> From: Larry Hall (Cygwin) > > Matt Seitz (matseitz) wrote: > > > >> Matt Seitz (matseitz) wrote: > >>> This problem and a proposed solution was mentioned in an earlier > >>> e'mail > (http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/1998-09/msg00839.html). > > > > Ah, yes, the mounted CIFS share is reported as a FAT file > > system*. > > That's it I expect. Going straight to the code, in > fhandler_disk_file.cc, here's some code from > fhandler_base::fstat_helper(): > > /* Enforce namehash as inode number on untrusted file systems. */ > if (pc.isgood_inode (nFileIndex)) > buf->st_ino = (__ino64_t) nFileIndex; > else > buf->st_ino = get_namehash (); > > One of the things that isgood_inode() checks for is that it's > not a FAT drive. In case it is, you end up with a faked hash inode.
Thanks for the diagnosis. I'm curious about something. The message I reference above also mentioned an issue with "st_dev". It seems to imply that correcting the "st_dev" to use the volume serial number could resolve this issue. What is your opinion on that theory? -- Matt Seitz Manager, File System Virtualization Cisco Systems, Inc. .:|:.:|:.
