RE: [[PATCH v1] 16/37] [CIFS] SMBD: Post a SMBD message with no payload

[Long Li]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christoph Hellwig [mailto:hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2017 3:24 AM
> To: Long Li <longli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: Re: [[PATCH v1] 16/37] [CIFS] SMBD: Post a SMBD message with no
> payload
> 
> On Wed, Aug 02, 2017 at 01:10:27PM -0700, Long Li wrote:
> > From: Long Li <longli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Implement the function to send a SMBD message with no payload. This is
> required at times when we want to extend credtis to server to have it
> continue to send data, without sending any actual data payload.
> 
> Shouldn't this just be implemented as a special case in the version that posts
> data?

It uses a different packet format "struct smbd_data_transfer_no_data". I can restructure some common code to share between packet sending functions.