fileid_type = 2;
                } else
                        fileid_type = fh->fh_fileid_type;
-               
+
                if (fileid_type == 0)
                        dentry = dget(exp->ex_dentry);
                else {
                             __u32 *datap, int *maxsize)
 {
        struct export_operations *nop = exp->ex_mnt->mnt_sb->s_export_op;
-       
+
        if (dentry == exp->ex_dentry) {
                *maxsize = 0;
                return 0;
 }
 
 __be32
-fh_compose(struct svc_fh *fhp, struct svc_export *exp, struct dentry *dentry, struct svc_fh *ref_fh)
+fh_compose(struct svc_fh *fhp, struct svc_export *exp, struct dentry *dentry,
+          struct svc_fh *ref_fh)
 {
        /* ref_fh is a reference file handle.
         * if it is non-null and for the same filesystem, then we should compose
         *
         */
 
-       u8 ref_fh_version = 0;
-       u8 ref_fh_fsid_type = 0;
+       u8 version = 1;
+       u8 fsid_type = 0;
        struct inode * inode = dentry->d_inode;
        struct dentry *parent = dentry->d_parent;
        __u32 *datap;
                parent->d_name.name, dentry->d_name.name,
                (inode ? inode->i_ino : 0));
 
+       /* Choose filehandle version and fsid type based on
+        * the reference filehandle (if it is in the same export)
+        * or the export options.
+        */
        if (ref_fh && ref_fh->fh_export == exp) {
-               ref_fh_version = ref_fh->fh_handle.fh_version;
-               if (ref_fh_version == 0xca)
-                       ref_fh_fsid_type = 0;
+               version = ref_fh->fh_handle.fh_version;
+               if (version == 0xca)
+                       fsid_type = 0;
                else
-                       ref_fh_fsid_type = ref_fh->fh_handle.fh_fsid_type;
-               if (ref_fh_fsid_type > 3)
-                       ref_fh_fsid_type = 0;
-
-               /* make sure ref_fh type works for given export */
-               if (ref_fh_fsid_type == 1 &&
-                   !(exp->ex_flags & NFSEXP_FSID)) {
-                       /* if we don't have an fsid, we cannot provide one... */
-                       ref_fh_fsid_type = 0;
-               }
+                       fsid_type = ref_fh->fh_handle.fh_fsid_type;
+               /* We know this version/type works for this export
+                * so there is no need for further checks.
+                */
        } else if (exp->ex_flags & NFSEXP_FSID)
-               ref_fh_fsid_type = 1;
-
-       if (!old_valid_dev(ex_dev) && ref_fh_fsid_type == 0) {
+               fsid_type = 1;
+       else if (!old_valid_dev(ex_dev))
                /* for newer device numbers, we must use a newer fsid format */
-               ref_fh_version = 1;
-               ref_fh_fsid_type = 3;
-       }
-       if (old_valid_dev(ex_dev) &&
-           (ref_fh_fsid_type == 2 || ref_fh_fsid_type == 3))
-               /* must use type1 for smaller device numbers */
-               ref_fh_fsid_type = 0;
+               fsid_type = 3;
+       else
+               fsid_type = 0;
 
        if (ref_fh == fhp)
                fh_put(ref_fh);
 
        if (fhp->fh_locked || fhp->fh_dentry) {
                printk(KERN_ERR "fh_compose: fh %s/%s not initialized!\n",
-                       parent->d_name.name, dentry->d_name.name);
+                      parent->d_name.name, dentry->d_name.name);
        }
        if (fhp->fh_maxsize < NFS_FHSIZE)
                printk(KERN_ERR "fh_compose: called with maxsize %d! %s/%s\n",
-                      fhp->fh_maxsize, parent->d_name.name, dentry->d_name.name);
+                      fhp->fh_maxsize,
+                      parent->d_name.name, dentry->d_name.name);
 
        fhp->fh_dentry = dget(dentry); /* our internal copy */
        fhp->fh_export = exp;
        cache_get(&exp->h);
 
-       if (ref_fh_version == 0xca) {
+       if (version == 0xca) {
                /* old style filehandle please */
                memset(&fhp->fh_handle.fh_base, 0, NFS_FHSIZE);
                fhp->fh_handle.fh_size = NFS_FHSIZE;
                fhp->fh_handle.ofh_dcookie = 0xfeebbaca;
                fhp->fh_handle.ofh_dev =  old_encode_dev(ex_dev);
                fhp->fh_handle.ofh_xdev = fhp->fh_handle.ofh_dev;
-               fhp->fh_handle.ofh_xino = ino_t_to_u32(exp->ex_dentry->d_inode->i_ino);
+               fhp->fh_handle.ofh_xino =
+                       ino_t_to_u32(exp->ex_dentry->d_inode->i_ino);
                fhp->fh_handle.ofh_dirino = ino_t_to_u32(parent_ino(dentry));
                if (inode)
                        _fh_update_old(dentry, exp, &fhp->fh_handle);
                fhp->fh_handle.fh_version = 1;
                fhp->fh_handle.fh_auth_type = 0;
                datap = fhp->fh_handle.fh_auth+0;
-               fhp->fh_handle.fh_fsid_type = ref_fh_fsid_type;
-               switch (ref_fh_fsid_type) {
-                       case 0:
-                               /*
-                                * fsid_type 0:
-                                * 2byte major, 2byte minor, 4byte inode
-                                */
-                               mk_fsid_v0(datap, ex_dev,
-                                       exp->ex_dentry->d_inode->i_ino);
-                               break;
-                       case 1:
-                               /* fsid_type 1 == 4 bytes filesystem id */
-                               mk_fsid_v1(datap, exp->ex_fsid);
-                               break;
-                       case 2:
-                               /*
-                                * fsid_type 2:
-                                * 4byte major, 4byte minor, 4byte inode
-                                */
-                               mk_fsid_v2(datap, ex_dev,
-                                       exp->ex_dentry->d_inode->i_ino);
-                               break;
-                       case 3:
-                               /*
-                                * fsid_type 3:
-                                * 4byte devicenumber, 4byte inode
-                                */
-                               mk_fsid_v3(datap, ex_dev,
-                                       exp->ex_dentry->d_inode->i_ino);
-                               break;
+               fhp->fh_handle.fh_fsid_type = fsid_type;
+               switch (fsid_type) {
+               case 0:
+                       /*
+                        * fsid_type 0:
+                        * 2byte major, 2byte minor, 4byte inode
+                        */
+                       mk_fsid_v0(datap, ex_dev,
+                                  exp->ex_dentry->d_inode->i_ino);
+                       break;
+               case 1:
+                       /* fsid_type 1 == 4 bytes filesystem id */
+                       mk_fsid_v1(datap, exp->ex_fsid);
+                       break;
+               case 2:
+                       /*
+                        * fsid_type 2:
+                        * 4byte major, 4byte minor, 4byte inode
+                        */
+                       mk_fsid_v2(datap, ex_dev,
+                                  exp->ex_dentry->d_inode->i_ino);
+                       break;
+               case 3:
+                       /*
+                        * fsid_type 3:
+                        * 4byte devicenumber, 4byte inode
+                        */
+                       mk_fsid_v3(datap, ex_dev,
+                                  exp->ex_dentry->d_inode->i_ino);
+                       break;
                }
-               len = key_len(ref_fh_fsid_type);
+               len = key_len(fsid_type);
                datap += len/4;
                fhp->fh_handle.fh_size = 4 + len;
 
 {
        struct dentry *dentry;
        __u32 *datap;
-       
+
        if (!fhp->fh_dentry)
                goto out_bad;