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-rw-r--r--include/linux/exportfs.h44
1 files changed, 41 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/exportfs.h b/include/linux/exportfs.h
index 8872fe8392d..06178a1336f 100644
--- a/include/linux/exportfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/exportfs.h
@@ -7,6 +7,44 @@ struct dentry;
struct super_block;
struct vfsmount;
+/*
+ * The fileid_type identifies how the file within the filesystem is encoded.
+ * In theory this is freely set and parsed by the filesystem, but we try to
+ * stick to conventions so we can share some generic code and don't confuse
+ * sniffers like ethereal/wireshark.
+ *
+ * The filesystem must not use the value '0' or '0xff'.
+ */
+enum fid_type {
+ /*
+ * The root, or export point, of the filesystem.
+ * (Never actually passed down to the filesystem.
+ */
+ FILEID_ROOT = 0,
+
+ /*
+ * 32bit inode number, 32 bit generation number.
+ */
+ FILEID_INO32_GEN = 1,
+
+ /*
+ * 32bit inode number, 32 bit generation number,
+ * 32 bit parent directory inode number.
+ */
+ FILEID_INO32_GEN_PARENT = 2,
+};
+
+struct fid {
+ union {
+ struct {
+ u32 ino;
+ u32 gen;
+ u32 parent_ino;
+ u32 parent_gen;
+ } i32;
+ __u32 raw[6];
+ };
+};
/**
* struct export_operations - for nfsd to communicate with file systems
@@ -117,9 +155,9 @@ extern struct dentry *find_exported_dentry(struct super_block *sb, void *obj,
void *parent, int (*acceptable)(void *context, struct dentry *de),
void *context);
-extern int exportfs_encode_fh(struct dentry *dentry, __u32 *fh, int *max_len,
- int connectable);
-extern struct dentry *exportfs_decode_fh(struct vfsmount *mnt, __u32 *fh,
+extern int exportfs_encode_fh(struct dentry *dentry, struct fid *fid,
+ int *max_len, int connectable);
+extern struct dentry *exportfs_decode_fh(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct fid *fid,
int fh_len, int fileid_type, int (*acceptable)(void *, struct dentry *),
void *context);