[Pvfs2-users] Problems with basic distribution (with xattrs)

[Phil Carns]

The attached patch depends on the previous one, but this one 
specifically fixes the varstrip directory hints issue.  This has been 
applied in cvs trunk as well.

I didn't take Murali's patch verbatim, but the idea is basically the 
same.  The varstrip params have to be parsed as a special case in the 
code that handles directory hints because it uses a different parameter 
format than the other distributions.

-Phil

> 
> I'll look into the varstrip issue soon.
> 
> -Phil
> 
> Tony Kew wrote:
>> Dear PVFS users list,
>>
>> Mounting a pvfs 7.2.1, creating directories and setting the distribution
>> type with setfattr for each directory, only simple_stipe and twod_stripe
>> would allow me to write a file in the given directory.
>>
>> Adding the varstrip_dist xattrs patch from Murali Vilayannur attached to
>> this message thread:
>>
>>    http://osdir.com/ml/file-systems.pvfs2.users/2007-01/msg00050.html
>>
>> fixes the variable strip distibution, but the basic distribution still
>> doesn't work for me.
>>
>> The patch adds
>>
>>    #include "pvfs2-dist-basic.h
>>
>> to src/client/sysint/sys-create.sm so I wonder if no one has tried 
>> this...???
>> Perhaps there is a little more code needed to make basic_dist work with
>> xargs?
>>
>> The patch above is against 2.6, but works (and is needed for 
>> varstrip_dist
>> with xargs) with 7.2.1  & the latest cvs (best I can tell) - perhaps 
>> this patch
>> could be added to both?
>>
>> Let me know if there is useful debug info I can provide...
>>
>>
>> Thanks Much
>> Tony
>>
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