Re: [PATCH v2 6/5] statx: add STATX_RESULT_MASK flag

Miklos Szeredi [off-list ref] wrote:

FUSE needs this, because it uses legacy inode initialization, that doesn't
return a result_mask, so needs a refresh when caller asks for it with
statx().

Can't you just make it up in fuse?  Presumably, fuse doesn't support any of
the non-basic statx fields either?

It might make sense later to promote this to a proper statx mask flag and
return it in stx_mask to userspace.

That sounds kind of recursive - a bit in stx_mask would be saying whether or
not stx_mask can be used.

Besides, what would it mean if that bit says you can't use stx_mask?  None of
the stx_* fields are valid?

+#define STATX_RESULT_MASK STATX__RESERVED

Please don't use that bit.


Sorry, this patch doesn't make sense.  Just set result_mask to
STATX_BASIC_STATS in fuse_fill_attr().

David