1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfsd/state.h b/fs/nfsd/state.h
index 2712042a66b1..8e85e07efce6 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/state.h
+++ b/fs/nfsd/state.h
@@ -463,15 +463,19 @@ static inline struct nfs4_lockowner * lockowner(struct nfs4_stateowner *so)
 /*
  * nfs4_file: a file opened by some number of (open) nfs4_stateowners.
  *
- * These objects are global. nfsd only keeps one instance of a nfs4_file per
- * inode (though it may keep multiple file descriptors open per inode). These
- * are tracked in the file_hashtbl which is protected by the state_lock
- * spinlock.
+ * These objects are global. nfsd keeps one instance of a nfs4_file per
+ * filehandle (though it may keep multiple file descriptors for each). Each
+ * inode can have multiple filehandles associated with it, so there is
+ * (potentially) a many to one relationship between this struct and struct
+ * inode.
+ *
+ * These are hashed by filehandle in the file_hashtbl, which is protected by
+ * the global state_lock spinlock.
  */
 struct nfs4_file {
         atomic_t                fi_ref;
         spinlock_t              fi_lock;
-        struct hlist_node       fi_hash;    /* hash by "struct inode *" */
+        struct hlist_node       fi_hash;        /* hash on fi_fhandle */
         struct list_head        fi_stateids;
         struct list_head        fi_delegations;
         /* One each for O_RDONLY, O_WRONLY, O_RDWR: */