RE: [PATCH] cifs: add IOCTL for QUERY_INFO passthrough to userspace

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-cifs-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <linux-cifs-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On
> Behalf Of Aurélien Aptel
> Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2018 1:47 PM
> To: Ronnie Sahlberg <lsahlber@xxxxxxxxxx>; linux-cifs <linux-
> cifs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Steve French <smfrench@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] cifs: add IOCTL for QUERY_INFO passthrough to userspace
> ...
> adds a cifsfileinfo utility.
> ...
> Please speak up if you think of a better name ...

I think it's a mistake to name anything beginning with "cifs" in
today's world. I suggest "smbfileinfo". But isn't this really just
an extended version of stat(1)? Would a name in line with that
usage be more appropriate?




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