The issue is related to the encoding of file handles in the Linux kernel. The `encode fh()` method may fail for various reasons, and some users of `exportfs encode {fh,fid}()` have a `WARN ON()` assertion when this failure occurs. However, this assertion is incorrect and has been relaxed. The legacy users of `exportfs encode fh()`, such as `nfsd` and the `name to handle at(2)` syscall, are prepared to handle the possibility of failure to encode a file handle.