From 5d69a98a99991f8795dc79a78ae0328c8207ccb3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2016 14:28:50 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] fuse.4: fuse_entry_out: rework discussion of uniqueness of nodeid + generation Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man4/fuse.4 | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/man4/fuse.4 b/man4/fuse.4 index 3a75a4101..74096e1b9 100644 --- a/man4/fuse.4 +++ b/man4/fuse.4 @@ -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