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    SubjectRe: [patch 4/8] fs, exportfs: Add export_encode_inode_fh helper
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    On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 08:33:38PM +0400, Cyrill Gorcunov wrote:
    > On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 07:49:23PM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
    > > Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@openvz.org> 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.

    I don't understand how ino and dev are useful to you, though, if you're
    still hoping to be able to look up inodes using this information later
    on.

    --b.


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