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FromNeil Brown <>
DateThu, 21 Feb 2002 16:04:43 +1100 (EST)
SubjectRe: tmpfs, NFS, file handles
On  February 21, davidchow@shaolinmicro.com wrote:
> > What I suggest is nfsd should export a symbol called
> generic_fh_to_dentry() such that it will be more generic like
> generic_file_read() to handle gneeric calls for every fs.

But every filesystem is really very different in this reguard.

What would you think this "generic_fh_to_dentry" should do?

We actually already have one.  You set ->fh_to_dentry to NULL, and the
it used "iget". 

NeilBrown
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