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SubjectRe: [PATCH] [GFS2] Remove i_mode passing from NFS File Handle
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Hi,

On Tue, 2007-07-10 at 12:36 +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 11:01:55AM +0100, Steven Whitehouse wrote:
> > > Because gfs2_decode_fh only accepts file handles with GFS2_LARGE_FH_SIZE
> > > or GFS2_LARGE_FH_SIZE you don't accept filehandles sent out by and older
> > > gfs version anymore. Stale filehandles because of a new kernel version
> > > are a big no-no, so please add back code to handle the old filehandles
> > > on the decode side.
> > >
> >
> > This should fix that problem I think since its only relating to end of
> > the fh we can just ignore that field in order to accept the older
> > format,
>
> Yes, I guess this should do it.

I've just added it, with a signed-off-by: into the -nmw git tree, so I
think the pull request can now continue to stand,

Steve.


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