+ return result;
+ } else {
+ /*
+ * It's not a directory. Life is a little more complicated.
+ */
+ struct dentry *target_dir, *nresult;
+ char nbuf[NAME_MAX+1];
+
+ /*
+ * See if either the dentry we just got from the filesystem
+ * or any alias for it is acceptable. This is always true
+ * if this filesystem is exported without the subtreecheck
+ * option. If the filesystem is exported with the subtree
+ * check option there's a fair chance we need to look at
+ * the parent directory in the file handle and make sure
+ * it's connected to the filesystem root.
+ */
+ alias = find_acceptable_alias(result, acceptable, context);
+ if (alias)
+ return alias;
+
+ /*
+ * Try to extract a dentry for the parent directory from the
+ * file handle. If this fails we'll have to give up.
+ */
+ err = -ESTALE;
+ if (!nop->fh_to_parent)
+ goto err_result;
+
+ target_dir = nop->fh_to_parent(mnt->mnt_sb, fid,
+ fh_len, fileid_type);
+ if (!target_dir)
+ goto err_result;
+ err = PTR_ERR(target_dir);
+ if (IS_ERR(target_dir))
+ goto err_result;
+
+ /*
+ * And as usual we need to make sure the parent directory is
+ * connected to the filesystem root. The VFS really doesn't
+ * like disconnected directories..
+ */
+ err = reconnect_path(mnt, target_dir);
+ if (err) {
+ dput(target_dir);
+ goto err_result;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Now that we've got both a well-connected parent and a
+ * dentry for the inode we're after, make sure that our
+ * inode is actually connected to the parent.
+ */
+ err = exportfs_get_name(mnt, target_dir, nbuf, result);
+ if (!err) {
+ mutex_lock(&target_dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
+ nresult = lookup_one_len(nbuf, target_dir,
+ strlen(nbuf));
+ mutex_unlock(&target_dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
+ if (!IS_ERR(nresult)) {
+ if (nresult->d_inode) {
+ dput(result);
+ result = nresult;
+ } else
+ dput(nresult);
+ }
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * At this point we are done with the parent, but it's pinned
+ * by the child dentry anyway.
+ */
+ dput(target_dir);
+
+ /*
+ * And finally make sure the dentry is actually acceptable
+ * to NFSD.
+ */
+ alias = find_acceptable_alias(result, acceptable, context);
+ if (!alias) {
+ err = -EACCES;
+ goto err_result;
+ }
+
+ return alias;
+ }
+
+ err_result:
+ dput(result);
+ return ERR_PTR(err);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(exportfs_decode_fh);