linux-kernel - Re: Re: [PATCH] xfs: xfs_nfs_get

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Date:   Fri, 12 May 2023 16:02:04 +1000
From:   Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
To:     "renlei1@...natelecom.cn" <renlei1@...natelecom.cn>
Cc:     "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...nel.org>,
        linux-xfs <linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH] xfs: xfs_nfs_get_inode support zero generation

On Fri, May 12, 2023 at 10:53:29AM +0800, renlei1@...natelecom.cn wrote:
> Yup, gen is 0 for the inodes created by libxfs, such as rootino, rbmino, rsumino.
> but those inodes will never be freed, and gen will always zero.

Yes, but why does that even matter for file handle verification?

> so I think bypass the verification if gen==0 is still valid.

Did you think about what happens when an inode->gen
overflows from 0xffffffff to 0 as part of a normal unlink/create
cycle?

-Dave.
-- 
Dave Chinner
david@...morbit.com