Re: [PATCH 00/29] fs: require filesystems to explicitly opt-in to nfsd export support

Amir Goldstein
2026-01-15T18:17:48Z

On Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at 6:48 PM Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> In recent years, a number of filesystems that can't present stable
> filehandles have grown struct export_operations. They've mostly done
> this for local use-cases (enabling open_by_handle_at() and the like).
> Unfortunately, having export_operations is generally sufficient to make
> a filesystem be considered exportable via nfsd, but that requires that
> the server present stable filehandles.

Where does the term "stable file handles" come from? and what does it mean?
Why not "persistent handles", which is described in NFS and SMB specs?

Not to mention that EXPORT_OP_PERSISTENT_HANDLES was Acked
by both Christoph and Christian:

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/20260115-rundgang-leihgabe-12018e93c00c@brauner/

Am I missing anything?

Thanks,
Amir.