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

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>

diff --git a/man4/fuse.4 b/man4/fuse.4
index 3a75a4101b55fe237b37c6336577d9452ee657a6..74096e1b9abc6a2f3cf6b93aa6b210753549d50e 100644 (file)
--- 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