant dentries by following the - * d_alias links. + * it should return a %NULL pointer if the file cannot be found, or an + * %ERR_PTR error code of %ENOMEM if a memory allocation failure occurred. + * Any other error code is treated like %NULL, and will cause an %ESTALE error + * for callers of exportfs_decode_fh(). + * Any suitable dentry can be returned including, if necessary, a new dentry + * created with d_alloc_root. The caller can then find any other extant + * dentries by following the d_alias links. * * fh_to_parent: * Same as @fh_to_dentry, except that it returns a pointer to the parent |