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List:       fuse-devel
Subject:    Re: [fuse-devel] mode argument
From:       Miklos Szeredi <miklos () szeredi ! hu>
Date:       2007-07-15 12:39:08
Message-ID: E1IA3NU-0002so-00 () dorka ! pomaz ! szeredi ! hu
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> There is an odditiy in the @mode arguments. Let's see step by step.
> 
> Any object that is non-file, non-directory is created with a 
> filesystem's ->mknod() function, if such exists. If it does not exist, 
> the request is rejected.
> Following cases remain:
> Files are always created with ->create().
> Directories are always created with ->mkdir().
> 
> create() gets passed a mode that has the format [S_IFREG] encoded, 
> while mkdir() gets a mode that does not have S_ISDIR.

Yes, it's inconsistent, but it shouldn't really hurt.

OK, probably removing S_IFREG from create() wouldn't hurt either, but
who knows...  Better safe than sorry I say ;)

Miklos

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