fuse.4: fuse_entry_out: rework discussion of uniqueness of nodeid + generation

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2016-12-10 14:28:50 +01:00
parent 7260a6e1e8
commit 5d69a98a99
1 changed files with 7 additions and 3 deletions

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@ -349,9 +349,7 @@ The expected reply is of the form:
.nf
struct fuse_entry_out {
uint64_t nodeid; /* Inode ID */
uint64_t generation; /* Inode generation: nodeid:gen
must be unique for the
filesystem's lifetime */
uint64_t generation; /* Inode generation */
uint64_t entry_valid;
uint64_t attr_valid;
uint32_t entry_valid_nsec;
@ -361,6 +359,12 @@ struct fuse_entry_out {
.fi
.in
The combination of
.I nodeid
and
.I generation
must be unique for the filesystem's lifetime.
The interpretation of timeouts and
.I attr
is as for