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From: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] EXPORTFS: Have fh_to_*() return -ESTALE if the file handle type is unrecognised [try #2]
Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:14:24 +0000
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J. Bruce Fields <bfields@fieldses.org> wrote:

> It looks like d_obtain_alias already returns -ESTALE in this case, not a
> negative dentry.

Sorry, you're right.  I should know that.  This patch is superfluous, though
it may give better performance in the duff-handle case.

David