On Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 09:34:49PM +0200, Trond Myklebust wrote:
> >>>>> " " == Matti Aarnio <matti.aarnio@zmailer.org> writes:
> > When the NFS server does file open, does it do it with
> > O_LARGEFILE, or not ? Is there a standardized way to pass
> > that flag over NFSv3 ?
>
> All NFSv3 operations are 64-bit and LFS-compliant. There's therefore
> no need for an O_LARGEFILE flag.
Ok, so there is no such flag over the NFSv3 XDR protocol,
however:
The NFSv3 SERVER (for which Andrea made his patch)
actually MUST open local files with O_LARGEFILE
flag set. (Otherwise e.g. EXT2 may reject the open.)
The NFSv3 CLIENT code must do post-open verification,
that if the opened file has size exceeding 2G-1, and
O_LARGEFILE flag is not set, the opened file must be
closed, and caller must be informed of the rejection
with -EFBIG status.
(If possible, do that size verification before open.)
Am I making any sense ?
> Cheers,
> Trond
/Matti Aarnio
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