Re: [fuse-devel] fuse_iget ignores generation number

[Roger W. <ro...@fi...>]

Miklos Szeredi wrote:
>> Is there any particular reason why fuse_iget / fuse_inode_eq doesn't 
>> validate the generation number?
>>     
>
> Don't know.  Quite sure I've thought about it, but don't remember the
> reasons any more.
>
> Is there a reason for checking the generation number?
>   
On reflection probably not, except when checking for a potentially stale 
NFS handle.

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Roger