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The export ops just use > generic_encode_ino32_fh, and FAT doesn't have stable inode numbers. > The "nostale" ops seem sane enough but it looks like they only work > with the fs in r/o mode. Yeah. I guess we need to ignore this because of > > I think Amirs patch would take care of that. Although userland nfs > > servers or other storage applications using the handle syscalls would > > still see them. Then again fixing the problem that some handles > > did not fulfill the long standing (but not documented well enough) > > semantics probably is a good fix on it's own. > > Agreed. We should try to ensure uniqueness and persistence in all > filehandles both for nfsd and userland applications. Sounds good to me.