Fwd: Using file type information from POSIX mode

[Ralph Boehme <slow@xxxxxxxxx>]

...resending to the right cifs list...

Folks?

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Subject: Using file type information from POSIX mode
Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2024 10:51:47 +0100
From: Ralph Boehme <slow@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Steven French <Steven.French@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Paulo Alcantara 
<palcantara@xxxxxxxxx>
CC: cifs-protocol@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <cifs-protocol@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Steve, Paulo,

it seems kernel client doesn't yet implement using file type information 
from the updated POSIX mode as discussed at SDC:

<https://www.samba.org/~slow/SMB3_POSIX/fscc_posix_extensions.html#posix-file-type-definition>

Any plans? Samba already implements this.

Thanks!
-slow

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