linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/5] fat: allocate persistent inode numbers

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Message-ID: <CAKYAXd_fJwoPrX4zKW0sBDGsBGDWUj-_TtkFYws7z3xvgsnuRw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 24 Sep 2012 19:29:58 +0900
From:	Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@...il.com>
To:	OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, bfields@...ldses.org,
	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Namjae Jeon <namjae.jeon@...sung.com>,
	Ravishankar N <ravi.n1@...sung.com>,
	Amit Sahrawat <a.sahrawat@...sung.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/5] fat: allocate persistent inode numbers

2012/9/24, OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>:
> Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@...il.com> writes:
>
>>> This means - which code returns error?
>> Sorry, My explanation may be insufficient.
>>
>> nfs_update_inode()-> on NFS client
>> if ((fattr->valid & NFS_ATTR_FATTR_FILEID) && nfsi->fileid !=
>> fattr->fileid) {
>> 		printk(KERN_ERR "NFS: server %s error: fileid changed\n"
>> 			"fsid %s: expected fileid 0x%Lx, got 0x%Lx\n",
>> 			NFS_SERVER(inode)->nfs_client->cl_hostname,
>> 			inode->i_sb->s_id, (long long)nfsi->fileid,
>> 			(long long)fattr->fileid);
>> 		goto out_err;
>> 	}
>>
>> that the problem in that case will occur with the file handle on NFS
>> Client because the file handle on NFS client is still referring the
>> old inode number even though the i-pos is same
>
> I see. fileid seems to be stat.ino on nfsd4. inode->i_ino is actually
> just a hash key of inode hash (exception is only in audit, iirc).
>
> So, what happens if we set "stat->ino = i_pos" on fat_getattr().
>
> int fat_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry, struct kstat
> *stat)
> {
> 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
> 	generic_fillattr(inode, stat);
> 	stat->blksize = MSDOS_SB(inode->i_sb)->cluster_size;
> 	if (opts->nfs == FAT_NFS_LIMITED) {
> 		/* Use i_pos for ino. This is used as fileid of nfs. */
> 		stat->ino = MSDOS_SB(inode->i_sb)->i_pos;
> 	}
> 	return 0;
> }
Okay, Thanks for your help.
I will share the result after checking.

> --
> OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>
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