On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 03:02:01PM +0000, Tom Talpey wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Aurélien Aptel <aaptel@xxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2018 9:55 AM > > To: Tom Talpey <ttalpey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Jeremy Allison <jra@xxxxxxxxx>; > > Steve French <smfrench@xxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: Theodore Tso <tytso@xxxxxxx>; Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; > > ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx; Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; linux-fsdevel <linux- > > fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: RE: Streams support in Linux > > > > Tom Talpey <ttalpey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > Wait, you're saying that Macs and Windows clients need to start issuing these > > new magical ioctl's to Samba/Linux servers? Not a solution, IMO. > > > > I think what Jeremy is saying is the other way around: linux programs > > issuing ioctls that cifs.ko will translate to what SMB uses to handle > > stream on the wire. > > Well ok, but the same question might apply to local applications, > or local libraries. Will there be a liblinuxsmb3streams.so, just to > implement these? Something like that. Remember, streams are not a part of POSIX (and IMHO nor should they be :-).
