> 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? That makes sense for some cases (open, queryinfo e.g.) and has been done in the past for SMB3 servers. On Thu, Dec 7, 2023 at 11:50 AM David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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 > -- Thanks, Steve