[Pvfs2-developers] Setting the dfile count

[Murali Vilayannur]

Hi Brad,
Doesn't attr.mask |= PVFS_ATTR_SYS_DFILE_COUNT prior to calling sys_create() do
the trick? Am i missing something?
Thanks,
Murali

On Thu, 8 Jun 2006, Bradley W Settlemyer wrote:

> Hello
>
>    In trying to set the dfile count, I'm finding that the attribute mask
> is set to
>
> attr.mask = 0x3f
>
> during file creation.
>
> I apparently need there to be a 1 in the 7th bit position (<<25) in
> order to set the dfile count (based on pvfs2-types.h).  I am passing in
> the number of dfiles I want, but since the mask isn't set correctly I
> can't set it.  How do I fiddle with the attribute mask, the sys-getattr
> machine is complex.
>
> Cheers,
> Brad
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