On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 10:26 AM, Noah Watkins <noahwatkins@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > In the libcephfs client it looks like both `Client::stat` and > `Client::lstat` use a default mask of CEPH_STAT_CAP_INODE_ALL and are > able to return immediately from `Client::_getattr` without making an > MDS request. However, `Client::fstat` uses hard-coded -1 as the cap > mask and always issues a MDS request. Is this the intended behavior, > and if so, what are different semantics of fstat that make this a > requirement? Based off of "man fstat" and looking at the git history, I think this is an accident. I certainly can't think of any reason why we'd need Fb (for instance) in order to answer a stat request. Send in a PR? :) -Greg -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe ceph-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
