1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index be788c0957d4..e72fa17fe559 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -287,6 +287,18 @@ config BSD_PROCESS_ACCT_V3
 	  for processing it. A preliminary version of these tools is available
 	  at <http://www.gnu.org/software/acct/>.
 
+config FHANDLE
+	bool "open by fhandle syscalls"
+	select EXPORTFS
+	help
+	  If you say Y here, a user level program will be able to map
+	  file names to handle and then later use the handle for
+	  different file system operations. This is useful in implementing
+	  userspace file servers, which now track files using handles instead
+	  of names. The handle would remain the same even if file names
+	  get renamed. Enables open_by_handle_at(2) and name_to_handle_at(2)
+	  syscalls.
+
 config TASKSTATS
 	bool "Export task/process statistics through netlink (EXPERIMENTAL)"
 	depends on NET