From 4547fd7b18a8cbf474c1a48fc8b334411ed42b7e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Eischer <michael.eischer@fau.de>
Date: Thu, 14 May 2026 10:53:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fuse: tweak comment

---
 internal/fuse/file.go | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/internal/fuse/file.go b/internal/fuse/file.go
index 986d8428f..6fd042f81 100644
--- a/internal/fuse/file.go
+++ b/internal/fuse/file.go
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ func (f *file) Attr(_ context.Context, a *fuse.Attr) error {
 	a.Size = f.node.Size
 	a.Blocks = (f.node.Size + blockSize - 1) / blockSize
 	a.BlockSize = blockSize
-	// present a link count > 0 to keep over-eager stat() .st_nlink checks (e.g., from Samba's smbd) happy
+	// Windows (and other non-POSIX) backups may store a link count of 0.
+	// FUSE must still report a positive nlink so tools that validate stat()
+	// (e.g. Samba) accept the file.
 	a.Nlink = max(uint32(1), uint32(f.node.Links))
 
 	if !f.root.cfg.OwnerIsRoot {