From: Shyam Prasad N <nspmangalore@gmail.com>
To: Ralph Boehme <slow@samba.org>
Cc: linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>,
CIFS <linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: "Intent" of VFS lookups
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2026 18:50:40 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CANT5p=ortwT7ensa+kKoCa=wMnGETpqaQuBnhDWMSNu82KsqFg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <438478a7-c965-4a2a-9c4a-84b5f77d6dbe@samba.org>
On Thu, Apr 23, 2026 at 11:13 PM Ralph Boehme <slow@samba.org> wrote:
>
> On 4/23/26 7:01 PM, Shyam Prasad N wrote:
> > Wanted to understand if this is a problem for other filesystems or if
> > it is specific to SMB protocol?
> > SMB2+ protocol mandate that open call specifies if the file being
> > opened is a directory or not (regular file).
> sure? From memory (though the logic has always kind of escaped me) if
> you neither specify FILE_DIRECTORY_FILE nor FILE_NON_DIRECTORY_FILE the
> server is supposed to open the object regardless of the type.
Hi Ralph,
That's interesting. The spec does not seem to define this. Perhaps purposely?
Will try and prototype a change to verify.
--
Regards,
Shyam
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-24 13:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-23 17:01 "Intent" of VFS lookups Shyam Prasad N
2026-04-23 17:43 ` Ralph Boehme
2026-04-24 13:20 ` Shyam Prasad N [this message]
2026-04-24 13:41 ` Tom Talpey
2026-04-28 16:12 ` Shyam Prasad N
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