Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 14 May 2003 11:32:32 +0200 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] htree nfs fix | From | Trond Myklebust <> |
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>>>>> " " == Andrew Morton <akpm@digeo.com> writes:
>> Either we have to agree that we break legacy 32-bit getdents() >> and treat all cookies as signed 32/64-bit, or we break >> getdents64(), and treat all cookies as unsigned. (This applies >> to both 2.5.x and 2.4.x) >>
> Or we do nothing.
> What would you recommend?
I frankly don't care. I consider the current situation to be a direct result of glibc's abuse of getdents64() starting in glibc-2.2. If they had used 32-bit interfaces for the 32-bit readdir() they way they did in glibc-2.1 then there would be no 'NFS problem' for people to bitch about.
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