linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 15/29] smb/client: add EXPORT_OP_STABLE

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Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 20:26:31 +0100
From: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>
To: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 15/29] smb/client: add EXPORT_OP_STABLE_HANDLES flag to
 export operations

On Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at 6:49 PM Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> Add the EXPORT_OP_STABLE_HANDLES flag to cifs export operations to indicate
> that this filesystem can be exported via NFS.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
> ---
>  fs/smb/client/export.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/fs/smb/client/export.c b/fs/smb/client/export.c
> index d606e8cbcb7db2b4026675bd9cbc264834687807..c1c23e21bfe610f1b5bf8d0eea64ab49e2c6ee3a 100644
> --- a/fs/smb/client/export.c
> +++ b/fs/smb/client/export.c
> @@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ const struct export_operations cifs_export_ops = {
>   * Following export operations are mandatory for NFS export support:
>   *     .fh_to_dentry =
>   */
> +       .flags = EXPORT_OP_STABLE_HANDLES,

Kind of odd to have this here after the comment out of NFS export.
Maybe add it inside the comment...

Thanks,
Amir.