Hey Phil, Sorry I forgot to get back to you on this.. No I don't think this would work. It is a kernel module issue that I hadnt tracked down fully.. Do you need this feature? thanks, Murali
On 6/27/07, Phil Carns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Just pinging on this one again- has any one else bumped into this problem? -Phil Phil Carns wrote: > It looks like pvfs2 does not allow you to set xattrs on the root > directory. Is this expected? > > # checking the mount options: > > > mount -t pvfs2 > tcp://localhost:3334/pvfs2-fs on /mnt/pvfs2 type pvfs2 (rw,user_xattr) > > # confirming that xattrs can be set on a normal directory: > > > setfattr -n user.pvfs2.num_dfiles -v "1" /mnt/pvfs2/dir1 > > getfattr -n user.pvfs2.num_dfiles /mnt/pvfs2/dir1 > getfattr: Removing leading '/' from absolute path names > # file: mnt/pvfs2/dir1 > user.pvfs2.num_dfiles="1" > > # trying to set xattrs on the root directory: > > > setfattr -n user.pvfs2.num_dfiles -v "1" /mnt/pvfs2 > setfattr: /mnt/pvfs2: Operation not permitted > > getfattr -n user.pvfs2.num_dfiles /mnt/pvfs2 > /mnt/pvfs2: user.pvfs2.num_dfiles: No such attribute > > All of the above is run as root. I don't think it is anything special > about the num_dfiles attribute either; it looks like I can't set any > xattrs on the root directory. It always responds with "Operation not > permitted". > > -Phil > _______________________________________________ Pvfs2-developers mailing list [email protected] http://www.beowulf-underground.org/mailman/listinfo/pvfs2-developers
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