Re: Can fallocate() ops be emulated better using SMB request compounding?

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Jeremy Allison <jra@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> >Further, are the two ops then essentially done atomically?
> 
> No. They are processed (at least in Samba) as two separate
> requests and can be raced by local or other remote access.

So just compounding them would leave us in the same situation we are in now -
which would be fine.

What do you think about the idea of having the server see a specifically
arranged compounded pair and turn them into an op that can't otherwise be
represented in the protocol?

Or is it better to try and get the protocol extended?

David





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