[Pvfs2-developers] Re: setting xattrs on pvfs2 root

[Phil Carns]

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
>